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3 Ways Leaders Can Celebrate the Hidden Complexity of Contact Center Work
Date Published March 24, 2026 - Last Updated March 24, 2026
Recently, I saw Swan Lake for the first time, but something caught me off guard. A dancer finished a technically demanding sequence, one that to my untrained eye looked no different from... Read More
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Stop Winging Your 1:1’s
Date Published March 23, 2026 - Last Updated March 23, 2026
You already know when a one-on-one is about to waste everyone’s time. You open the dashboard, skim a few metrics, ask, “So, how’s everything going?” and watch your agent search for a... Read More
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The Biggest Leadership Shift Required in 2026
Date Published March 04, 2026 - Last Updated March 04, 2026
For years, we’ve talked about “transformational leadership” like it’s something you layer on top of existing management habits. In 2026, that thinking will finally break. The leadership styles that carried organizations through... Read More
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Keep Your Fire While You Light the Way
Date Published March 02, 2026 - Last Updated March 02, 2026
We have all heard the oxygen mask rule: secure your own mask before helping others. I have never had to use one on a flight, but the principle shows up every day... Read More
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Part 1: The Case for Gig-Style Contact Center Employees
Date Published February 20, 2026 - Last Updated March 25, 2026
The contact center industry has become increasingly fascinated with the idea of “gig” work. You may have even had vendors try to pitch themselves as the “Uber of contact centers.” The appeal... Read More
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The Secret to Workforce Alignment
Date Published February 18, 2026 - Last Updated February 18, 2026
Why do teams looking at the same operation see completely different things? A medieval parable explains it better than most modern management frameworks. The story goes like this. Three stonecutters are asked... Read More
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Five "Musts" for Building Employee Engagement
Date Published February 17, 2026 - Last Updated February 17, 2026
Research consistently shows that organizations with highly engaged employees outperform others. Financial performance is stronger, quality improves, customer loyalty increases, and these organizations lead in employee retention. That advantage has become even... Read More
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The Hidden Driver of Top-Quartile Performance
Date Published February 11, 2026 - Last Updated February 09, 2026
After more than 30 years leading contact center operations of all shapes and sizes across three continents, from startups to turnarounds, I’ve learned that technology has never been the differentiator behind top-tier... Read More
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When Being Helpful Turns Workforce Management Into a Bottleneck
Date Published February 09, 2026 - Last Updated February 09, 2026
I’ve spent some time thinking about what it means for Workforce Management to be “helpful.” It’s something WFM teams pride themselves on. We respond quickly. We try to have the answer. We... Read More
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What’s the big deal about Transformational Leadership?
Date Published January 26, 2026 - Last Updated January 30, 2026
Transformational Leadership sounds lofty.  It seems important, too.  But what does it mean to me as a leader or aspiring leader? And how can I do adopt the core attributes into my leadership? In this first of several... Read More
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