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Call Centre Team Leader Resources
Practical tools, proven frameworks and coaching-focused resources for call centre team leaders, supervisors and coaches. Manage your team, hit your targets, and keep growing as a leader.
Everything here is built by people who have led frontline teams — clear, useful and made for the day-to-day reality of the role.
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Call Centre Glossary
Plain-English definitions for every acronym, metric and framework you will use with your team.
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Coaching strategies, performance management and leadership how-tos — scroll down for the latest.
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Live training to build your coaching, leadership and operations skills as a team leader.
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Coaching frameworks, goal trackers and performance tools built for frontline team leaders.
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Monthly call centre discussions with industry experts on the issues that affect your team.
Explore Call Centre RoundtablesSetting KPIs for Team Leaders
How to set the right KPIs for your team — what to measure, and what to leave alone.
Read the GuideResources built for call centre team leaders
Leading a call centre team is a balancing act. You are coaching agents, managing performance, hitting service targets and reporting upward — often all in the same shift. ACXPA gives call centre team leaders the frameworks, tools and practical guidance to lead well without burning out, backed by people who have done the job.
Need a structure for your next coaching conversation? Our resources cover the GROW model and SMART goals, plus practical coaching and one-on-one techniques that actually change behaviour. Managing performance means understanding the metrics too — from adherence and shrinkage to quality assurance — and knowing which ones your team can genuinely influence.
This category is one part of the wider . New to the role, or supporting your agents? Explore the resources for call centre employees, and for the bigger picture see the resources for managers. Whatever this week throws at you, you will find real support here — clear answers and practical guidance for the people leading the front line.
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Team Leader Coaching Guide
The interactive, scenario-based coaching guide — tailored language and structure for productivity, quality, adherence and conduct conversations, saved to your profile.
Open the Coaching GuideEmployee Goal Tracker
The online goal tracker — set goals and check-ins for each team member, synced to your profile with automated reminders.
Open the Goal TrackerAgent Performance Matrix
Plot each agent on the quality-vs-productivity matrix. The Simple tier is included with your Business Membership; the per-call ACXPA Certified assessment requires a separate licence.
Open the MatrixLatest articles for call centre team leaders
From coaching and performance management to setting the right KPIs and keeping your team engaged — everything below is written for team leaders, by people who have led frontline teams. Practical how-tos and honest advice to help you lead well and grow into the role.
You can't expect what you don't inspect. A practical guide to setting KPIs for call centre team leaders — the metrics that matter, how many to set, what makes a good one, and the leadership and coaching KPIs most centres forget.
The 10 most popular call centre metrics — Service Level, ASA, AHT, FCR and more — with formulas, benchmarks and how to read each in context.
What actually drives contact centre engagement in 2026 — and 10 practical, low-cost ideas to boost it, from awards nights and trivia to learning circles, gamification and getting offsite.
Fifteen habits from 34 years of coaching contact centre team leaders — plus the reason more than half of them are set up to fail at it.
Tax time again — here's what contact centre workers can and can't claim, based on the ATO's official call centre guidance. Working from home, car, uniforms, self-education, donations, and the records you need.
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Call Centre Employee Articles Support the agents on your team with practical, frontline resources. Call Centre Manager Articles WFM, quality, AI and lifting whole-of-centre performance. Coaching & Performance Hub Coaching frameworks, goal trackers and performance tools. How to Set KPIs for Team Leaders What to measure for your team — and what to leave alone. Popular Call Centre Metrics The metrics that matter, explained in plain English. Employee Engagement Ideas Practical ways to keep your team motivated and engaged.
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