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	<title>Call Centre Helper &#187; Management</title>
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		<title>Sixteen initiatives to ensure your staff enjoy coming to work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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It is often said that happy staff lead to happy customers.  So what are some good ways to improve staff happiness and ensure they enjoy coming to work?
At a recent discussion we asked a number of contact centre managers and directors for their ideas.
1. Free tea, coffee and chilled water
This has become the de facto standard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space Race call centre game template</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week in Call Centre Helper we featured a game called Space Race, designed by Johnny Herbin at British Gas. Here is a version that we have created in PowerPoint, available for you to download.
Space Race is a quality-based game, where people get to move forward based on their quality scores.  The game is played [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six of the best games for your contact centre</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/six-examples-of-contact-centre-games-28673.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[morale]]></category>
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Need to boost morale in the contact centre?  Why not try a game or a fun aside that can allow a little time off the phones and channel the competitive elements.
Call Centre Helper takes a look at six contact centre games that we have come across recently.
Games you can make yourself
1. LUDO
LUDO is a game that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 ways to boost morale in the contact centre</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/5-ways-to-boost-morale-in-the-contact-centre-28705.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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Felicity Hunter reports on some interesting ideas to improve staff morale which are currently being run at the heart of a well-known contact centre. 
1. Voice forums
“We have a Voice Forum meeting every month where all the reps, from all sections, get together with the management team and the head of the centre to talk about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to keep the contact centre on top form</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/how-to-keep-the-contact-centre-on-top-form-28742.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hints and Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We interviewed a range of contact centre managers to find out what initiatives they use to keep the contact centre on top form. 
Mini Olympics
“We did a mini Olympics for two weeks where we got the Wii game and we got everyone into teams,” explains Sarah Chapman. “They would compete against each other by playing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 tips for contact centre managers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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Are you looking to improve the contact centre?  Here’s a selection of top tips for contact centre managers.
1. Define what a “good job looks like”
If you want to coach and manage your call centre team leaders to deliver ever increasing performance, then take time out to define what ‘good’ looks like to you!
Does ‘good’ look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building flexibility into the schedule using banked hours</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/building-flexibility-into-the-schedule-using-banked-hours-28062.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[part time working]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shift patterns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workforce management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Banked hours can be a great way of scheduling staff to cope with varying demand.  Matthew Brown looks at how banked hours could work in the contact centre.
Dealing with a fluctuating level of demand is a continual challenge in customer service call centres.
It is useful to have a certain amount of flexibility in the shift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training Cheat Sheet &#8211; Closing Techniques</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/training-cheat-sheet-closing-techniques-28686.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/training-cheat-sheet-closing-techniques-28686.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we launch the second series of downloadable training materials, a cheat sheet on closing techniques.
This training module will help you to:

Use a couple of closing techniques
Make recommendations with confidence
Use benefits to encourage a customer to buy


Click here to download the Closing Techniques Cheat Sheet.
These cheat sheets are all available in a downloadable Microsoft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top tips for improving team managers’ leadership skills</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/top-tips-for-improving-team-managers-leadership-skills-27050.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/top-tips-for-improving-team-managers-leadership-skills-27050.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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Developing your team managers’ leadership skills is critical to improving the contact centre. 
George Dixon gives a few clues with this guide to team leader development… 
Invest in soft skills
Nobody likes a difficult customer; even the most experienced of team leaders can find themselves helpless to defuse potentially harmful situations. But by investing in quarterly, comprehensive soft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can we make performance management into a game?</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/can-we-make-performance-management-into-a-game-27777.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/can-we-make-performance-management-into-a-game-27777.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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A lot of people get addicated to Xbox games, consistently trying to beat their best score. 
So would it be possible to turn performance management into an equally addictive game?
Achieving a high level of performance from a team of agents is one of the biggest problems a call centre manager faces. Some agent roles are basically [...]]]></description>
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