Get Out of Wrap - Contact Centre Chat

James Hughes talks about one of his passions and that's for ensuring technology supports Agent mental health & wellbeing. We chat about Sabio's positioning here and also trends in the industry around attrition , absence and what other kpi's are important indicators when it comes to agent wellbeing. We also talk about James other passion - can you guess what it is ?

How did Chris empower the team on the Boris Bikes scheme ? What are the key things you must do to build great team spirit and what does Chris think about the future of our industry. We cover these and much more talking to industry expert Chris de Souza .

Episode #90 of Get out of Wrap is the kick off episode for a series of behind the scenes look at some exciting stuff going on at Sabio - and who better to give us that first look than the CEO Jonathan Gale. We of course chat about Jonathan’s career and there is a fascinating insight into the inception of Sabio and the birth of this important company in our industry. We get to hear about the conver...

From starting on the phones in Telemarketing to setting up Call Centres across Europe and running her own successful business Angella is a real role model. We talk about her journey and she shares great advice and insights. We also chatted about Angella's passion & activism for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and how her own experiences shaped that and how we can be allies. Angella is rightly cons...

Whilst working at a fairground style stall at Alton Towers giving teddy bears away a bit too freely David Harrison discovered the magic of customer service. Hear this and the rest of David’s story as a slightly introverted young man was catapulted into positions he thought he wasn’t ready for, yet thrived. David has led teams to 7 awards and talks passionately about leaving behind the command & co...

I am so lucky doing the podcast as I get to talk to brilliant people and Sandrea is one of those. Sandrea shares her inspirational personal story and journey into our world of contact centres and shares her tips and current cutting edge world at Depop. I loved talking to Sandrea about the topics she is passionate about and Sandrea celebrates and leverages difference and diversity within her teams...

How do you become a more Emotionally Intelligent leader that leads with empathy ? In this episode myself and Chris discuss our experiences and offer some advice and tips.

Lee and I have started talking every week and I always feel great after speaking to him and I learn something. An expert in Change there are some great lessons and tips shared in this episode and Lee also talks Monkeys, Elephants, Stand Up Comedy and his forthcoming Christmas single - whats not to love ?

I've been trying to get Justin to come on from the outset of the podcast and I finally cornered him. Justin is rightly considered one of the key leaders in our industry and today talks passionately about delivering for your customers and for your employees. he shares Dojo's journey and vision and how the concept of Tribes is going to see their NPS & CSAT continue to grow !

I was recently part of the panel discussing this topic at the UK National Contact Centre Conference and I wanted to share some of the points raised.

Dino first came on the podcast over a year ago and we have a lot to talk about. The challenge facing all contact centres at the moment - recruitment is our first topic. We talk about Dino's views on why returning to our vibrant contact centres is so important. We talk about Ventrica's expansion internationally and their latest investments in technology. Dino rightly is considered one of the nicest...

Being a customer facing team member in our industry is tough, on this podcast we talk about mindset and the factors that are important in helping your agents get and keep the right one.

Brucine Francis is a Uk & International recruiter for the Customer Contact Industry and shares her expertise and journey. Brucine talks about her work in Diversity and Inclusion and recounts her own experiences of dealing with racism in her life. Brucine is amazing and I am so glad I did this podcast so you can hear her too.

Nik is a good mate now having chatted many times both on the podcast and off it. He's a successful business owner, charity champion and Linkedin leader. Today we talk about many many things that were on Niks mind.

James is always a great listen - his knowledge, skills and just the person he is makes for a great episode.

I've known Michael since 2017 when we judged together and he has been someone I have wanted to come on the podcast since I set it up in 2019. Michael is a subject matter expert in call & contact centres, CX and DX and shares his career journey, his passion for customers, start up tips, and shares the journey that Atiom have been on. A great episode and guest - hope you enjoy.

The first GOOW huddle, before we start the working day I will record no more than 10 minutes of industry news, thoughts, top tips, book recommendations and anything else that takes my fancy - this is the first one - let me know what you think.

Martin Pemberton worked hard to live alot of peoples dream for a decade - he was a professional footballer. This career was ended by injury and Martin suffered until he created Just 1 to 11. In a funny, heart warming, real and authentic episode Martin shares his lifes journey and how Just 1 to 11 saved him.

Andrew MacAskill is a job search guru with a following of over 80,000 on Linkedin and is an official Linkedin Changemaker due to his unstinting support and guidance to job seekers. An episode well worth a listen if you are job searching or might be in the future.

In this episode I am joined by the lead of the award winning John Lewis Customer Care team Alice Henderson and she talks about management and governance of change activity within contact centres. How do you govern it across multiple head office stakeholders, manage the volume of change,and prioritise effectively. She also talks about how the team helped shape the strategy for customer care with ou...

David has been in contact centres since starting on the phones some 20 years ago. He found he had a talent in planning and hard work and research has seen him become an SME in this area. In this episode David talks about planning for hybrid workforces, intraday automation, workforce engagement and how real time agility is more beneficial to your business than forecast accuracy. A great episode wit...

Garry is founder of Fab Solutions and also the founder of the Contact Centre Network, prior to that he had a long career at BUPA. In this episode we talk about his career to date, about how to create customer and colleague loyalty in your Contact Centre and Elephants, dead fish & vomit :)

Jimmy Hosang is the CEO of The Modular Analytics Company and he brings the authenticity and engagement you'd expect from that company to this podcast. I loved chatting to Jimmy and found him inspirational as he talked about his journey and his ethos. We also talked about the digitisation of the contact centre and how Jimmy is passionate about people development and their use in contact centres.

Mark Turner is an Operations SME and currently heads up the multi-lingual operation at BPA Quality. He also takes on the task of leading a yearly physical challenge to raise money for charity. The last few years have seen people from BPA complete the 3 Peaks challenge and this year despite Covid is no different with the team taking on the 100km challenge that is the Race to the Stones. In a laught...

Rob Wilkinson is very well known in the industry. He has judged at customer experience awards, spoken at business forums, provided content as a subject expert and been twice voted in Call centre Helpers ‘Top 10 Most respected’. Rob shares his journey, top tips and his passions.