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Turning Observation into Innovation

Leading Blog

E VERYONE WANTS to be an innovator. Every organization wants to be innovative; it doesn’t matter if it’s a church, a for-profit or non-profit business, or a government agency. To not be innovative is to risk being left behind. But how many of us are truly innovative? It requires skills that too few have developed.

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Build Your Own Competency Model- A Team Exercise

Let's Grow Leaders

call center directors, team leaders). Here’s what such an informal competency could look like in the call center director world. Is c onstantly encouraging innovation and new ways to make the work more effective and efficient. Of course, the further you take it, the more impactful the exercise becomes.

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3 Proven Ways Call Centers Can Better Streamline Operations

Chart Your Course

Customer Service is Important to Call Centers. In particular, when it comes to improving the customer service experience and streamlining operations, today’s call center agents now have a wide array of tech solutions to resolve these matters. Cost savings are integral to the business model of most call centers.

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2020

Leading Blog

Cops chase robbers, doctors treat patients with chronic illnesses, and call-center reps address customer complaints. Create the Future + the Innovation Handbook : Tactics for Disruptive Thinking by Jeremy Gutsche. Create the Future is paired with a revised edition of Jeremy's award-winning innovation handbook, Exploiting Chaos.

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3 Small Steps for a CEO, One Giant Leap for a Leader

In the CEO Afterlife

CEOs that understand and appreciate the notion are intensely passionate about innovation as the means to this end. They spearhead innovation by ensuring their organization’s cultural norm is continuous change and creativity. Innovation starts with insight and progresses through disruptive hypotheses. Handle Consumer Complaints.

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3 Small Steps for a CEO, One Giant Leap for Leadership

LDRLB

CEOs that understand and appreciate the notion are intensely passionate about innovation as the means to this end. They spearhead innovation by ensuring their organization’s cultural norm is continuous change and creativity. Innovation starts with insight and progresses through disruptive hypotheses. The result was far more.

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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

The BoP markets are a hotbed for innovation and companies that are able to mold their business models to fit within this paradigm can truly alter traditional business models. They provide advice on the spot and can create “trouble tickets” which are then handled by subject matter experts via a network, coordinated by a 24/7 call center.