How to Survive (& Thrive) in a Call Centre
How to Survive (& Thrive) in a Call Centre

Author: Alison Mathiebe

Publisher:

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9783000352218

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How to Survive (& Thrive) in a Call Centre teaches call centre agents to: - Contribute to the call centre's success - Provide outstanding customer service - Increase sales results - Improve their overall performance - Enjoy sustained energy and motivation - Reduce their stress levels - Manage and advance their careers "Alison Mathiebe has written a book that is clear, concise and comes from evident practical experience. It is certain to boost the confidence and success of those just entering (or considering) the profession, and is a great go-to resource for established call centre agents." Brad Cleveland bradcleveland.com/blog Author, Call Center Management on Fast Forward (ICMI Press) "How To Survive (& Thrive) in a Call Centre by Alison Mathiebe is a very welcome contribution which will help call centres to guide, support and inform new and existing call centre staff. In particular, it would prove a useful text to give to all new staff helping them understand and adjust to working in stimulating and sometimes challenging environments. The 24 chapters address the main topics and are short enough to provide bite-size learning for agents and operators. " John P. Wilson author of The Call Centre Training Handbook

One Night at the Call Center
One Night at the Call Center

Author: Chetan Bhagat

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2008-12-10

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0307489086

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Press 1 for technical support. Press 2 for broken hearts. Press 3 if your life has totally crashed. . . . Six friends work nights at a call center in India, providing technical support for a major U.S. appliance corporation. Skilled in patience–and accent management–they help American consumers keep their lives running. Yet behind the headsets, everybody’s heart is on the line. Shyam (Sam to his callers) has lost his self-confidence after being dumped by the girl who just so happens to be sitting next to him. Priyanka’s domineering mother has arranged for her daughter’s upscale marriage to an Indian man in Seattle. Esha longs to be a model but discovers it’s a horizontal romp to the runway. Lost, dissatisfied Vroom has high ideals, but compromises them by talking on the phone to idiots each night. Traditional Radhika has just found out that her husband is sleeping with his secretary. And Military Uncle (nobody knows his real name) sits alone working the online chat. They all try to make it through their shifts–and maintain their sanity–under the eagle eye of a boss whose ego rivals his incompetence. But tonight is no ordinary night. Tonight is Thanksgiving in America: Appliances are going haywire, and the phones are ringing off their hooks. Then one call, from one very special caller, changes everything. Chetan Bhagat’s delicious romantic comedy takes us inside the world of the international call center, where cultural cross-wires come together with perfect pathos, hilarity, and spice.

Advice from a Call Center Geek
Advice from a Call Center Geek

Author: Thomas Laird

Publisher:

Published: 2018-08-21

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9780692179758

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"Advice from a Call Center Geek: Rethinking Call Center Operations is a field manual for the 21st century contact center. Practical, poignant, and funny, Tom dishes out amazing real-world advice that has made his organization successful. From culture to education to incentives, Tom addresses the key areas to make your contact center world-class!"Paul HerdmanHead of Customer ExperienceNICE inContactAdvice From a Call Center Geek takes a look at a new way of running today's high end contact center. Tom Laird, the CEO of award winning Expivia Interaction Marketing, 600 seat BPO call center guides you through the process of developing a world class operation.This book will take you through the process of evaluating and changing your call center's culture, how to look beyond a resume to hire the "right" associates and show you how to educate for quality while maintaining high level management. Advice from a Call Center Geek will make you rethink how the call center manager of today should be looking at running their call center.

Call Center Management on Fast Forward
Call Center Management on Fast Forward

Author: Brad Cleveland

Publisher: ICMI Inc.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780965909303

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This is the only book available today that provides a very readable, step-by-step guide for managing an incoming call center. The book combines theory with practical advice and is filled with over 100 charts and graphs, several case studies and an extensive glossary and index. Readers will learn how to: achieve service level with quality in an era of more transactions, growing complexity and heightened caller expectations; understand the "how" behind best practices; boost caller satisfaction; win top management's support; and discover what separates a good call center from a great one.

Make Your Business Survive and Thrive!
Make Your Business Survive and Thrive!

Author: Priscilla Y. Huff

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-03-16

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0470097914

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If you’re an entrepreneur, or you’re just thinking of starting a business, start with this smart, practical guide to small business success. It shows you how to maintain healthy growth and profits—no matter what kind of business you own—and helps you get the most out of your limited resources. Grow your business and get on the fast track to success.

Prevent, Survive, Thrive
Prevent, Survive, Thrive

Author: John G. West

Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1942952244

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Are you doing everything you can to make sure your breasts are healthy? If this question gives you pause, you're not alone. Confusing media and conflicting advice surrounding breast health can make it challenging to know what's best. In the United States this year, more than 40,000 women will die from breast cancer. Dr. John G. West wants to help you avoid becoming part of that statistic through preventative methods and screenings. And for women who are diagnosed, Dr. West provides guidance and wisdom to make the best possible treatment decisions. For nearly 20 years, Dr. West has focused on giving his patients the best care possible when they show up for diagnosis or treatment. The question he gets most often from his patients is: "What would you tell me if I were your wife or daughter?" Prevent, Survive, Thrive: Every Woman's Guide to Optimal Breast Care is the answer. Drawing from the latest scientific findings in the field of breast care, Dr. West outlines the things most women don't know about screening, like when you should insist on an ultrasound instead of only relying on mammogram results or how to determine if you should get genetic testing—and what it can and cannot tell you about your cancer risk. He lets you know exactly what kind of pain is normal and what should be investigated further. Dr. West even offers lifestyle advice to help lower your risk factors; things as small as how often you exercise or where you carry your cell phone can have an impact on your future health. Prevent, Survive, Thrive provides clear, accurate guidelines for prevention and early detection—letting you take control of your health.

Selling to VITO the Very Important Top Officer
Selling to VITO the Very Important Top Officer

Author: Anthony Parinello

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-07-15

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1440506698

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There has never been a sales book that gives you one-on-one, personal help to catapult your sales career and your personal income to a level that will surprise you and shock your sales manager! You'll stop: wasting your precious selling time with 'non-decision' makers getting any rejection whatsoever from gatekeepers working your keester off for itsy, bitsy sales losing sales that you thought you were going to win not making your sales quota You'll start: making sales that are up to 65 percent bigger cutting your sales cycle in half getting as much as 120 percent more add-on business from your existing customers getting VITO to VITO referrals worth pure gold making the income that you really deserve

A Practical Guide to Call Center Technology
A Practical Guide to Call Center Technology

Author: Andrew Waite

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-01-02

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 1482280752

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Get the most out of ACDs (automatic call distributors) and other complex systems in order to boost customer satisfaction and increase sales Includes three ready to use RFPs (request for proposals) for buying an ACD, computer telephony system, or recording

Ask a Manager
Ask a Manager

Author: Alison Green

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0399181822

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From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Course ILT
Course ILT

Author: Course Technology, Inc

Publisher:

Published: 2003-02-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780619148607

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This ILT Series course give students an overview of inbound call centers, managerial roles, and technologies that affect call centers. The course teaches students how to establish a call center, identify the call center managers' typical responsibilities, and determine the necessary technologies needed to best serve the company's customers, identify customer expectations, reduce the percentage of lost calls, calculate staff levels, and identify the reports that are used to evaluate a call center's performance. Students will also learn about establishing service goals, identifying areas for attention, and communicating effectively with executives. Course activities also cover reducing turnover, training employees effectively, managing employee stress, motivating, and communicating with employees. Finally, students will learn how to evaluate employee performance and establish monitoring programs. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.