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CCI Kenya on the Importance of Effective Training and Development for Contact Centre Staff – With Rishi Jatania

CSM Magazine

Since launching in 2006 in South Africa, CCI Global offers international outsourcing services for every stage of the customer lifecycle from sales all the way through to retention, and everything in between. CCI Kenya is part of CCI Global, which is now one of the leading business process outsourcing providers in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Connecting Satisfaction With Behavior: Does The Service-Profit Chain (or The Employee Engagement-Profit Chain) Still Work?

Beyond Philosophy

Kevin Kruse, a former VP of Kenexa (now part of IBM) and a leadership contributor to Forbes magazine, defined employee engagement as “the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals.” increased sales (repeat business and referrals), which leads to…. higher customer satisfaction, which leads to….

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Customer Service Focus Fuels Unprecedented Growth for Synergy Automotive

CSM Magazine

A 66 per cent increase in sales since 2012 has turbocharged success for vehicle leasing and contract hire broker Synergy Automotive. Founded in 2006 by Paul Parkinson, who has amassed over three decades of industry expertise, Synergy Automotive provides B2B and B2C car leasing, contract hire and finance services.

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5 Ways to Apply AI and Win Back Business

CSM Magazine

AA Ireland found that using a number of chatbots, each focused on a specific customer service detail, enabled its webchat team to provide additional capacity and support to the customer service and sales teams. Cathal is an engineer who loves applying emerging technology to solve everyday problems.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » B&H Customer Service

Service Untitled

This very successful store’s unique business practices and philosophies have been written about in countless books and magazines over the years and from visiting the store or dealing with them over the phone or online, you can tell why. Magazine by Joel Spolsky. It’s worth a read.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Interview with Doria Camaraza.

Service Untitled

I started as a publisher for Departures Magazine. We now look for people who have hospitality, sales, and retail experience because we really believe if they have that service background in their DNA, we can train them on any one of our processes. Answer: Believe it or not, I have been with this great company for 23 years.

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Advancing the Economic Argument for Tobacco Use Reduction in Business

CSM Magazine

For instance, smoking rates are greater in blue-collar jobs (like construction and transportation) than in white-collar jobs (like management and sales). This is why in 2006 NJ’s Smoke-Free Air Act banned smoking in public places but allowed Atlantic City casinos to designate 25% of their gaming floors as smoking areas.