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		<title>How to survive and prosper in a multilingual contact centre</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luke Turner shares with us the trials and tribulations of working in a multilingual contact centre.
I work abroad running the MI and WFP team in a contact centre that covers 11 different languages and multiple channels of communication, and having spent many years working in UK contact centres.  I have had to adapt my management style [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How communication styles affect assertiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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This week, Jo Lord looks at the impact that communication styles have on assertiveness.
Assertiveness is one of the essential skills in the modern working environment. There are many benefits of being assertive, such as better time management, increased self esteem and the ability to negotiate more effectively. Assertion means standing up for what you want. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A is for Assertiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assertiveness is ‘the ability to express one&#8217;s ideas, opinions and beliefs openly and honestly, without violating the rights of others’.  Yet it is the part that says ‘without violating the rights of others’ that some people forget and inadvertently tip into behaving ‘aggressively’.
Carolyn Blunt explores how we can get our agents to deliver the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer loyalty &#8211; fact or fiction?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rboynton</dc:creator>
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The most popular view is that the more loyal a customer is, the better.  But is this really true?
Richard Snow investigates.
For me, the real question is “how do you measure customer loyalty?”, quickly followed by “how do you measure the value of a loyal customer?”
Loyalty does not equate to value
Let me give you a personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to give great customer service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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We all know what good service feels like when we get it.  Sadly we also know how bad service feels.
From a contact centre perspective good service is relatively easy to do.  Carolyn Blunt explores three key areas.
The real challenge can be when other parts of the organisation service chain aren’t delivering and this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to develop the best script for your call centre</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 10:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call scripting is used in around half of all contact centres.  Get it right and nobody would know that their call is being guided.  Get it wrong and the call can sound stilted.
So how can we develop the best script for a contact centre?  We asked two experts for their advice. 
Don&#8217;t have a straight line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a call centre exchange?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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Remember being sent off to another country for a language exchange?  Here is the example of another company that is doing this with two of its call centres.
Could we all benefit from a period of time in another call centre?  Jonty Pearce investigates.
It all started over a misunderstanding.
One day last year, an Oceans Connect staff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top tips for building rapport on the telephone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 11:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Rapport building is an integral part of the communication process. Lack, or absence, of rapport can fundamentally affect the outcome of any conversation.  Christine Knott shares her top tips with us&#8230;Isn’t it true that sometimes we just ‘click’ with some people and get on really well with them? In such instances the conversation runs smoothly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do I &#8211; build rapport with callers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to develop rapport with someone when you meet them face-to-face. A friendly handshake, the right amount of eye contact: these are the things that build connections. But exactly what do you do when you&#8217;re trying to achieve rapport building over the phone? Nick Drake-Knight addresses this very issue.
Have you noticed how some people are [...]]]></description>
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