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Customer Service and the Golden Rule

Call Center Weekly

The situation required my patience, as well as clear communication from the airline. Unfortunately, the airline didn’t deliver. I never got an answer and in fact, each airline rep I spoke with gave a wildly different and equally confusing update. None listened to me or understood my growing frustration. We would all win.

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CX Lessons from Jeanne Bliss Part 2 – Alaska Airlines

Enghouse Interactive

Delivering this consistently means trusting and empowering your people, as this second case study from Alaska Airlines shows. #2: 2: A Case Study to #MakeMomProud: Alaska Airlines Decided that Employees Can Make It Right. Everyone at Alaska Airlines is held accountable, given permission, and trusted to help a customer in need.

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To Get Loyal Customers, Start with Loyal Employees

Beyond Philosophy

I’ve also qualified for airline elite status after a busy travel year, and then watched the perks squandered when I didn’t fly as much in the next one. He personally visits hotels and thanks employees for their work. The company is also credited with helping employees achieve personal goals such as living abroad.

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2024 Predictions for Call Center Outsourcing

Outsource Consultants

Grading our 2023 BPO Industry Predictions Prediction: Agent Morale is 2023’s Top Priority In late 2022, we heard from new clients that a key concern for 2023 was partnering with BPO vendors adept at managing rising attrition rates. This change in focus led clients to make decisions increasingly based on agent satisfaction levels.

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7 Ways You Force Your Employees to Quit

Steve DiGioia

His/her decisions are right and for all the obvious reasons; he knows better, he has the experience and he was put in charge because he’s the best qualified person the company has. So much is written about creating great employee morale. New startups build their businesses around effective employee morale and work environment.

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Changing Consumer Expectations: 5 New Customer Service Faux Pas to Avoid

Fonolo

On-demand experiences provided by organizations like Uber and Amazon mean that efficiency and personalization are expected throughout all touchpoints of the customer experience. Now and then, the airline industry’s inclination to automate everything, eradicating customer service interactions in the process, backfires.

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3 Keys to Q4 Contact Center Success in 2021

Outsource Consultants

Delta Airlines is hiring 5,000 professionals to help support their customers, but still expects lengthy hold times (some as long as 9 hours) to persist into the fall. Higher customer satisfaction and higher agent morale. This includes excessive hold times, overwhelmed agents, poor customer satisfaction, and ultimately brand harm.