Balancing the best interests of your customers, your agents, and your organization, all while trying to avoid over-complicating your own role as the contact center manager, can be difficult. In fact, it may seem near impossible at times. But if you’ve ever wished for a tool that could make everyone happy, you’re in luck: Integrating a workforce management (WFM) solution into your contact center provides significant benefits to customers, agents, the contact center manager, and the organization!

I am the 7th child out of an 8 child family. I learned early on that I was part of not just a family but a team. There was a big age difference, but that did not stop us from just being family, we were a tribe. We did not just share genetics; we shared goals, aspirations, and core beliefs. Although we are now grown, we choose to spend time together, like no time has passed. Our tribe has grown; no longer just siblings, we have in-laws, children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and fur babies.

Social media is more than replaying cute cat videos, learning recipes from 20-second clips, and discovering trending memes on Twitter. For many organizations, social media is a highly effective tool that can be leveraged as a competitive advantage for their customer service.

Your contact center and your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool are a lot like peanut butter and jelly – both great on their own, but even better together.

The importance of connecting with students in meaningful, effective ways cannot be overstated. If higher education providers want to succeed amongst their competitors, they need to prioritize a customer-centric strategy in their organization.

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I’ve spent the first 16 years of my career at ComputerTalk. As a fresh grad with an interest in people and business, Human Resources seemed like the best fit for my passion and ambition and this “little” company took a chance on me.