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	<title>Call Centre Helper &#187; motivation</title>
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		<title>First recognise the internal customer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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Want to improve your customer relationship?  Start first by looking at how you improve the internal customer relationships. Paul Cooper investigates.
It is difficult to overstress the importance of the role of employees in an organisation to achieve and maintain high standards of customer service excellence. But still there remains, in many organisations, a stronger commitment to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to develop leadership in the contact centre</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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As we know, the role of the team leader is crucial to the effective development and retention of talented front-line agents.  Whilst the remit of the ‘leader’ role will vary depending upon the size of the organisation, there are some consistent elements common to most team leader roles.  Carolyn Blunt tells us more.These include:

Resource planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to cheer up the contact centre</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abhinit Gogia thought that his colleagues in the contact centre were looking dull and uninterested.  On his way home, he thought of an idea that would get everyone going.
Read on to find out what he did&#8230;.
The earth revolves faster, I say to myself, while picking up the next call of my day. It’s October and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hold a brain-storming session</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jonty's Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get the team away from their desks and hold a storming session.  It is difficult to do this when you are in the trenches, but you could get another team to cover you.
To solve the problem of brainstorming (people shutting down ideas) get everyone to spend a couple of minutes putting their ideas down on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 things to ensure you lead to high performance</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/3-things-to-ensure-you-lead-to-high-performance-24925.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[employee engagement]]></category>
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As leaders we need to ensure that our teams are delivering high performance.  But this is easier said than done.  Angelo Azar highlights three actions that a leader in a contact centre environment can prioritise for maximum return. 
The number of short courses or management training days we have all attended over the years to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 tips to build loyalty amongst staff</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/10-tips-to-build-loyalty-amongst-staff-24929.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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As an industry, contact centres have a reputation for being unable to retain our best staff.  The churn in our industry has always been high. But it doesn’t have to be this way.  Penny Hutton provides her 10 top tips to build loyalty amongst staff.
Staff retention is a reflection on the training and personal development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best ways to deal with lunch and tea break requests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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Breaks are an essential part of the daily routine in a call centre, but scheduling them can cause a headache for management. Matthew Brown looks at successful methods to overcome lunch and tea break planning chaos.
Lunchtime arrives at precisely the wrong time for many call centres. The early hours of the afternoon are often one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 tips to help manage an underperforming team</title>
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		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/5-tips-to-help-manage-an-underperforming-team-21568.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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Have you got a team that is underperforming?  Is poor teamwork producing lower results?
Are there frustrations that inhibit individuals’ effectiveness?
Martin Marris highlights some top tips that could help to make your team more than simply the sum of the parts.  
A high-performing team consistently achieves better results, adapts more quickly to change, and can solve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to set up an Olympics-based call centre game</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/how-to-set-up-an-olympics-based-call-centre-game-21805.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/how-to-set-up-an-olympics-based-call-centre-game-21805.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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The London 2012 Olympics will be the biggest sporting event in Britain for generations, and it provides the perfect opportunity for some exciting motivational games for the call centre.
Matthew Brown looks at how to set up an Olympic-themed call centre game.
The Olympic feel-good factor
The run-up to the games is a great chance for call centre [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25 tips to make your telesales people more productive</title>
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		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/25-tips-to-make-your-telesales-people-more-productive-21672.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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We asked our panel of experts for their advice on how to make telephone sales people more productive.  We came up with a good number of tips.
It may be worth trying some of these in your contact centre. 
Along with the obvious stuff around incentives, coaching and motivation, we&#8217;ve found that simple changes can have [...]]]></description>
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