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Here is a selection of articles written about the skills the contact centre need and should have
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The 7 Cs of Effective Communication
How to Improve Your Agents’ Critical Thinking Skills
5 Effective Training Exercises for Your Contact Centre
Should We Call Customers by Name?
10 Steps to Chairing a Great Meeting
How Can Agents Sound More Authentic?
How Advisors Can Destress After an Angry Customer
6 Strategies for Building Agent Confidence in Telesales
How to Utilize Tone of Voice in the Contact Centre
Handling Difficult Customers
How to Handle Escalation Calls
Rapport Building With Angry Customers – With Examples
Top 10 Customer Service Team Leader Interview Questions – With Examples
Rapport-Building Tips
Handling Sales Objections Over The Telephone
9 Customer Service Role Plays
Top Tips to Make Your Team Leaders More Productive
Call Control Techniques: Controlling a Runaway Talker on the Telephone
How to Set the Right Expectations on a Call
Complementary Words for Customer Service
10 Great Ideas for Successful Call Centre Coaching Sessions
Customer Service Language: Changing the Language of Your Contact Centre
Positive Scripting Examples for Better Customer Conversations
7 Ways to Deal With an Angry Customer
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