Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

Managing change, creating common vision, and reaching desired outcomes are the three most vital priorities for anyone responsible for leading teams. In many agencies, this includes project managers, product managers, or both. While the names and day-to-day tasks of project managers and product managers may be similar, it’s worth understanding the significant differences between the roles. At a basic level, it’s as simple as it sounds.

When late payments are the rule and not the exception, the stability of your agency is at risk. Find out how to maintain cash flow with our five tips for getting clients to pay on time, every time. A recent Chaser study finds that 87% of businesses report that their invoices get paid after the due date. If you don’t have a system for ensuring clients pay you on time, you’re limiting your growth and sacrificing almost half your revenue.

Long wait times, unhappy customers, disengaged agents, and high turnover: call center problems can have cascading effects that significantly impact your bottom line. Whether you manage a single call center or oversee several outsourced contact centers, finding the root cause or seeing the bigger picture isn’t always easy. In this article, we’ll cover 10 of the most common contact center issues and share actionable steps to resolve them.

Project management is important in all industries, but healthcare could benefit the most from a comprehensive strategy. As the healthcare industry continues to suffer from budgetary constraints and a talent drought, a healthcare project manager becomes the light in the dark. However, there are several healthcare project management challenges that stop managers from getting the most out of their projects.

A decade ago, if you asked an agency owner how they managed their projects, the answer would have been one of two things: a whiteboard with sticky notes, or a complicated Excel spreadsheet. Today, thanks to technological advancements, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the project management space by offering agencies a more streamlined approach.

Our regular webinar viewers will know we’ve been leaning into the topic of “time” for some time now. We’ve looked at how time impacts everything from an agency’s pricing strategy, to workplace culture, and everything in between. In this month’s webinar, we went back to basics to focus on what is possibly the biggest time-related challenge facing agency leaders today: getting staff to actually track their time in the first place!

In today’s blog we’ll be looking at the basics of kanban boards!

You can’t achieve any project’s full potential if you don’t have the right team, the right team management software, and the right processes in place! With team management software, you can create a system for every cog in your project machine and engage in real-time collaboration. With the right system in place, everyone understands their roles, their responsibilities, and their deliverables.

Whether your call center’s North Star metric is its customer satisfaction score (CSAT), net promoter score (NPS), or return on investment (ROI), you need a platform that can measure and optimize your efforts. Yet choosing the right solution is more challenging than it might seem.

Hey there, welcome to the new normal! In our fast-paced, always-connected world, the traditional 9-to-5 office grind is quickly becoming a relic of the past. Enter the hybrid workforce, a dynamic blend of in-office and remote working revolutionizing how we think about work. Now, if you’re thinking, “Okay, that sounds cool… but how do I manage that?” don’t worry. We’ve got you covered.