The Executive Guide to Contact Center Excellence (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Independently Published, 2026
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Paperback. Most contact centers are stuck in a vicious cycle: costs that refuse to drop, service that never quite delights, and leaders who keep throwing more technology at the problem.The result? Higher expenses, frustrated customers, burned-out agents, and AI or automation initiatives that make the chaos worse instead of better.There is a better way.You can't have low cost without providing fantastic customer service.The Executive Guide to Contact Center Excellence provides the architectural and process foundation needed to break that cycle and build a service operation that works predictably and economically.This is Book 1 of the Contact Center Excellence Series - the foundational guide that shows how to design a contact center that simultaneously delivers: Dramatically lower total operating costsConsistently fantastic customer experiencesA stable platform where AI and automation can actually succeedWhat you'll discover inside: The architectural and process prerequisites required before any AI or automation initiative will pay offHow to design queues, call processes, and functional groupings that reduce repeat demandAgent role definitions, checklists, and learning paths that create correctness and consistencyHow to rapidly deploy and reassign agents through structured roles and progression paths, without sacrificing quality or increasing reworkThe real reason service costs stay high (it's not labor rates)How queuing science applies to everyday operations - not just theoryWhy variability is the number one enemy of both cost and serviceThe proven "lane" architecture that turns chaotic centers into predictable, manageable systemsPractical segmentation strategies that align customer demand, agent skills, and costExamples of staffing logic and career paths that support both quality and efficiencyHow this book fits in the Contact Center Excellence SeriesThe three books in the Contact Center Excellence Series address different aspects of the same operating system.Some readers begin with design.Others begin with metrics or analysis.Regardless of where you start, the ideas connect - and over time, the pieces come together into a complete, coherent model for delivering excellent service at the lowest sustainable cost.Book 1, The Executive Guide to Contact Center Excellence, defines the architectural and process design of the contact center - how work is segmented, routed, and completed correctly so cost and service move together.Book 2, The Executive Guide to Contact Center Metrics, establishes management and decision discipline, showing how leaders use metrics to guide day-to-day operations and strategic decisions.Book 3, Mastering Contact Center Metrics, provides the step-by-step operational math, visualization, and daily control methods that allow the system to be run proactively rather than reactively.Your contact center can deliver excellent service at the lowest sustainable cost.This book shows you how to build the foundation that makes it possible. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Executive Guide to Contact Center Excellence (Paperback)
- Author
- James Clyde Abbott
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798244778205
- Series
- Book 1 of 3: The Contact Center Excellence Series
Most contact centers are stuck in a vicious cycle: costs that refuse to drop, service that never quite delights, and leaders who keep throwing more technology at the problem.
The result? Higher expenses, frustrated customers, burned-out agents, and AI or automation initiatives that make the chaos worse instead of better.
There is a better way.
You can’t have low cost without providing fantastic customer service.
The Executive Guide to Contact Center Excellence provides the architectural and process foundation needed to break that cycle and build a service operation that works predictably and economically.
This is Book 1 of the Contact Center Excellence Series — the foundational guide that shows how to design a contact center that simultaneously delivers:
- Dramatically lower total operating costs
- Consistently fantastic customer experiences
- A stable platform where AI and automation can actually succeed
What you’ll discover inside:
- The architectural and process prerequisites required before any AI or automation initiative will pay off
- How to design queues, call processes, and functional groupings that reduce repeat demand
- Agent role definitions, checklists, and learning paths that create correctness and consistency
- How to rapidly deploy and reassign agents through structured roles and progression paths, without sacrificing quality or increasing rework
- The real reason service costs stay high (it’s not labor rates)
- How queuing science applies to everyday operations — not just theory
- Why variability is the number one enemy of both cost and service
- The proven “lane” architecture that turns chaotic centers into predictable, manageable systems
- Practical segmentation strategies that align customer demand, agent skills, and cost
- Examples of staffing logic and career paths that support both quality and efficiency
How this book fits in the Contact Center Excellence Series
The three books in the Contact Center Excellence Series address different aspects of the same operating system.
Some readers begin with design.
Others begin with metrics or analysis.
Regardless of where you start, the ideas connect — and over time, the pieces come together into a complete, coherent model for delivering excellent service at the lowest sustainable cost.
Book 1, The Executive Guide to Contact Center Excellence, defines the architectural and process design of the contact center — how work is segmented, routed, and completed correctly so cost and service move together.
Book 2, The Executive Guide to Contact Center Metrics, establishes management and decision discipline, showing how leaders use metrics to guide day-to-day operations and strategic decisions.
Book 3, Mastering Contact Center Metrics, provides the step-by-step operational math, visualization, and daily control methods that allow the system to be run proactively rather than reactively.
Your contact center can deliver excellent service at the lowest sustainable cost.
This book shows you how to build the foundation that makes it possible.
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