Hire The Right Staff to Achieve Optimal Outcomes By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Call center success hinges on your agents. The right agents produce the best results. This starts with hiring. Here are five essential agent skills to screen for in the interview process. 1. Clear Speech The first essential agent skill is that they […]
Focus What You Do Based on What Matters Most to Your Patients By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Our call center platforms generate a myriad of statistics. The vast number of them is sure to overwhelm any manager, so we pick a few key ones to track. Common ones are average speed to answer, hold time, […]
Be Intentional About What You Do So You Can Do It Better and Faster By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Running a telephone answering service is a labor-intensive endeavor. It takes staff to offer the personal service your clients expect. And staffing costs money, emerging as your greatest expense. It may be tempting to automate your […]
Offers Key Insights for the Call Center and Contact Center Industry Running a call center is challenging, but it can also be rewarding. In his latest book Call Center Connections, call center veteran and publisher of Connections Magazine, Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD, provides practical insights and tips to help call center professionals excel in their […]
Call Center Outsourcing Can Produce Significant Outcomes By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD As healthcare facilities evaluate their effectiveness and efficiencies, they scrutinize every area. One such consideration is the call center. At some point they often consider the benefits of outsourcing their call center work to a specialist company that focuses entirely on providing call […]
Consider the Pros and Cons By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Call centers were once centralized operations that functioned at a singular facility. Yet, thanks to today’s technology, they no longer need to be constrained to one location. This means that today’s call center can function as a distributed enterprise, with some agents working from a […]
Tips to Hire and Retain Top Talent By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD The key to success in any medical call center is people. Your staff is the backbone of your operation. But you know this. That’s why it’s essential to build a strong team. Here are some considerations to help you move toward this outcome. […]
Don’t Let the Day-to-Day Pressures of Running Your TAS Push Aside What Matters More By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Running a telephone answering service is a challenging proposition. It seems there’s always too much to do and not enough time to do it. Therefore, it’s understandable when the day ends before you complete your to-do-list. […]
Think Like a Caller and Not a Call Center Manager By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD In healthcare we talk about the needs of patients, and in call centers we talk about the needs of callers, that is patients who call on the phone. Yet both needs are challenging to fully attend to when we’re deep […]
Care for Your Staff and They’re More Likely to Care for You and Your Callers Staffing a call center is hard. Keeping it staffed is getting harder. With finding new staff becoming increasingly challenging, retaining existing staff is even more critical. Here are five tips to create a positive call center work environment and boost […]