By
Brad Cleveland
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Date Published: January 29, 2019 - Last Updated September 08, 2020
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Last month we kicked off a blog series that will reveal the characteristics of the best-managed contact centers. Characteristic #1? They Produce High Levels of Value. (You can read the first post in the series here.)
Characteristic #2: They Have a Supporting Culture
Culture — the inveterate principles or values of the organization — tends
to guide behavior, and can either support and further or, as some have
learned the hard way, ruin the best-laid plans for organizational change.
While there is no guaranteed formula for creating a supporting culture,
many seasoned managers agree that shaping culture — or, more correctly,
enabling it to flourish — is a primary leadership responsibility. As a
result, they devote a significant amount of time to understanding the
organization and the people who are part of it.
How do leading contact centers create high-performance cultures? How do
they communicate their mission and values in a way that gets buy-in and
alignment? Some notable characteristics stand out:
- They have a people-first perspective.
- They are committed to effective communication.
- They have — and use — an up-to-date
customer access strategy
, which
ensures that everyone is “on the same page”.
- They cultivate a
collaborative planning process
so that their operations run smoothly, enabling them to focus on
higher-level issues that matter most.
- They ensure that everyone across the contact center and larger
organization has an understanding of
their contribution
to the organization and its customers.
Excerpt from Call Center Management on Fast Forward, Brad Cleveland.
Join Brad at
ICMI Contact Center Expo
, May 13-16, 2018. He'll deliver a related session: Characteristics of the
Best Managed Contact Centers.