5/3/2010 3 Ways that Knowledge-Centered Support Puts You in the Fastlane!

Are you looking for a way to increase the effectiveness of your knowledge management process?

10/23/2007 Strategic Planning Made Easy

Have you started planning for next year? Even if your company is not on a calendar fiscal year, the end of the year is a natural time for all of us to pause, reflect and project our desires on the future.

8/10/2007 7 Steps to Creating a Quality Monitoring Program

Ensuring quality interactions with customers is an important discipline in any support center. Here's how to create a service monitoring program that puts a spotlight on quality.

1/11/2007 Dealing with Stress with Emotional Intelligence: Part Two

In this second part of a two-part series, we discuss two factors that scientists identify as major stressors. Read on to find out how to de-stress your support center!

11/29/2006 Readers are Leaders: How Support Center Managers Commit to Continuous Improvement

Reading is fun and helps you advance your career. Developing a reading habit is enjoyable, and can be incorporated into the routine tasks of the entire support center.

11/27/2006 Dealing with Stress with Emotional Intelligence: Part One

Researchers have identified the four most stressful situations, all of which are commonly found in the support center environment. Learn concepts of emotional intelligence that help you deal with stress more effectively!

6/1/2006 Return on Investment: Justifying Support Tool Purchases to your Management

Here is a six-step process to justify the purchase of a new support tool and win approval for the project.

6/1/2006 Hiring the Right People

At some point in their career, all managers have made poor hiring choices. Read on to discover how to minimize those occurences.

6/1/2006 Emotional Intelligence and the Support Center: An Introduction

Emotional Intelligence – the degree to which you understand your own emotions and how well you interact with others – that makes the difference between good and great support professionals.

6/1/2006 Certifications for the Support Professional: Do they make Cent$?

Support Center certifications have become the buzz word in the industry. Do they make sense for your organization? Read on to find out...

6/1/2006 Employee Development

Training your new support analysts, creating a career plan and providing continual learning opportunities creates a productive and loyal workforce.

6/1/2006 Patience is a Leadership Virtue

Through interviews with three highly effective executives, Kristin outlines the virtues of patience when leading change.

6/1/2006 Escalations: The Ticket to Successful Problem Resolution

Triaging support requests and successfully escalating those that require higher levels of expertise are the key to effective support operations.

6/1/2006 Managing the Support Center with Emotional Intelligence

There are four steps to managing a support center with Emotional Intelligence. Read this article to learn how.

6/1/2006 Quality Monitoring, Part One: Why Not?

There are many reasons why support centers do not implement quality monitoring programs, which sample and evaluate analyst's interactions with customers. Which one is holding you back?

6/1/2006 Making the Help Desk the Fun Desk

Help Desk jobs are stressful, to say the least! Customers only call when they have a problem. Make the Help Desk a fun place to work needs to be our motto, or we’ll all go nuts!

5/19/2006 Sourcing the Support Center Offshore: Bane or Blessing?

Outsourcing support operations to offshore call centers has become a controversial topic. In this article, Kristin discusses the appropriate situations in which to consider offshoring.

4/4/2006 How to Maintain Quality and Control with an Outsourcer

Kristin identifies six steps to creating an effective partership with an outsourcing vendor.

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1/1/2003 Certifications for the Support Professional: Do they make Cent$?

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