Subcategory • Team Leaders
Contact Centre Team Leader Courses
Real-world training for current and aspiring Team Leaders. Build the skills to coach effectively, lift team performance, manage rosters and metrics with confidence, and handle tough conversations without burning out.
Get practical frameworks you can use the next shift: escalation handling, coaching systems, QA basics, workforce planning fundamentals, and the leadership routines that keep a team engaged and on target.
- Designed and delivered by practitioners who’ve led high-performing teams.
- Official training partner of the Australian Customer Experience Professionals Association (ACXPA).
- Informed by insights from the Australian Call Centre Rankings.
Why Team Leaders Choose CX Skills
Most Team Leader training is built by people who have never been accountable for a live contact centre.
Ours is different. These programs are created and delivered by practitioners who’ve run large-scale operations, managed real rostering risk, handled real customer escalation, and carried real P&L pressure. That operational reality is baked into every framework, tool and case study.
- Real-world operators. Trainers who’ve led teams, handled escalations, and hit targets.
- Australian context. Examples, metrics, and scenarios that match local realities.
- Tool-heavy sessions. Coaching frameworks, QA checklists, and WFM basics you’ll use the next shift.
- Backed by industry data. Informed by insights from the Australian Call Centre Rankings.
- Aligned with ACXPA. Official training partner of the Australian Customer Experience Professionals Association.
What Real Team Leaders Say
These reviews are pulled straight from our post-course surveys and public ratings, so you can see how real Team Leaders describe the content, facilitators and impact in their own words.
Available Contact Centre Team Leader Courses
These programs form the core leadership capability framework for modern contact centres. They are the foundation layer that underpins performance, service consistency, workforce control, quality, coaching and commercial outcomes across Team Leaders and frontline managers.
Delivered by industry-leading practitioners including Justin Tippett, Simon Blair and Marc Carriere, with advanced leadership development also available through the Daniel Ord Team Leader Development Pathway further below.
Choose a comprehensive All-Rounder to establish full operational coverage across all core disciplines, or target a specific leadership or operational capability with a specialist or bespoke course. Public dates are available for individuals, and private delivery can be tailored for your team.
All-Rounders
Our flagship leadership programs for Team Leaders and new managers who need complete operational coverage.
Introduction to Contact Centre Management
The essential management toolkit for anyone stepping into contact centre leadership or managing without formal training. Covers the full breadth of disciplines — operating model, KPIs and service levels, QA foundations, WFM basics, and leadership routines — so you can run your centre with clarity, confidence and consistency.
Contact Centre Management Fundamentals
Advanced, end-to-end management discipline for leaders accountable for performance. Build a robust operating model and master forecasting, intraday control, staffing optimisation, SLA design, quality systems, coaching frameworks and continuous improvement at scale.
Specialist & Bespoke Courses
These programs are designed to target specific leadership and operational capability gaps inside your contact centre. They are ideal for lifting particular performance levers such as coaching maturity, real-time workforce control, frontline leadership effectiveness and escalation management.
Delivered as standalone interventions or combined into a tailored development pathway for your Team Leaders and operations leaders.
Contact Centre Coaching PRO Course
Advanced coaching techniques to lift Team Leader capability, accelerate performance and embed a strong, repeatable coaching culture.
How to be a Great Team Leader
Equip Team Leaders with the core skills to lead confidently, coach effectively and consistently deliver on KPIs.
WFM for Contact Centre Team Leaders
Forecasting, scheduling and intraday management fundamentals for Team Leaders overseeing real-time performance.
Managing Difficult & Escalated Customer Interactions
Designed for Team Leaders who routinely handle escalations, complaints and high-risk interactions. Build confidence, de-escalation techniques and structured decision-making for complex customer situations.
Team Leader Development Pathway
The Daniel Ord Team Leader Development Pathway
Team Leaders rarely get formal training in the skills their role actually requires. Most step up because they excelled in a frontline role — then discover that operations, quality, leadership and CX demand a completely different toolkit. The Team Leader Development Pathway, designed and delivered by Daniel Ord, fills that gap with practical, real-world learning built specifically for contact centre environments.
Each course stands alone, and together they build a complete capability foundation: Call Centre Operations, Quality & Coaching, Leadership & People Management, and Customer Experience. Team Leaders can join the course that matches their current focus, or progress through the full pathway to build clarity, confidence and consistency across their role.
- Four standalone courses forming a structured Team Leader capability pathway.
- Delivered live online in 2 × 4.5-hour sessions on consecutive days, so leaders can go deep without losing full days from the floor.
- Designed specifically for Team Leaders in contact centres and customer operations — not generic leadership theory.
Four connected courses – flexible pathways for your Team Leaders
Each course is delivered live online in 2 × 4.5-hour sessions on consecutive days. Organisations can start with a single course, mix and match, or run the full pathway as a structured Team Leader development program.
Call Centre Operations Management for Team Leaders
A practical introduction to the processes, metrics and dynamics that drive contact centre performance. Team Leaders learn how operations work — and how their decisions influence customers, employees and overall results.
Quality Management & Coaching for Team Leaders
A step-by-step approach to defining, measuring and coaching for service quality. Team Leaders learn how to bring performance standards to life and coach in ways that guide, support and elevate improvement.
Leadership & People Management for Team Leaders
A clear, practical framework for leading people confidently and effectively. Team Leaders learn where to focus their time, how to build trust and how to hold the conversations that drive performance, growth and engagement.
Customer Experience Management for Team Leaders
A practical look at how CX works and what Team Leaders can do each day to shape it. Participants learn CX architecture, metrics and strategy, and how to translate them into meaningful actions for their teams and customers.
Organisations can start with any course, take one, two, three or all four, and tailor the Team Leader Development Pathway to their structure, maturity and priorities.
A short interview with Daniel Ord introducing this development pathway
This brief conversation provides context on the Team Leader Development Pathway, who it’s designed for, and how team contact centre team leaders can typically apply the learning in day-to-day contact centre environments.
Tip: If you’re looking for an overview of all our avaiable call centre team leader courses, including introduction to contact centre management, coaching PRO, WFM for team leaders etc — see our Contact Centre Team Leaders Courses course.
Key Skills Taught in Our Team Leader Courses
Team Leaders keep the floor steady and the people performing. These are the core capabilities our programs build, with tools you can use on your very next shift.
How Contact Centres Run
Operating model basics, demand vs supply, queues and SL logic so TLs can explain the “why” and set expectations.
Coaching That Works
Assess performance, run structured coaching, set actions, and follow up without the waffle.
Managing Performance & HR
Documentation, tough conversations, improvement plans, and when to escalate — done correctly.
Metrics & Reporting
The KPIs that matter for TLs, how to read them, and how to turn daily numbers into actions.
Workforce Planning Basics
Rosters, adherence, real-time control and how to work with WFM without the chaos.
Quality & Customer Experience
QA basics, calibration with coaches, and feedback loops that actually improve CX.
Explore Other Call Centre Training Pathways
Looking beyond Team Leader development? These programs support frontline agents, contact centre managers, and workforce planning specialists with role-specific, practical training.
Call Centre Agent Training Courses
Develop the skills to deliver exceptional customer service across phone, email, and live chat.
Learn More >Call Centre Management Courses
Advanced training for call centre managers covering strategy, leadership, and operational excellence.
Learn More >Workforce Management (WFM) Training
Learn WFM principles to optimise staffing, forecasting, and resource planning in call centres.
Learn More >ACXPA - The Ultimate Resource for Call Centre Team Leaders!
Building coaching capability takes more than a single training course. Team leaders need ongoing access to the tools, resources, and best practices that drive performance — plus the insights and thought leadership shaping today’s contact centres.
That’s exactly what an ACXPA membership delivers, giving team leaders a one-stop hub for proven frameworks, expert guidance, and a community of peers who’ve faced the same challenges.
Tap into standards, tools and community built by the people behind Australia’s Contact Centre Quality Standards and the Australian Call Centre Rankings — so your team leaders coach with confidence and lift results consistently.
ACXPA Members save 25% on all CX Skills public courses!
- Member pricing 25% off all CX Skills public courses (yes, including Team Leader programs).
- WFM Hub access Erlang staffing simulators, service level models, shrinkage calculators, interval planners and more.
- Downloadable templates Practical Excel tools and calculators for turnover, attrition and employee replacement costs, plus call centre acronyms.
- Private member groups Connect with other team leaders, managers, WFM practitioners and more to compare approaches and share solutions.
- Monthly roundtables Live expert sessions on contact centre management, WFM, performance and CX challenges.
- Self-paced learning 15 included micro-courses, with discounted access to 300+ additional programs across CX, leadership and service.
- Resource library Benchmarking data, videos and best-practice guides to support continuous improvement.
- Industry & knowledge quizzes Fun, interactive quizzes to test knowledge, reinforce learning, and keep your team sharp.
How Our Call Centre Team Leader Courses Are Delivered
Flexibility matters. Join a scheduled public course as an individual, or book private training tailored to your team and context.
Public Courses
Ideal for individuals or small groups. Learn with peers from other organisations and pick up fresh perspectives.
Private Training
Best for organisations wanting specific outcomes. We tailor examples, tools and exercises to your processes and KPIs.
Upcoming Public Courses for Contact Centre Team Leaders
Secure your spot in the next available sessions. All courses run live online, so you can join from anywhere.
May 2026 How to Be a Great Call Centre Team Leader
Online via Zoom Price: $997.00 AUD ex GSTThe May 2026 How to be a Great Call Centre Team Leader is a great all-rounder course for new, emerging and existing team leaders.
May 2026 CX for Call Centre Team Leaders
Online via Zoom Price: $897.00 AUD ex GSTLive online CX training for Team Leaders in May 2026. Learn CX architecture, journeys, VOC, CX strategy and metrics, and how to apply them in your team.
May 2026 Contact Centre Management Fundamentals
Online via Zoom Price: $1,997.00 AUD ex GSTLearn global best practice contact centre management skills in this 16 hours (4 x 4-hour sessions) May 2026 online training course designed specially for contact centre managers.
June 2026 Introduction to Contact Centre Management
Online via Zoom Price: $697.00 AUD ex GSTFast-track your knowledge of contact centre management in this 2 x 3-hour course June 2026 introduction course delivered by Australian contact centre expert Justin Tippett.
June 2026 Call Centre Operations for Team Leaders
Online via Zoom Price: $897.00 AUD ex GSTBuild confident Team Leaders who understand service levels, occupancy, forecasting and real-time performance in this June 2026 Call Centre Operations for Team Leader course delivered live, online.
June 2026 People Leadership for Call Centre Team Leaders
Online via Zoom Price: $897.00 AUD ex GSTThe June 2026 People Leadership & Management for Call Centre Team Leaders teaches practical people-management, engagement and performance conversation skills.
July 2026 How to Be a Great Call Centre Team Leader
Online via Zoom Price: $997.00 AUD ex GSTThe July 2026 How to be a Great Call Centre Team Leader is a great all-rounder course for new, emerging and existing team leaders.
September 2026 Managing Difficult Customers
Online via Zoom Price: $747.00 AUD ex GSTLearn global best-practice skills on how to manage angry, upset and difficult customers with confidence in this 2 x 4-hour September 2026 online course - suitable for all customer-facing employees.
September 2026 Quality Management & Coaching for Team Leaders
Online via Zoom Price: $897.00 AUD ex GSTImprove the quality delivered via your call centre with the Quality Management and Coaching Team Leaders Course, delivered in September 2026, live and online.
November 2026 Managing Difficult Customers
Online via Zoom Price: $747.00 AUD ex GSTLearn global best-practice skills on how to manage angry, upset and difficult customers with confidence in this 2 x 4-hour November 2026 online course - suitable for all customer-facing employees.
Contact Centre Team Leader Courses: FAQs
Quick answers for Team Leaders and organisations booking TL training.
- Using your channels, scenarios and KPIs in activities.
- Dialling up/down emphasis across topics (e.g. coaching depth, WFM basics, escalation handling).
- Aligning tools and templates to your reporting style.
Learn about private training
- Some programs provide a broad overview of the key responsibilities and skills expected of Team Leaders.
- Others focus on specific areas such as coaching, workforce management, or managing escalations.