Retently

OCTOBER 11, 2024

These tools, often called conversation review or customer support quality management software, help monitor customer interactions, train, and onboard agents, and continuously refine support operations. Provide Feedback and Training: Regular feedback and coaching help agents improve, ensuring consistent quality across the board.

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BlueOcean

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Before we sign off for the holiday break, we want to give shouts to all the frontline agents and coaches holding it down for clients and customers in contact centers everywhere. A reminder that the struggle to sustain morale when it’s holiday season in the contact center is real. at Blue Ocean. We’d love to hear from you.

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Vonage

JULY 22, 2016

And for many of us working in the world of contact centers, we give a lot. In a recent study from Toister Performance Solutions , service expert Jeff Toister evaluated responses from more than 600 contact center agents with 74 percent self-reporting at risk for burnout. Does gamification prevent burnout?

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Contact center management is hard. Let’s look into some ideas that will help you successfully manage you contact center environment while keeping your cool in the process. Let’s look into some ideas that will help you successfully manage you contact center environment while keeping your cool in the process.

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TechSee

JUNE 4, 2019

Nowhere is that truer than in call center training – bringing new agents up to speed on products, processes and the productivity expected of them. Traditionally, contact centers have trained new agents using one-on-one coaching or classroom-style role-playing, where the focus is on imparting knowledge and customer service etiquette.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Agent attrition is not a new concept in the contact center. The average lifespan of a contact center agent is traditionally short, resulting in human resource departments trying to understand this costly trend, usually turning to some kind of retroactive metric. Training and development. Motivation.

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BlueOcean

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Of course, greater retail sales inevitably lead to higher call volume in the contact center. Here are some key tactics for coping with holiday spikes in the contact center. Finally, gamification and creative incentive programs can motivate your agents when holiday demand reaches its peak.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Employee engagement is one of the most challenging aspects to master in the contact center. One proven way to motivate your team is to drive engagement with gamification. Today, companies worldwide are using gamification to great effect to enhance employee engagement and productivity. The Psychology Behind Gamification.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contact centers are always looking for ways to reduce costs. This is particularly true during periods of uncertainty and economic downturn, when call center cost savings contribute to business continuity. The Best Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies. Enhance new hire training with clear workflows.

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Playvox

APRIL 25, 2023

Let’s confess — we’ve all nodded off during on-demand remote training sessions. How can you spice up remote agent training at your contact center to make it the most engaging and effective it can be? A 2022 ICMI study revealed that 34% of contact centers cited training a remote workforce as their biggest challenge.

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Playvox

JANUARY 30, 2024

One strategy is incorporating gamification in the workplace. Implemented correctly, gamification can increase motivation and engagement. What is Gamification? In a contact center setting, this can mean badges, a point system, and moving up to the next level when agents perform well. Why Gamification?

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 20, 2022

Looking for ideas for how to create the best customer service training program for your contact center? So there’s no time like the present to create the best customer service training program for your contact center. 3: DO: Know when group training is most appropriate (and when it’s not).

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a contact center leader, the top agents you hire, train, and manage are the clutch players. Compounding the challenges, the KPIs used by many contact centers don’t match organizational goals or business goals, affecting your contact center’s overall performance.

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Playvox

AUGUST 15, 2022

Contact centers succeed or fail on agent performance. Today’s top-performing contact center leaders know remote workforce training and agent engagement are the new imperatives for performance optimization. Recent research by Playvox sheds new light on the state of contact center remote work.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. Training programs should be designed to meet the specific needs of the contact center and its agents.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 15, 2019

We’re all about our customers, and we judge ourselves by our ability to add tangible business value to their contact centers around the world, from easily managing soaring inbound volumes across multiple communication channels to leveraging new levels of customer experience intelligence to drive deeper engagement with customers.

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NobelBiz

AUGUST 28, 2023

Hey there, fellow contact center champions! Ready to dive deep into the heart of transforming your contact center’s performance? In this article, we’ll explore actionable strategies that will help you revolutionize your contact center’s performance and create experiences that leave customers raving.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

With many agents now working from home, consider utilizing dynamic training materials in order to keep them engaged and make sure they retain all the necessary security information and procedures. Turning your coaching strategy into a game will improve training engagement.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 23, 2019

If there is one single area you want to focus on in 2019 for contact center improvement, consider Performance Management. The contact center industry has always experienced higher attrition rates than many other industries, and with current workplace turnover at an all-time high, this has not changed.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 22, 2021

Business leaders, in fact, have not been trained, educated or even asked to consider customer experience. They may have had one bad experience with a contact center rep and decided that was enough to open the door to consider switching. Ask for input – don’t just offer training or webinars that are solely product-centered.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Utilizing robotic process automation (RPA) in contact centers has been proven to reduce costs and increase operational efficiencies. Back office AI customer service technologies are especially relevant to assisting in workload management, agent productivity and high-level data analysis of contact center performance.

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 4, 2022

And if you’re in a contact center performance management role, you’ve probably invested a lot of time and energy into your customer service training and customer service coaching programs. These are the top- and bottom-line benefits your coaching and training programs should deliver. This is for them, after all!

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Playvox

OCTOBER 12, 2022

For many remote contact centers, it’s time to shift into a busier season, when the stakes are especially high for customer experience. Most people, including customer service agents, are ready for a restart, which makes now the perfect time for contact center leaders to revisit their remote work playbooks.

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Kustomer

JULY 8, 2021

Darryl recognizes that as a leader in the contact center world, it can be difficult to fully buy into the idea of AI services when some existing processes are alright as is. Many leaders question why they should even buy into AI when innovation is already happening within their contact centers. TRANSCRIPT. Read More Hide.

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Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

But without getting contact center performance right, all other CX elements – such as marketing, user experience, etc. How do you build a high performance contact center? These enable you to make progress on your most pressing challenges and transform into a high performance contact center. Perhaps not.

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Playvox

APRIL 11, 2023

Engaged contact center agents are essential to the success of any customer service operation. But disengaged agents create challenges in a customer service center. Keep contact center agents engaged and dedicated to delivering world-class customer interactions by implementing these best practices today.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Here, he explores how self-scheduling technology is raising the bar for employee autonomy, ushering in a new era of contact center freedom. As CX takes center stage, everyone has an important part to play and therefore the emphasis should be on giving CSRs permission to delight customers in their own way.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It’s hard to ignore the fact that contact centers are plagued with high agent burnout and turnover rates. According to industry studies , average annual turnover ranges between 30-45 percent – with some centers experiencing turnover into the triple digits. Some contact centers experience almost no turnover at all.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 3, 2020

This week we feature an article by Tom Paton who writes about how customer service teams are using gamification as a way to improve performance and retention. The Shep Hyken blog has some great resources on hiring the right staff and training them to become better problem solvers. What is gamification? Benefits of gamification.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

While agents have been explicit in their desire to continue remote working, nearly half of the contact center managers in our survey are planning to bring agents back to an office in 2022. Our survey uncovered five ways contact center managers are adapting to remote work. That’s a dangerous disconnect. Leanne Y.,

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Playvox

JANUARY 5, 2022

While working from anywhere has its advantages, it also means leaders have the extra challenge of managing contact center agents in multiple locations. A great way to determine if your contact center team is engaged is to watch for behaviors commonly displayed by disengaged employees. Train Regularly.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

At Playvox, we believe that gamification is just using data in a useful and smart way to drive people’s behaviors for the better. You’re probably familiar with one of the most famous examples: the gamification of physical movement in Just Dance , a video game that encourages players to imitate an animated dancer on the screen.

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Playvox

JULY 28, 2022

A contact center is a perfect place for a multigenerational team. Tapping into the capabilities of your multigenerational contact center agents is easier than you think — all it takes is a commitment from you as the leader. They also help you train agents when they’re working remotely.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2017

This is especially relevant for contact centers where agents suffer from change-fatigue – what’s going to get them excited to adopt this system over all those others you’ve implemented in the past? Create “invitations” to disburse throughout the contact center inviting agents to Go-Live. Build Excitement for Go-Live.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Providing agents with refresher courses on contact center compliance and security can better prepare them to secure their networks and avoid any breaches. Expand training possibilities Getting contact center agent training right is critical to ensuring your customers have the best experience possible.

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Vonage

OCTOBER 22, 2015

With more consumers turning to channels such as Facebook to complain about poor customer service, social media is a technology that has caused contact centers a great deal of concern. Gamification. Traditionally used for rewarding customers, gamification can also be effectively used for employee recognition. Social media.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 13, 2019

When I worked in a contact center, there was a complicated projections report that we presented to the leadership team every Monday morning. Once we documented the process, we could train someone else to run it in my absence. Automate your analysis process. But then – the macro broke! the answer is YES!

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