Articles - Training and Coaching

Effective training and coaching are key to building high-performing, engaged contact centre teams. This insight hub brings together expert guidance, practical techniques, and real-world examples to help you design impactful training programmes and deliver coaching that drives real results. Discover new ways to support learning, give constructive feedback, and create a culture of continuous improvement. From onboarding and soft skills to performance management and leadership development, these resources offer everything you need to help your people grow and succeed.

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How Do You Operate Induction Training?
What Is Microlearning?
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How to Nurture Your Future Resource Planning Managers
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Five AI Use Cases for Agent Training
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How to Practice Patience in Customer Service
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Team Leader Experience (TLX) Explained
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Top Tips for Induction Training Programmes
Are You a Manager or a Leader?
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16 Things We Saw at the Specsavers Contact Centre in Nottingham
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Podcast – Contact Centre Coaching: How to Sustain Learning and Make it Fun!
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14 Best Practices to Streamline Your Incoming Customer Queries
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14 Imaginative Ideas From the Which? Contact Centre
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Recording Calls For Training Purposes
How to make your customers feel loved
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Simple Ways to Give Remote Workers a Warm ‘Virtual’ Welcome
How to Get the Most out of Contact Centre Mentoring
15 Things You Can Learn From Tesco Bank’s Contact Centre
Seven Deadly Sins of Call Quality Monitoring
8 Strategies for Increasing Agent Resilience
Business certification: knowing your ISOs from your Six Sigmas
Turning Contact Centre Agents Into Storytellers
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The Secrets to Coaching Remotely