Sharon Oatway
The Quiet Power of Starting Over on September 1st
September offers an opportunity to reassess these goals with the wisdom gained over the past eight months. This can lead to more sustainable
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Sharon Oatway
- Aug 22, 2023
- 6 min
Understanding Customer Lifetime Value and the Role of Customer Service
Customer Lifetime Value is a powerful metric that shifts the focus from short-term transactions to long-term customer relationships.
Kirk Dunn
- Aug 9, 2023
- 5 min
The Power of Constructive Thinking in Customer Service
In the fast-paced world of customer service, every interaction can be a potential turning point for a business-customer relationship.
Sharon Oatway
- Jun 6, 2023
- 4 min
The Future of Customer Service: Evolving Roles and the Importance of Human Connections
This blog explores the skills customer service representatives will need in a future supported by AI, where self-serve is the norm.
Sharon Oatway
- May 30, 2023
- 5 min
Customer Service Best Practice: Leveraging Questions 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.
Sharon Oatway
- May 18, 2023
- 11 min
Top 10 Qualities of a GREAT Call Center Quality Assurance Analyst
Contact Center Quality Assurance Analysts are often taken for granted and yet they are one of the most valuable roles in the contact center.
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Sharon Oatway
- May 18, 2023
- 8 min
Top 10 Customer Service Skills [Updated in 2024]
[2024 Update] 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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
Sharon Oatway
- May 16, 2023
- 5 min
Winning Back Customer Trust: 5 Essential Questions for Exceptional Customer Service
This blog discusses the critical importance of customer trust and the role call center agents role play in (re)building customer trust.
Sharon Oatway
- May 5, 2023
- 10 min
Strategies for Managing Stress in Customer Service
No matter what you call it, every job has some type of pressure. We present 10 key strategies for managing stress in customer service.
Kirk Dunn
- Mar 5, 2023
- 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
- Jan 20, 2023
- 5 min
60 Days + 5 Ways to Lift Your Call Center's Customer Loyalty Scores
Whether you are tracking customer loyalty through NPS, CSAT, or some other measure, here are 5 ways to lift your results in 60 days.
Sharon Oatway
- Jan 14, 2023
- 5 min
The unconscious bias that lurks in customer service
Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, 'unconscious bias' exists within our customer service organizations. Find out how to address it.
Sharon Oatway
- Jun 17, 2021
- 5 min
The Importance of 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
- Jan 20, 2021
- 5 min
4 Reasons Why Customer Surveys Are Challenging ... and 1 Under-Utilized Alternative
We all know how important it is to check-in with our call center customers from time to time to see how we are doing … from their perspectiv
Kirk Dunn
- Jan 5, 2021
- 7 min
Communication Skills for Multilingual Customer Service Reps Serving North America
Explore the 10 most common communication issues for frontline customer service agents where English is their second language.
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: Coaching for Better Customer Experiences
There has never been a time in our shared history where empathy has been more important. Empathy in business has always been vital to ....
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