Articles - Editor’s Picks

Browse our hand-picked selection of some of the best and most popular content Call Centre Helper has published.

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Customer Service Skills: How to Improve Empathy, Active Listening and Knowledge
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26 Great Techniques for Showing Real Empathy in Customer Service
A call centre agent in an office wearing a headset and glasses
How to Handle Contacts From Challenging Customers
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Customer Service: 50 Nice Words to Say to Someone
Tips for Emotional Intelligence
15 Tips for Building Emotional Intelligence in Customer Service
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How to Calculate Call Centre Agent Utilisation – the Formula
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What is Erlang and the Erlang Calculator?
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How to Prepare Agents for Their First Leadership Role
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How to Protect Your Agents From Customer Abuse
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What Are the Industry Standards for Call Centre Metrics?
Funnel Questions for Customer Service
How to Use Funnel Questions – With Examples
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How to Train Active Listening in the Call Centre – With Exercises
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How To Deal With Vulnerable Customers
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An Action Plan for Dealing With Absenteeism
How to Calculate Absenteeism – with Formula
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How to Coach Empathy in the Contact Centre – With Three Training Exercises
Call Centre Resource Planning: What You Need to Know
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Techniques to Improve Call Control Skills
How to Assess Quality on Email and Live Chat in the Contact Centre
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The Best Courtesy Words and Expressions to Use in Customer Service
How is Average Handling Time (AHT) Distributed? It is Not How you Think!
Online Monthly Forecast
Experimental Online Call Centre Forecasting Tool
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How to Write a Great Customer Service Letter – With Examples
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What Are the Best Security Questions for Call Centres?