LSA Receives Top 10 Contact Center Association Recognition

Santa Clara, CA, September 26, 2012 – LSA Global, the premier one-stop training outsourcing and performance consulting firm that focuses on achieving measurable business results with a select group of clients, today received a Top 10 Session Award from the Contact Center Association for the October 9-12, 2012 Contact Center Conference.

“We are thrilled that our Customer Service Strategy presentation on Creating a High Performance Contact Center Environment has been ranked as one of the Top 10 most popular sessions for the upcoming conference.” states Anne Slough, Director of LSA’s Customer Loyalty Practice. “When we talk to Customer Service Leaders, they are all concerned about understanding the key factors that stimulate improved performance in their people.”

Session Information:
The conference session is #603 : Creating a High Performance Contact Center Environment and is Thursday, October 11 from 11:45am – 12:45pm in Miami Florida.

Overview:
A leader’s key role is to facilitate and create the environmental circumstances that trigger performance improvement in their people and the organization. But what are the specific environmental factors that stimulate accelerated performance improvement? In this session, we will share ground breaking research into the dynamics affecting human performance in organizations including how to assess your own performance environment, lessons from other organizations, and a proven approach to identify the most potent action to improve organizational performance.

The culmination of the research is the High Performance Environmental Structure [HPES]. The HPES explains the specific factors that trigger improved performance in people and captures all the possible management moves that a leader can leverage to improve performance of a specific population.

In this highly engaging session, you will learn:

1. The key factors that stimulate improved performance in people
2. How changes in these factors effect changes in the performance of people
3. How to identify strengths and weaknesses in your own environment
4. How to choose the right action to create the desired change in human performance within your organization

Speaker Information:
Anne Slough
Director, Sales Performance and Customer Service Practices
LSA Global

Mrs. Slough serves as a leading consultant to the contact center industry. She has a rich history of directing senior level executives in the development of their corporate strategies and contact center initiatives. She has an extensive background in helping contact centers to develop business plans, to diagnose operational gaps, and to implement results-oriented cultures. Ms. Slough has both a breadth and depth of experience in establishing and growing high-performing teams. From selecting technology to establishing recruiting and selection procedures, goal setting processes, feedback systems, coaching models and implementing sales and service skills, she has an expansive understanding of the complexities facing contact centers today.

Ms. Slough has worked with contact centers of all sizes and industries, both in the United States and abroad. She is a frequently requested speaker at leading contact center conferences and symposiums. She holds a BA and MA from East Carolina University.

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