Martin Teasdale

Get Out of Wrap - Contact Centre Chat

Business EN ↓ 268 episodes

There are 6,000 contact centres in the UK - this is the 1st podcast dedicated to the world of the contact centre. Perhaps still an industry with a negative perception externally, the reality is very different & very positive. This is a podcast all about best practice in Contact Centres &what vibrant, vital, diverse, exciting engagement places they really are. I’ll be chatting to people who know their stuff and are doing great things. This podcast is independent and a proud supporter of Action Aid UK .

Author

Martin Teasdale

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Business

Podcast website

getoutofwrap.com

Latest episode

Jun 26, 2026

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Episodes

#170 Suzanne Dawson Hull of SSCL 25.08.2023

Suzanne is an award winning Team Leader - winning at the NECCA's and the UK National Contact Centre Awards. Humble, professional, warm, funny and caring Suzanne shares her story and tips on team leadership. Suzanne also talks with great pride about her son who has autism and their journey as a family thriving together.

#169 Jade Rogers of DDC OS 18.08.2023

Had a great chat with Jade with lots of laughs and insight from one of the Directors at DDC. We also spoke about perceptions , account management and sales - loved chatting to Jade

#168 Ben Booth of Max Contact 16.08.2023

Ben Booth of Max Contact talks about his journey and what innovation means to him.

#166 Ray Biggs finally comes on GOOW 21.07.2023

I got him after first speaking about this some 4 years ago - Ray Biggs is COO at Ventrica and is very well known in our industry and for all the right reasons ! Get set for a great episode from Ray.

#165 Daisy Lee Crouch of Dojo 12.07.2023

It's hard to share in a few words my admiration for Daisy - she is a subject matter expert , a true professional of our industry and most importantly a lovely human. We chat start ups, coaching, management, quality, making that leap, imposter syndrome and much more - a great episode from a true role model.

#164 A trip to Ascensos 07.07.2023

To officially launch Ascensos adding their Team Managers to the Team Leader Community I travelled to the Motherwell site of Ascensos in Scotland for two days and during the trip got to speak to John Devlin - CoFounder & CEO and also Caitlin McWhirter Senior Team Manager

#163 Jen Sharp of DHL 30.06.2023

Hear from Jen Sharp Contact Centre Director at DHL. Listen to this episode to get a real understanding on why Jen recently won an award at the recent UK Contact Centre Awards. We cover a range of topics from Jen's early career at DHL and transitioning into a Contact Centre role without having worked in that area before, to completing transformative projects - Jen is ace !

#162 - Consumer duty comes into force on the 31st of July – is your organisation ready? Helen & Pete from BPA Quality can help you. 16.06.2023

Helen Beaumont Manahan and Pete Dunn of BPA Quality come back to the GOOW studio to help you understand what Consumer Duty means for you and your organisation, and what you need to do to get ready.

#161 Stephen Yap of the CCMA shares the results of the Voice of the Contact Centre Consumer research sponsored by Odigo 02.06.2023

#161 Stephen Yap of the CCMA shares the results of the Voice of the Contact Centre Consumer research sponsored by Odigo. In this insightful and fascinating episode Stephen takes us through exactly what the consumers of the UK think of dealing with contact centres - a must listen !

#160 Joe Beal - when academia & customer services meet - DDC Discusses 26.05.2023

Joe Beal is the CCO at DDC and wanted to do things differently. Along with his team they created DDC Discusses an event to showcase what happens when academia meets the world of CX & Contact Centres.

#159 Team Leader Tips from the Novuna Team and more tales of my career 19.05.2023

Team Leader Tips from the Novuna Team and more tales of my career thanks to Greenbean

#158 Paul Whymark - COO of Sensee 14.04.2023

I love meeting Paul at events and seeing his smiling face at any industry gathering plus this guy knows his stuff! In this episode we chat about Pauls career, and of course with paul being an expert from Sensee we cover things like; -What models could/should you use for home working - hybrid and when are different models appropriate? - What are the financial considerations? - Is office-based train...

#156 Jaime Scott of Evaluagent 07.04.2023

Quality in contact centres and ChatGPT ? Whats happening ? Jaime Scoot CEO & Co-Founder of Evaluagent joins me to tell all. We also chat about whats the story behind Evaluagent ? Where did it all start and whats important to the team at Evaluagent and what is Jaimes story ?

#155 Tim Farrell of Direct Line - Chatbots - Digital Engagement & Customer Experience 31.03.2023

Tim Farrell of Direct Line chats about all the cool things he and his team have been doing as part of their digital transformation. A fascinating, educating and insightful trip behind the scenes with an expert guide - loved this.

#154 - Craig Watts of Red Recruitment 24.03.2023

In this episode we chat about Craig's career and the dreaded imposter syndrome in a soul searching, open and honest session. Craig is an awesome guy and is passionate about putting contact centres right up there as a career of choice - loved chatting to him.

#153 Jake Gardiner chats about how best to use technology in your contact centre 22.03.2023

Jake Gardiner of Odigo really knows his stuff and chats about AI, NLP and much more in a great episode to listen to if you want to understand more about how cloud based technology can help your contact centre.

#152 - The beginning 03.03.2023

Thanks to Julie Mordue and everyone at Greenbean I've started sharing my story with them - head over to their website to see this and more......come with me to 1995

#151 - A UK Contact Centre Award Winners special 23.02.2023

As the deadline nears to get your entries in for this years awards hear from two winners in this special episode. Jo Hodge from Sensee won Outsourced Contact Centre manager of the year and shares her experience and tips and then we hear from Claire Du Preez the Communities Programme Manager at Sky who tells us all about their heart warming entry that won - Most Positive Impact on the Community. An...

#150 - Three great Team Leaders from DDC OS 22.02.2023

For this special episode I have gone back to the people and role in our industry I love the most - The Team Leader (Team Manager) and in this episode we have three great one's - Parveen Jamal, Charlotte Moody & Phil Berry - a great episode to mark this milestone.

#149 The UK Contact Centre Awards with Jackie Pringle & Rachel Newcomb 10.02.2023

In this episode I chat to Jackie Pringle & Rachel Newcomb of the CCMA about The UK Contact Centre Awards 

#148 Phil & Chris of The Forum on data, targets and performance 03.02.2023

#148 Phil & Chris of The Forum on data, targets and performance. Following on from last week's excellent episode this is another episode where you are going to learn something !

#147 Danny Wareham on Culture & Bee's 01.02.2023

Danny Wareham is an expert on culture and in this enlightening episode shares his mantra's and tips on installing a great culture in your organisation.

#146 - Chris & Phil from The Forum on Resource Planning best practice 27.01.2023

Chris Rainsforth and Phil Anderson of The Forum are experts on Resource Planning and bring that to bear in this illuminating episode !

#145 Elli Barron & Russell Wilson of Sensee 25.01.2023

Elli Barron & Russell Wilson of Sensee join me to talk all about running teams in a homeworking environment - Sensee are rightly regarded as our industries homeworking experts and Elli & Russell share just how they do it.

#144 Dr.Phoebe Asquith of Sabio on wellbeing in Contact Centres 20.01.2023

What a great guest Dr. Phoebe Asquith is ! A Doctor of Psychology Phoebe shares her knowledge and all the work she is doing in our industry on wellbeing, psychology and much more - a fascinating episode !

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