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Tag Archives: Customer Service
The New Customer and Employee Landscape
What a few months, outside of the movies, I don’t think the majority of us could have ever planned or thought the country would be in lockdown, or in the grip of pandemic as we are. On the whole, we … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Best Practice, Business Planning, Contact Centre Industry, Customer Contact, Customer Experience, Customer Service Industry, Customer Success, Customers, Digital Experience, Diversity and Inclusion, Douglas Jackson, Employee Engagement, Employees, Executive Search, Hiring, Homeworking, Leadership, multi channel customer experience, omni-channel, Personal Development, Recruitment, Robotics, Self-Management, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Transformation/Change
Tagged A new type of leader, AI, Automation, Contact Centre, Customer Experience, Customer Service, digitalisation, diverse workforce, diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Employee engagement, empowered workforce, EQ, Hiring Leaders with emotional intelligence, Homeworking, homeworking recruitment, human interactions, inclusive workforce, lockdown learnings, omnichannel, onboarding, remote working, remoteworking onboarding, remoteworking recruitment, The new customer service and contact centre landscape, Training, transformational change, virtual coaching, virtual management, virtual performance
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Attracting and Retaining The Skills For The Future.
I was at a recent event and talking to a Director of Customer Experience about the changing roles within the customer market, as well as the perception vs the reality of the pace of change, given that voice is still … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Candidate Experience, Candidates, Career Development, Contact Centre Industry, Customer Contact, Customer Experience, customer service, Customer Service Industry, Recruitment, Retention, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management
Tagged Attracting and retaining the skills for the future, Authentic CEO, CEO, Contact Centre, Contact Centre Future Leaders, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Douglas Jackson, Ethical, Future CEO, Future skills for customer contact, Raconteur, recruit good contact centre people, skills for the future, Talent Acquisition, Talent attraction, Talent retention, Worforce, Workers of the future, Workers Voice
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Europe’s finest- ECCCSAs 2019
It was the biggest yet, with 1300 attendees from over 24 countries arriving at the Battersea Evolution for the 2019 European Contact Centre and Customer Service Awards. This year the event was hosted once again by Fiona Bruce, who was … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Best Practice, Business Planning, Candidate Experience, Contact Centre Industry, Continuous Improvement, Customer Contact, Customer Experience, Customer Service Industry, Douglas Jackson, multi channel customer experience
Tagged ann-marie Stagg, Awards, Battersea Evolution, CCMA, Contact Centre, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Douglas Jackson, douglas jackson recruitment, ecccsa19, European contact centre and customer service awards, Fiona Bruce, Frank Bruno, Ovo Energy, papyrus
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Customer Experience Awards 2019
A 10th year anniversary for Awards International and the UK Customer Experience Awards. With almost 30 categories and 150 judges, the event was back at the amazing venue of Wembley Stadium, with the pitch being painstakingly prepared for the NFL … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Best Practice, Candidate Experience, Contact Centre Industry, Continuous Improvement, Customer Contact, Customer Experience, Customer Experience ROI, customer service, Customer Service Industry, Customer Strategy, Customer Success, Digital Experience, Douglas Jackson, Growth of Customer Experience
Tagged Awards, Awards International, Camm & hopper, Contact Centre, Contact Centre Awards, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Customer Strategy, cxA19, Digital Experience, direct line group, Douglas Jackson, dpd uk, financialforce, game retail, Ian Golding, Kamyar, knight frank, Neil Skehel, nfl, trustedhousesitters, UK Customer Experience Awards, Wembley Stadium
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‘Delivering World Class Service With a Human Touch’ – UK National Contact Centre Conference 2018
Ann-Marie Stagg and the CCMA, held the UK National Contact Centre Conference 2018 at the British Library. The theme; Delivering World Class Service With a Human Touch. The event sponsored by Genesys was an extremely well attended event. Free to … Continue reading
Posted in Automated Customer Service, Awards, Best Practice, Candidate Experience, Career Development, Chatbots, Contact Centre Industry, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Improvement/Process Improvment, Customer Contact, customer service, Customers, Digital Experience, Employee Engagement, Employees, Homeworking, multi channel customer experience, Robotics, Transformation/Change
Tagged Agile Product Contact Centre Structure, Air France, Animal Friends, ann-marie Stagg, Ben Page, Bill Wilson, booking.com, BPA Quality, Brainfood Extra, Build a Duck, CCMA, Clare Lomax, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Digital Channel Strategy Lead, Director of Business Operations, Director of Sales and Marketing, Dorchester, Ed Creasey, Field of Flexibility, General Manager, Genesys, Gina Wall, Instagram, Ipsos Mori, James Revell, Lego, Louise Locke, Marije Gould, Martin Hill-Wilson, Martin Teasdale, Monzo Bank, NICE, Peak End Rule, Personalisation, Quality Solutions Director, Ryanair, Sabio, Severn Trent Water, Site Director, Social Engagement, Steven Lee, Stuart Dorman, The British Library, TTEC, Verint
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CCMA Seminar and UK National Contact Centre Awards 2016
Last week we headed to the CCMA Quarterly Seminar and UK National Contact Centre Awards at The Brewery in London in London. The Seminar featured a number of speakers from across the industry; first up was Richard Kenny, Head of … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics Recruitment, Automated Customer Service, Awards, Best Practice, business intelligence, Contact Centre Industry, Customer Contact, customer service, Customer Service Industry, Customers, Data, multi channel customer experience, Robotics, Social Customer Service, Speech Analytics
Tagged Awards, Awards best practice, Call Centre Management Association, CCMA, Contact Centre Seminar, Customer analytics, Customer Automation, customer contact, Customer Experience, Customer First, customer insight, Customer Service, Customer Strategy, Digital Customer Service, Endsleigh Insurance, Homeserve, Plantronics, Richard Kenny, Robotics, Self-Serve, UK National Contact Centre Awards, Verint, WebhelpUK
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What’s Next For The Development Of Your Live Chat Channel?
The Digital evolution is here! You have managed to convince the exec team that the investment is required and you have successfully established your web-chat channel, or strategy. Great! , so…..what next?
Posted in Contact Centre Industry, Customer Contact, Customer Experience, Customer Experience ROI, Customer Service Industry, Customer Strategy, Digital, Digital Experience, Douglas Jackson, multi channel customer experience, omni-channel
Tagged bots, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Digital Customer Service, Digital Experience, Digital Strategy development, effective Live Chat delivery, How to develop Live Chat, Live Chat Channel, Live Chat Consulting, Livechat, Mark Howe, Multi-channel Customer contact, omnixco, Richard Lacey, robots, Video chat, Webchat, Zaheer Gilani
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Winning with Customer Experience 2016
A few weeks ago I headed to London to attend the Winning with Customer Experience conference. On arriving at the American Square Conference Centre the venue was impressive and I was greeted with a smile and guided to the conference, just in … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Best Practice, Contact Centre Industry, Customer Contact, Customer Experience, Douglas Jackson, Employee Engagement, multi channel customer experience
Tagged American Square Conference Centre, Bristol and Wessex Water, Contact Centre, Cranfield University, Customer Experience, customer experience awards, Customer Service, Direct Line, Douglas Jackson, Employee engagement, Ericsson, Financial Services Customer Experience, Firstource, Insurance Customer Experience, LV, Nationwide Building Society, Northern Gas, Standard Life, Utilities Customer Experience, waitrose, Winning with Customer Experience, Winning with CX
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We Can’t Live Without Them so Why Do We Hate Them So?
Mobile Phones, Broadband, TV and WIFI, we just can’t live without them. So why, oh why do we dislike our telecommunications, or network providers so little?
Posted in Best Practice, Contact Centre Industry, Customer Experience, customer service, Customer Service Industry, Customer Strategy, Growth of Customer Experience, multi channel customer experience, telecommunications
Tagged Apple, Best brands for customer service, BT, CSI Index, Customer Experience, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service, Douglas Jackson, EE, First Direct, Google, Institute of Customer Services, Lovefilm, LV, Most Trusted brands, NAtionwide, Ovo Energy, Sainsburys, Sky, The Game of Thrones, TSB, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Walking Dead, Worst Customer Service
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Customer Service Delivered to Your Door?
At the end of 2014, consumers spent more money than ever online; with Black Friday, Cyber Monday, an improving economy and the pre/post-Christmas spend, we generated an estimated £100 billion worth of online sales. As we head towards yet another … Continue reading
Posted in Contact Centre Industry, Customer Experience, Customer Experience ROI, customer service, Customer Service Industry, Customer Strategy, Logistics, multi channel customer experience, Retail
Tagged black friday, Cap Gemini, courier, Courier Service Customer Service, Customer Experinece, Customer Service, customer touchpoints, cyber monday, delivery experience, DPD, express delivery, Hermes, logistics, Mintel, OCADO, omnichannel, parcel delivery, retail customer service, Which?
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Will The New Banks Transform Customer Service in the Banking Industry?
Opening a new bank account, transferring money, paying a bill, these should be a relatively easy, pain-free transactions, but many banks struggle to deliver these simple tasks, much to the dissatisfaction of their customers.
Posted in banking, Best Practice, Contact Centre Industry, Customer Experience, Customer Service Industry, Customer Strategy, Douglas Jackson, financial services
Tagged Banking Customer Service, Best Practice in Contact Centre, Board level customer experience, Customer Service, Customer Service in Financial Services, Customer Service Recruitment in Banking, customer service training network, Douglas Jackson, Family Friendly banking, First Direct, good Customer Service in Banking, Head of Customer Service Banking, Metro Bank, out-law.com, Sainsburys Bank, Shawcross Bank, Stefan Gilson, Tesco Bank, Which?
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Forward Contact Resolution (Or Why Everyone Should Have Sales Training)
For our Guest Blog this week we are delighted to welcome back Karen Wenborn, Karen is an expert customer experience professional with a passion for embedding the voice of the customer at the heart of an organisation. Over to Karen: Forward Contact … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Contact Centre Industry, Customer Experience, Customer Service Industry, Customer Strategy, Training
Tagged customer centricity, customer contact, Customer Experience, Customer Experience Evangelist, Customer Service, Customer Service Training, Customer Strategy, FCR, First Call Resolution, Forward Contact Resolution, Karen Wenborn, Multi-channel Customer contact, multi-channel customer service, Sales Training
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Customer Service vs Customer Experience – A Complement or A Conflict?
In this week’s Guest Post we are delighted to welcome Steve West. Steve is a customer services professional who has designed and implemented customer services strategies, to deliver operational performance, improved customer service measures, customer loyalty and people engagement. Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Business Planning, Customer Experience, Customer Service Industry, Customer Strategy, Customers
Tagged Board level customer experience, Chief Customer Officer, Customer Conflict, Customer Experience, Customer Experience Director, Customer Service, customer service vs customer experience, Customer Strategy
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How to Recruit and Retain the Best Talent – Part One Recruitment
How to Recruit and Retain the Best Talent – Recruitment: Earlier this year, Douglas Jackson were at the Call Centre Expo and one of our Managing Partners took part in a panel session; ‘The expert view: recruiting and retaining the … Continue reading
Posted in Candidate Experience, Contact Centre Industry, Customer Service Industry, Douglas Jackson, Hiring, Recruitment, Social Recruitment, Talent Acquisition
Tagged Call Centre, Contact Centre, Customer Service, douglas jackson recruitment, employee retention, hiring, recruiting, recruiting great talent, recruitment, recruitment ideas, recruitment methods, Recruitment Strategy, retaining talent, Successful hiring
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