Episode 5: Shep Hyken

11/11/19 • 31 min

Our first in a series of episodes recorded at Calabrio's C3 2019 Conference from San Antonio. Our first guest in this series is Shep Hyken, our keynote speaker at the kickoff of the conference. Shep is the Chief Amazement Officer at Shepard Presentations, an award winning keynote speaker and New York times and Wall Street Journal best selling business author. As one of the leading experts in the field of customer service and experience, Shep works with companies who want to build loyal relationships with their customers and employees. In our conversation we talk about what world-class customer service really looks like, delivering moments of magic, and how important company culture is to being successful in the customer service world.

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In this episode we sit down with Caryn Yurkstas, Senior WFM Analyst for Paychex. Caryn started out as an agent in the Paychex contact center and has used this experience to bring new and innovative WFM processes into her organization. She is well-respected in the contact center industry and was nominated for SWPP's WFM Professional of the Year in 2019. In this episode we discuss the logistics and strategy surrounding corporate acquisitions and implementing a Workforce Management program in a new branch of the contact center. There are some great takeaways and lessons to be learned from their experience!

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