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Putting Humanity in Contact Centers

Customer Relationship Metrics

This results in higher profits, lower costs, higher customer retention and referrals. Pierce, O’Driscoll, Coghlan, 2004). They were built when customer retention and referrals were not seen as top-of-mind issues and when cost containment drove decisions. That is more humane. And Empathy makes that happen.