Impactful Professional Modules

Learn how to act like the professional you are and develop key influencing and communication skills, with the confidence to move you from job to career. 

Partner Article: Workforce wellbeing - what does it really mean and why does it matter more than ever?

Stress is a major barrier to success and it is affecting everyone.  In a new three-part series Ross Daniels introduces Calabrio’s campaign to support improvements for people, processes and technology to enable greater wellbeing across contact centre organisations.  This first article outlines the key triggers for agents, supervisors and senior managers and shows why it pays to take a comprehensive approach to organisational wellbeing.
 

Partner Article: Workforce Wellbeing Recovery Kit at Calabrio

We all want a positive customer experience in our contact centres. Often, this can only be achieved when your staff are motivated, engaged, and experience the work-life balance they require. Companies are seeing the importance of the overall wellbeing of their staff at all levels – and there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Calabrio’s Workforce Wellbeing Recovery Toolkit provides insights and resources to help identify common challenges and provide ideas for improvements that will positively impact employees, as well as customers.

Technology Showcase: NICE

Originally broadcast Tuesday 5th April 2022, 12:30

Agents are now used to flexibility in every aspect of their lives, they can choose when to do their banking, catch up on box sets and even play games. We need to reflect this flexibility and customization in the work place.

Keynote: Your Moment of Truth

Originally broadcast Monday 4th April 2022, 09:30

Confident to Succeed Every day we practice living versus an ever-changing world and environment. Those who strive to learn and improve can adapt better. Those who are contempt with how they are or refuse to accept the changes around them will find it hard to catch-up as the change required to survive and thrive becomes bigger.

Free Webinar: Breakdown to Breakthrough with Rising Vibe

Watch at your own pace

Goals, targets, outcomes and objectives are important. Having a focus and something to aim for is motivating for most people. However according to research 98% of us will die without fulfilling our dreams* and only 8% of people achieve their goals.**
 
So why is this? Based on our experience working with many individuals, and entire organisations, it’s all about trying to do too much too quickly. Baby stepping might not be as sexy as a quantum leap, however it is a sure way to move forwards.
 
In this webinar we will explore:
 - The difference between a baby step and a quantum leap
 - The impact of negativity bias on our motivation
 - The 4 steps to define the perfect baby step outcome
 - How to breakdown our barriers to breakthrough and move forwards using the Rising Vibrational Scale
 
*Wealth Research Group **University of Scranton

Partner Event: Join Alvaria for the Credit Connect Technology Think Tank New Generations in Lending.

Learn more about the current lending technology landscape – how wider society impacts lending patterns and the role of digitalisation in lending and repayments. Plus, find out more about impact of new lending models such as Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL).  

Free Webinar: How NatWest has transformed contact centre productivity & adherence whilst improving colleague engagement at scale with QStory

8th March 2022, 12pm

NatWest has been live with QStory, the pioneers of intraday automation for 12 months. The initial roll out was to 2,500 agents in Customer Contact. Other departments rapidly came on board, taking the total deployment to 4,000 agents.
 
Hear how this implementation has helped to;
 - Deliver the NatWest colleague agenda and associated cultural change
 - Enable the reinvestment of time back into agent professional development and engagement
 - Transform productivity and schedule adherence

Free Webinar: Key Industry Trends in 2022 - The 3As

Hosted by Phil Anderson on 17th February 2022

Attrition, Attraction and Absence will be on going challenges during 2022. With a continued uncertainty around COVID and an indecision on what hybrid working really means, a number of problems will be experienced due the “3-A’s”.

  • Understand how to control your attrition and benchmark against the industry.
  • Develop an attraction strategy, helping to develop careers.
  • Learn how to manage absence to reduce the impact of Pandemic related sickness.

Free Webinar: Agent Mental Health: How Behavioural Data Science Can Improve Wellbeing in partnership with Sabio

Hosted on 10th February 2022

Phil Anderson, Director at The Forum will be joined by Scott Budding from Sabio and Phoebe Asquith of People Matter to discuss the importance of monitoring and supporting the mental health of contact centre agents.

This session will focus on how psycho-social research has presented new ways for us to surface tailored insights and understand root causes of poor mental health. 

Partner Article: Enhance Employee Engagement to Improve CX at Alvaria

Using game mechanics motivates and engages call centre employees seamlessly while aligning employee behaviours to company goals — which results in improved employee retention, performance, customer satisfaction and profitability. 

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