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Growth requires change

Company growth yields many opportunities and challenges.

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What to consider before you offer global support training

As companies expand their support operations to provide customer service from multiple regions, they are faced with the challenge of maintaining consistent support from each of those regions

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Stairway to success: How to grow in your support role

Esperanza “Zsa” Trias has leadership in her blood; after all, her great-grandfather, Mariano Trias, was the first de facto vice president of the Philippines.

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Skills-based routing: Route your way to success

Skills-based routing (SBR), is a strategy used by support teams to match customers’ requests and questions to the most suitable pool of agents, based on their set of skills, instead of showing

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De-stress the change management process

Change management might be needed for all sorts of reasons, such as an implementation of a new technology, transition to a new strategy, or an organizational change

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Be the type of tech support team you want to interact with

When code breaks down inside a product, the result is a telephone ringing or the quiet ping of a new email notification at that company’s support center.

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All about average handle time

A customer’s time is precious, and so is yours. Average handle time can help companies gauge the strength of their call center and phone support.

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24/7 Support without 24/7 staff

Providing support around the clock can be very difficult.

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The four C’s of cherry-picking

Learn the causes and solutions Cherry-picking has a negative connotation.

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Knowledge management cultivates high-performing teams

The first prospective customer I spoke to after starting at Lessonly was a call center leader.

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Happier agents go with the flow

We all know how great it feels to be in the zone.

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How to set up support tiers

If your company is growing, your organizational structure is probably getting more complicated.

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Are your customer service representatives happy?

It's not always easy to tell if customer service representatives are happy or not - but you can figure it out with Agent Satisfaction (ASAT) surveys and by measuring agent performance

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8 support manager skills to develop

Organizations and management structures are always changing.

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Support beyond tickets

Zendesk isn’t just a ticketing solution.

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How to manage your talented customer service team

Even the best customer service teams require a little leadership. Learn the best ways to motivate and manage your support agents.

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