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Bringing new and fresh ideas to the call center industry, Call Center Confidential is a uniquely insightful exploration of agent customer-service training and management, chock full of the industry's most cutting-edge ideas and perspectives. Definitely not a rehash of the same old ideas- if you are serious and passionate about this subject- this is the podcast for you!

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    • Jun 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
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    • 39 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Call Center Confidential

    Why Scoring Every Call Is Not the Answer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 17:14


    In this enlightening episode, top industry trainer and thought leader Trey Briggs explores how scoring every call is not the answer to QA success. Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on a unique level of knowledge and expertise. Check it out!

    How to Make Mediocre Agents Great Pt. 5 (The Simple Magic of Word Choice and Phone Manners)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 19:16


    In this episode, top call center industry trainer and thought leader Trey Briggs discusses how to make mediocre agents great through a process focused on fixing the mistakes in their word choice and phone manners. Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on a unique level of knowledge and expertise. Check it out!

    Study Shows AI Digital Channels in Decline.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 13:56


    In this future-looking episode, top call center industry trainer and thought leader Trey Briggs discusses an extensive study that concluded that the move to AI-automated digital channels has stopped for two consecutive years, patients and customers overwhelmingly prefer interacting with a live agent, and this preference is growing. Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on a unique level of knowledge and expertise. Check it out!

    A Training Model Refresh for the Industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 17:31


    In this thought-provoking episode, top industry trainer and thought leader Trey Briggs discusses a pundit's recent call for a current training model refresh for the call center industry, what that would look like, and what it would take for the industry to take this step forward. Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on a unique level of knowledge and expertise. Check it out!

    The Call Center Industry's Denial Dynamic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 15:56


    In this episode, Trey Briggs discusses the call center industry's denial dynamic regarding the existence of poor-performing agents and how it is holding the industry back from progress.  Check it out!

    Coaching Is a Symptom of a Problem, Not a Solution to One.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 20:29


    In this thought-provoking episode, top call industry agent trainer Trey Briggs discusses how a need for continuous coaching is a symptom of a problem and certainly not a solution to one. Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on a unique level of knowledge, experience, and expertise. Check it out!

    Q and A Pt. 12 - Managing Protocols, Happy Agents, and Convincing C-Level Executives.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 19:57


    In this aweseom episode, leading call center trainer Trey Briggs discusses the importance of managing protocols with QA, the essential training aspect of keeping call center agents happy, and ideas regarding convincing C-Level executives to invest in training.  Check it out!

    Q and A Pt. 11 - Creating Empathy, Authentic Tone, Rapport Management, and Accountability in Every Call.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 18:03


    In this episode of excellent listener questions, Trey Briggs discusses how to help agents who struggle with empathy and being nice, how to allow agents to improvise and sound real, and how to hold agents accountable for excellence in every call. Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on unique training knowledge and experience. Check it out!

    Questions and Answers Episode 11 (Teaching Empathy, Improvisation, Happy People, and Accountibility)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 19:39


    In this super awesome episode, Trey Briggs answers listeners' questions, exploring various aspects of training, performance management, and expectations.  Check it out, yall!

    How To Make Mediocre Agents Great Pt. 4 (A Formula That Guarantees Service Excellence)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 20:05


    In this episode chock full of training expertise, Trey Briggs breaks down a formula combining word choice, phone manners, and accountability to guarantee that every agent delivers exceptional service in every call they handle! Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on unique training knowledge and experience. Check it out!

    How To Make Mediocre Agents Great Pt. 3 (Misguided Narratives)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 18:57


    In this super-informative episode, Trey Briggs breaks down some misguided narratives that have led our industry astray regarding how to best approach agent training and performance management.  Check it out!

    How Accountability Dictates Quality

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 17:19


    In this powerful episode, Trey discusses the imperative of holding agents accountable for delivering excellence to make agents who are not good on the phone great. You do not want to miss this one!

    How to Make Mediocre Agents Great

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 18:03


    In this super-informative episode, Trey discusses overcoming the call center industry's greatest challenge- how to make mediocre agents great on the phone along a clear path to ensuring every agent within a group consistently delivers only the highest standard of courtesy and professionalism at every moment of every call they handle daily.  Check it out!

    Throwback 1st Episode from 1/31/22: Call Center Sushi Bar Pt. 1 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 23:22


    In this reposted episode from January 2022, we began a 3-episode series titled Call Center Sushi Bar- rethinking the many misguided narratives perpetuated by experts and pundits in our industry regarding agent patient experience training and performance management.  Get your chopsticks ready- this is going to be a tasty one!

    Understanding AI-driven Quality Assurance

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 19:37


    In this highly informative episode, Trey discusses AI-driven QA in great detail and explains how it is essentially the same product as standard QA.  If you have ever wondered about AI QA, this is one not to miss.  Check it out, Y'all!

    Farmer's Dog, Generation Z, and Basic Phone Skills.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 18:06


    In this awesome episode, Trey discusses his recent experiences with call centers, why scripts are bad, Generation Z, and basic phone skills.  Check it out, y'all!

    Questions and Answers Pt. 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 17:42


    In this awesome episode, Trey answers questions regarding AI, robotic agents, different types of calls, differing opinions about customer service, and improvement concepts. Trey Briggs offers industry-leading solutions based on unique training expertise. Check it out where you get your podcasts and on YouTube as well!

    Questions and Answers Pt. 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 20:26


    In this episode, Trey answers questions regarding empathy, demanding patients, agent turnover, de-escalation techniques, and how to create perfect service. Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on unique training knowledge and expertise. 

    Questions and Answers Pt. 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 19:39


    In this episode, recorded in South America, Trey answers questions regarding the limits of coaching, coaching versus training, and accuracy challenges when scoring. Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on unique training knowledge and expertise. Check it out! 

    Questions and Answers Pt. 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 21:54


    In this dynamic episode, Trey discusses managers who do not seem to care, de-escalation techniques, automated digital QA, and why the number of tests per month does not matter.   Check it out!

    Questions and Answers Pt. 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 25:50


    In this episode, Trey Briggs explores differing opinions regarding what qualifies as exceptional customer service, coaching, what creates excellent tone, the data and metrics problem, and who is playing the best music!  Check it out, y'all!

    Questions and Answers Pt. 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 19:41


    In this uber-informative episode, Trey discusses agents who do not care, QA that does not work, what defines excellent customer service, and coaching approaches.  Check it out y'all!

    Questions and Answers Pt. 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 21:21


    In this episode, Trey explores scripts, customer service perfection, and de-escalation techniques.  Check it out, y'all!

    Questions and Answers Pt. 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 20:01


    In this dynamic episode, Trey answers listeners' questions regarding the unique challenges of training and managing call center agents.  Check it out!

    How to Train Different Types of Agents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 21:28


    In this episode, Trey explores the different types of agent personalities and how to approach each regarding training.

    The Narrative of Non-success

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 17:08


    In this episode, Trey explores the misguided narratives espoused by today's call center industry pundits and experts regarding what defines and qualifies as exceptional customer service.  Check it out!

    Coaching and Calibration Sessions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 18:44


    In this episode, Trey Briggs discusses the call center industry's over-reliance on regularly scheduled coaching and calibration sessions and how they point to a deficiency in a QA process.  Check it out!

    Questions and Answers Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 22:57


    In this episode, Trey Briggs discusses a formula that is guaranteed to produce near-perfect CSAT or Patient Survey Scores.  Check it out!

    Questions and Answers Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 31:20


    In this uber-informative episode, Trey answers listeners' questions regarding the QA process, how many reports per month are ideal,  social media, handling depressed agents, and more!  Check it out, y'all!  

    The Role of Agents in the QA Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 25:03


    In this thought-provoking episode, Trey Briggs discusses the pivotal role of agents in the QA process.  Check it out, yall!

    The Role of Teaching in the QA Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 23:32


    In this thought-provoking episode, Trey Briggs discusses the forgotten role of teaching in the QA process.  Check it out!

    The Empathy Myth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 16:19


    In this episode, Trey breaks down The Empathy Myth, a misguided narrative that goes astray from what is really happening in call centers.  This episode is a big ol' reality sandwich!  Check it out!

    Welcome to the Great Surrender

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 17:44


    In this episode, Trey highlights how the failures of today's standard QA approaches have led to a significant portion of the call center industry giving up on agent customer service training altogether.  Trey explains what is wrong with today's QA and how to fix it.  Check it out!

    How to Create Perfect Tone

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 25:03


    In this episode, Trey Briggs discusses the importance of tone, how call center industry pundits and experts have tone all wrong, and how to manage tone properly!  This is a good one!  Check it out!

    Service Perfection is Highly Definable

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 16:19


    This episode explores what defines exceptional customer service, what it sounds like, and how to make it happen.  Check it out!

    Customer Service Perfection Is Easy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 22:40


    In this episode 4, we explore the rules of customer service and how they work to make customer experience perfection an easy and straightforward endeavor.  From training to deescalation techniques, this episode covers lots of ground!  

    Call Center Sushi Bar Pt. 3 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 19:19


    In this episode,  we cover First Call Resolution, Soft Skills, Scripts, It Takes More Time, Personalized Service, and Everyone Is Clamoring for Digital!

    Call Center Sushi Bar Pt. 2 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 20:03


    A continuation of Call Center Sushi Bar with an exploration of the narratives How to Empower Agents, Improvement, Every Call is Different, and Tone!

    Call Center Sushi Bar Pt. 1 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 23:22


    In this introductory episode, we begin a 3-episode series titled Call Center Sushi Bar- a rethinking of the many misguided narratives perpetuated by experts and pundits in our industry regarding agent customer service training and performance management.  Get your chopsticks ready- this is going to be a tasty one!

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