The Wrong Half of the Call: Why Contact Center AI Keeps Stalling and the Role That Fixes It after-call work agentic ai ai employee manager ai employees ai in customer service average handle time call center burnout contact center ai contact center management customer experience leadership customer service ai de-escalation myra golden Jul 10, 2026

For twenty-five years I have watched the same scene on every contact center floor I have worked. A rep takes the hard call. She absorbs the frustration, steadies her voice, finds the policy, and earns back a customer the company nearly lost. Then the line clears, and her reward begins. The notes.

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Don't Fire Your Agents. Promote Them: The New Contact Center Where AI Takes the Calls and Your People Take Charge ai adoption ai agent manager ai in customer service call center jobs contact center ai contact center management customer experience customer service ai de-escalation employee retention human in the loop ikea ai case study myra golden Jul 03, 2026

Last October, my daughter was laid off, and the company named AI as the reason. I wrote about her last week, about the months of applications that went nowhere and the federal case that finally said her suspicions deserved to be heard.

So believe me when I tell you I have thought hard about what

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Preparing Your Customer Service Team for AI Agents: A CX Leader's Playbook agentic ai ai agents ai agents customer service ai and human teams ai employees ai in contact centers ai in customer service ai workforce contact center leadership contact center management contact center training customer ai manager customer experience leadership customer service training cx leadership future of customer service future of work preparing customer service teams for ai the future of customer service Jun 03, 2026

The industry calls them AI agents. I call them an AI workforce. That is not a small distinction, and I want to start here, because the word you choose shapes how your team feels walking into this change.

When you say "AI agents," your frontline hears "the thing that replaces me." When you say "AI

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Top Contact Center Trends for 2023 You Need to Know contact center ai contact center efficiency contact center management contact center trends 2023 May 17, 2023

As a former Contact Center Manager, I'm always looking at trends and trying to stay ahead of the game, and I know you are, also. I've spent time talking to experts, exploring new technology, and, most importantly, listening to contact center leaders. I've put all my research in this article to help ...

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Navigating Leadership: Top 5 Tips for New Contact Center Managers to Succeed call center management contact center management from peer to boss May 16, 2023

Becoming a manager in a contact center can be both exciting and challenging. This new role offers an opportunity to impact the organization and its customers significantly. However, new contact center managers often face a steep learning curve and unique challenges. As a new manager, you are respons...

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Conflict Resolution for Managers 30-minute customized video training contact center management management training Apr 30, 2023

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ForĀ Jack Cooper University, I produced a ten-week conflict resolution training.

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Jack Cooper’s managers are ready to preempt escalations and manage conflict. Here’s our week eight video training.

I loved every minute of this interactive training project!...

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