Author Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD, publishes books about business, customer service, the call center industry, and business and writing.
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, Ph.D. When I set up my office several years ago, I invested a great deal of time to produce an optimal configuration, the epitome of efficacy and efficiency. Yet over time, things changed. New technology was interjected, additional office accouterments were added, and the scale of my work increased. As each […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Are you fed up with receiving “robo” (pre-recorded) calls? Last year, in an effort to curb their use and appease public outrage, our elected officials required that an opt-out option be present on all pre-recorded calls. Unfortunately, it was deemed both cumbersome and ineffective in curtailing the unwanted intrusions. One […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD It seems that “outsourcing” has been politicized. Once a word becomes politicized, as outsourcing was in the 2004 United States presidential campaign, all reasonable thinking stops and logic becomes, well, illogical. Rhetoric steps in and common sense is relegated to lesser important things. Think of any major societal issue and it […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Over the years, I have heard ample discussion on a multitude of creative ways to bill clients for call center services. The prevailing goal of each consideration is to maximize billable services and fees. While this is an admirable business objective – since the goal of commerce is to make […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, Ph.D. Perhaps you’ve heard this story. Imagine you’re sitting in a college class. It’s one of those big classrooms with tiered seating, able to accommodate hundreds of students. The class is assembled with eager expectations; what will the professor do today? At precisely 8 a.m., he strides in and, without acknowledging […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD My wife’s Avon order arrived the other day and… Okay, I confess, the order wasn’t just for her, but mostly. The only Avon product I deign to use is their Care Deeply Lip Balm. It is the ideal combination of firmness and moistness. Some competing products tear your lips off […]
By Trina Paulus (Reviewed by Peter DeHaan.) In addition to all my varied writing functions (writing articles, websites, and blogs, publishing two magazines, and way too much editing) I also write an occasional movie review and book review—just for fun. Here’s one of my recent efforts: Hope for the Flowers is a delightful allegory encapsulating messages […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD As telephone numbers are assigned, the availability of numbers within an area code diminishes. In order to make sure that there are always numbers available, usage is analyzed, number exhaustion dates are projected, and steps are taken to provide for more numbers. Although short-term steps can be taken to deal with […]
After another post, considering how words are used—and misused—my thoughts turned to how words are pronounced—and mispronounced. I, for one, have a “flexible” pronunciation style. For any word possessing more than two syllables, I am seemingly able to enunciate it in at least two different ways—sometimes within the same sentence. Amazingly, I have not had […]
On my last post, I admitted a struggle with the writing process. Not so much with the end results, but instead with the speed of getting there. Therefore, I will be working on “writing rightly,” that is writing with efficient effectiveness. Along with that, I have established some personal blogging guidelines for “writing rightly.” My plan […]