Contact Center Pipeline Magazine: Inside Our October 2021 Issue

Going Home: For Good?

Welcome to our Contact Center Pipeline October issue. It has been a busy month. I welcome Brendan Read as our new editor. He brought many good ideas to this issue, as we discuss business continuity/disaster recovery in a number of our articles. In the midst of COVID, the anniversary of September 11 and hurricane season, it is a good time to review our plans.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Much heartfelt appreciation to Bob Furniss for sharing his personal story to remind women, mothers and daughters of the importance of action.

There are many more great topics covered this month, like onboarding for customer experience, coaching and workforce challenges…all while taking care of contact center business.


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Contact Center Pipeline October 2021

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FEATURE ARTICLE
Going Home: For Good?
By Brendan Read
How COVID-19 has upended Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery and staffing strategies

NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
A Story of Sadness, Hope and Action
By Bob Furniss
A legacy for saving lives for years to come!

BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Providing Resiliency During Challenging Times
By Mark Pereira
How a contact center adapted and executed its Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery plan, and lessons learned

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
Toward a Customer Experience Hub
By Dick Bucci
The evolving business strategy of customer experience management

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
Simplifying the Human Complexities
By Magnus Geverts
How best to manage contact center workforce challenges

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
Unified Communications. Single-Sourced. Always On—Instant Communications.
By Enghouse Interactive
Unified Communications and contact center solutions, delivered from the cloud, will enable your company to use both capabilities

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Ensuring Agent Performance and Engagement
By Mike Aoki
How to balance multiple coaching tasks

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
How Digital Disrupted Customer Service
By NICE
Contact centers need to have the tools in pace to support digital interactions

IDIOM INSIGHTS
Taking Care of Contact Center Business
By Kathleen M. Peterson
People are the center of contact centers, so invest in them accordingly

CASE STUDY
Growing Customers During Disasters
By Amy Stevens and Tammy Snyder
How a strategic partnership helped a credit union provide excellent CX during multiple calamities

INSIDE VIEW
Protecting The New (Home/Remote) Agents
By Brendan Read
Employees who work from home are also vulnerable to disasters

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Preventing Your Customers from Ghosting You
By Louis Têtu
Knowledge, relevance, AI tools can banish the specter

LEADING THOUGHTS
Onboarding for Customer Experience
By Janet LeBlanc
How to empower new employees to understand “who” and “why”


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Linda Harden
Linda Harden is President and Publisher of the monthly contact center management journal, Contact Center Pipeline. Our passion is to promote discussion, resources, events and services that impact the lives of our employees and customers. Each month, well-respected industry leaders, practitioners and consultants present their insights, strategies, best practices and lessons learned to help run an effective and efficient operation.