Sharon Oatway
Customer Service Best Practice: How to Leverage Questioning to Deliver Tailored Advice
Effective and efficient questioning is the quickest and most engaging way to gather information and uncover the root cause of a problem.
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Sharon Oatway
- May 18
- 8 min
Top 10 Customer Service Skills [Updated in 2023]
Here are the top 10 skills your customer service agents need to deliver an experience that reflects your brand at its best.
Sharon Oatway
- May 18
- 8 min
10 Tips for Handling Irate Customers Like a Pro
Dealing with angry customers can be tough, but with these 10 tips, you can handle any situation like a customer service pro.
Sharon Oatway
- May 18
- 3 min
Revolutionizing Customer Service Delivery: The Impact of ChatGPT
Explore what ChatGPT will mean to customer service delivery: possible use cases and the impact on 'human' service delivery in the near term
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Sharon Oatway
- May 17
- 9 min
Designing a Call Center Quality Assurance Scorecard [Free QA Scorecard Design Ideas]
This guide highlights the key elements of a robust QA Scorecard that reflects your brand and delivers the customer experience that builds
Sharon Oatway
- May 17
- 6 min
Call Center Scripts, Call Flows, Communication Templates, Interaction Guides
Everything you need to know about call center scripts, call flows, templates and more! See examples and learn about the pros and cons of...
Sharon Oatway
- May 3
- 9 min
Mastering Customer Service in Today's Environment: 5 Essential Customer Service Skills
Customer service is more important than ever in building customer loyalty. Learn the top 5 skills every customer service agent must master.
Sharon Oatway
- Apr 6
- 7 min
Call Center Quality Monitoring Best Practices
10 Call Center Quality Monitoring Best Practices to take your quality assurance program to new heights.
Kirk Dunn
- Mar 5
- 5 min
4 Ways Customer Service Agents Can Leverage Empathy To Build Better Customer Relationships
Empathy is key to quickly and efficiently addressing the concerns of upset clients and building the rapport essential to achieving top quali
Sharon Oatway
- Aug 16, 2022
- 8 min
5 Common Call Center Training Design Mistakes ... and How to Avoid Them
Learn the five most common mistakes L&D professionals make when developing contact center training.
Sharon Oatway
- May 18, 2022
- 9 min
10 Tips for a Great Call Center Agent Training Experience: Onboarding Agents Successfully
As more call center agents work remotely, it is time for organizations to rethink their approach to new and existing agent training.
Sharon Oatway
- Jun 17, 2021
- 5 min
Call Center Schedule Adherence
In a call center, lateness and absenteeism can wreak havoc on schedules and customer wait times. Most agents don’t understand the impact the
Sharon Oatway
- Jan 22, 2021
- 7 min
Why aren’t we hearing more EMPATHY in customer service?
This article explores the impact empathy has on customer service interactions. True empathy involves using our feelings to understand the f
Sharon Oatway
- Oct 21, 2020
- 4 min
Sympathy vs. Empathy ... and why the differences matter
Both empathy and sympathy express concern for another person’s well-being and are often used interchangeably -- but they are quite different
Sharon Oatway
- Oct 21, 2020
- 1 min
Empathy in Customer Service: A Coaching Guide
There has never been a time in our shared history where empathy has been more important. Empathy in business has always been vital to ....
Sharon Oatway
- May 22, 2019
- 3 min
Why Sales is an Essential Skill for Every Call Center Agent
Every call center agent would benefit from sales skills, whether selling a product/service directly or selling an idea/option.
Kirk Dunn
- Apr 15, 2019
- 2 min
Constructive Thinking in a Customer Service Environment
We all want to do well and are disappointed when we don’t. We are self-critical. We need to take the focus off ourselves and put it on ...
Kirk Dunn
- Jun 20, 2018
- 6 min
Moving from an "Exhausting" to "Effortless" Experience
We need to be constantly reminded of the EFFORT we ask of companies who do business with us. Is it worth it to the customer?
Kirk Dunn
- Mar 6, 2018
- 3 min
Approaching Customer Service with a 'Beginner's Mind'
A beginner’s mind is open and aware, ready to experience new things. A beginner’s mind approaches tasks and events without the baggage of pr
Kirk Dunn
- Sep 6, 2016
- 6 min
Saying “No” to “No” – the Art of Positive Language in Customer Service
No one likes to hear the word ‘no.’ It is an obstacle and an irritation. It stops us from moving forward on our chosen path. And when we run
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