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Leadership, Employment & Resourcing

Is homeworking working?

Microsoft recently released some research that received lots of media attention including the BBC News

Customer experience

Peak demand handling – the role of voice

As sure as night follows day, autumn follows summer, the nights get longer and thoughts for many will turn to handling peak demand, or for those who’ve just been through a peak – reviewing how it went and learning lessons for the next one.

Customer experience

Mystery shopping

Are the customer service shelves bare?” Ambition and a desire for continuous improvement are all very well, but paranoia and curiosity are great motivators, too! Maybe that’s why there’s often something especially intriguing about the opportunity to look at how you’re performing in comparison with your peers and how your customer proposition stacks up next to your competitors.

Customer experience

CX within the experience economy

CX within the experience economy – Delivering a consistent brand experience. Consumer access to brands has undergone a paradigm shift since the 1990s, with the advent of the mobile device, growth of social media and the ‘always on’ generations of the Millennials and Gen Z leading to a heightened awareness among customers.

Leadership, Employment & Resourcing

Harpur Trust v Brazel

Supreme court confirms pro-rating holiday pay for part-year workers is unlawful

Musings

How to grow a wildflower meadow in your contact centre

Why just letting the grass grow will never produce the desired result. Summer is over and my annual attempt to turn what was once a space to play a bit of footy with the kids into a colourful wildflower meadow has once again well and truly failed.