03 September 2001

Best Practices -- A Business Case

Changes in call center management can increase customer loyalty and market share

by Glenn Phelps
Customer loyalty scores were dropping. Market share was slipping. The company knew something had to change and called in the cavalry. In a year, customer loyalty measures increased from 40% to 76%. The workforce of CSRs and CSR management was reorganized to sustain these results, long after the cavalry went home. How did the company accomplish this turnaround?
Glenn Phelps, Ph.D., is a Senior Consultant with Gallup.

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