JAN
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Recruiting Strategy: Upgrading the Frontline Agent Position
| Process Redesign and Automation (strategic view) |
Process Redesign and Automation (technology view)|
Employee Performance: How to Inspire and Engage Your Top Performers|
A Career in WFM: Responsibilities, Qualifications and Roles|
Employee-focused WFM: Employee-Friendly Practices for Better Service
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FEB
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Operational Efficiency: How to Improve Quality, Customer Satisfaction and the Bottom
Line |Contact Center Culture: Impact, Variability
Factors and Key Decisions |Contact Center Sourcing
Options and Implications | New-Hire Training: Simulate a Real-World Experience
| A Career in WFM: Recurring Tasks and Reports
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MAR
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Connecting with Customers Online: A Look at Contact Centers That Embrace Social Media|
Self-Service (strategic view): Plans, Best Uses, Tracking and Reporting |
Self-Service (technology view): Tools, Techniques and Trends |
Employee Performance: Boost the performance of your “average” performers |
Truths and Myths Behind Forecast Accuracy |
Moving from Good to World Class|
Creating a Vision for an Extraordinary Customer Experience
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APR
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Developing a Customer Experience Management Strategy |
The Quality Contact: Inputs, Compliance vs. Satisfaction and Multichannel Monitoring |
Outsourcing Technology |
Coaching Techniques |
Measuring Customer Dissatisfaction|
WFM Reporting: Improving Long-Term Forecasting Results |
How to Measure Supervisor Performance
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MAY
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Evolve Your Frontline from Customer Service to Consultative Sales |
Voice of the Customer (strategic view): Collecting and Disseminating Feedback |
Voice of the Customer (technology view): Technology’s Role |
Employee Performance: The Bottom 10 Percent — Handling Performance Problems |
Scheduling: What to Do When Everyone Hates Their Schedules |
Coaching Leaders
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JUN
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Tackling Turnover: How to Keep Your Top-Performing Agents |
Integrating the Contact Center with the Enterprise (strategic view) |
Integrating the Contact Center with the Enterprise (technology view) |
Senior-Level Service Strategies |
How to Develop a Culture Survey |
Managing by the Numbers |
Don’t Be Bullied by Your WFM Software
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JUL
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Drive Customer Loyalty through Employee Engagement |
Doing More with Less: Staffing Options |
How to Sell Your Leadership on Your Technology Wishlist |
The Three Phases of Performance Management |
Schedule Adherence: An Exercise for Your Agents |
Proving Quality: Take Your Program from Employee-Centric to Enterprisewide Value |
CEM:The Value of Enterprisewide Communication
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AUG
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Monitoring the Voice of the Customer Across Channels |
Optimal Agent Desktop (strategic view) |
Optimal Agent Desktop (technology view) |
Coaching Best Practices |
Secrets of a Forecasting Junkie |
Moving from Planning to Action
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SEP
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Provide a Seamless Service Experience Across Multiple Sites |
Supporting the Front line through Executive Interaction |
How to Write a Good Statement of Work when Purchasing Technology |
Managing Change: Supporting Employees through Turbulent Times |
Choosing the Right WFM Metrics |
Engaging Your Y and M Generation Agents
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OCT
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Seasonal service: Strategies for Staffing High-Volume Periods |
Analysis and Reporting Techniques (strategic view) |
Analytics and Business Intelligence (technology view) |
Frontline Training Tips |
Service Level vs. ASA: Impact to WFM Decisions |
Demonstrate the Value of Your Center at Budget Time |
Bureau-crap: Breaking Down Silos, Fiefdoms and Politics
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NOV
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The Call Center Leader as Change Agent: Getting Companywide Buy-in for Customer-Centric Initiatives |
Agents Who Stay: Ideas for Reducing Turnover |
A Look at Hot Technologies for the Contact Center |
Career Planning and Professional Development for Managers |
WFM Best Practices, Part 1 |
Service vs. Experience
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DEC
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The Changing Face of Service: Impact of Net Generation Consumers on the Contact Center |
Web 2.0: Role of the Contact Center (strategic view) |
Web 2.0 Alternatives to Other Technology (technology view) |
Motivational coaching/training techniques |
Culture: Frontline Supervisor Impact |
WFM Best Practices, Part 2
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