New Hires: From Acceptance to How Can I Help You?

If you manage a service desk, will need to do some hiring, replacing, or backfilling of employees with new hires. When hiring new employees, there are many different routes to getting them on calls.
Date Published November 2, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019

Swarm to Serve: Team vs Tier-Based Service for Support Centers

Swarming not only gets problems resolved, but also you typically get resolution much more quickly. It is also a great training mechanism for front-line employees.
Date Published October 20, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019

Optimize People, Process, and Technology: Using Contractors to Handle Rollouts

Because rollouts require concentrated effort to complete work within a specified time, bringing in contractors to assist desktop support can be beneficial.
Date Published October 19, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019

Celebrate Customer Service Week with HDI and ICMI

Customer Service Week is all about you, and we want to help you celebrate! Here’s a day-by-day breakdown so you can plan your week.
Date Published October 4, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

The Employee and Customer Satisfaction Effect

Keeping your employees happy might just boost your customer satisfaction scores. HDI research reveals the relationship between the two.
Date Published October 2, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

Tech Support Confessions, Part 3

Ready for more Tech Support Confessions? I thought so! In this week's installment, your peers share their observations about great leaders and challenging coworkers, job stress and career frustration, and communication and chicken wings (together, at last!).
Date Published September 29, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

#HDIchat Recap: Which Skills Are You Looking for When You Hire for the Support Center?

In last week's #HDIchat, participants discussed sought-after skills for new hires to the support center.
Date Published September 13, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

Workforce Enablement: Get Engaged and Go with the Flow

Workforce enablement operates with the belief that engaged employees will do good, efficient work.
Date Published August 31, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

Redefining Confrontation: It Can Be a Good Thing!

Confrontation has gotten a bad rap. Not only is confrontation a good thing, it's one of the most important skills any leader needs.
Date Published August 29, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

Who Told You That?: 4 Ways to Improve Coordination Between Teams

By fine-tuning internal communication, external communication is sharpened, customers are happier and better informed, and, in turn, the business does better. Here are four steps for putting your internal communication strategy on the right track.
Date Published August 19, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016