CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Put Employee Engagement Top of the Agenda When employees are disengaged, they are less productive and more likely to leave. The majority (80%) or more rank agent engagement scores as the top measurement metric of the future ahead of traditional customer-centric KPIs such as customer effort (81%) and average handle time (80%).

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

As we will see, this can include strategies like automation, data analytics, digital transformation initiatives, and continuous improvement programs aimed at achieving measurable performance improvements beyond traditional metrics. These metrics should be data-driven, allowing you to identify areas of improvement and track progress over time.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Management Gamification 52

OctopusTech

MARCH 1, 2023

Additionally, organizations should regularly seek customer opinions about call center experiences by administering surveys that measure: Net Promoter Score (NPS) Customer satisfaction (CSAT) Customer effort score (CES) 2. Engage your agents by recognizing outstanding performance and providing frequent, effective communication.

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SharpenCX

MAY 26, 2020

Read Now: Take the Time to know your Agents’ Hopes and Dreams and Retain Talent for Long-term Success. Agent Scorecards and employee engagement surveys are great tools to lead discussions with your agents on a regular basis. Her Average Handle Time went through the roof and she got a nasty customer review.

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Contact Center Customer Service Coaching Customer Experience 128

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As the focus of contact center turns to creating value rather than reducing expenses, KPIs like customer satisfaction and service level will become increasingly favored over metrics like Average Handling Time. It is an exciting time for the contact center, and we look forward to seeing how these trends develop in 2020.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 24, 2021

Survey your customers often. Send satisfaction surveys to your customers during different parts of the customer journey. Roll out new performance metrics for your agents using cloud performance management tools (like Sharpen’s Performance Tiles ). What do I want agents to learn by looking at their daily metrics?

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

There’s a missing piece in the years of buildup and constant chatter about the importance of data and metrics down to every last customer service KPI, though. We’re digging into five categories of metrics Gartner identified in their Future of Customer Service Analytics Report as the customer experience KPIs to watch.

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Coaching Average Handle Time Customer Experience Metrics 59

Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

In a recent customer experience survey by Customer Contact Week, consumers reported the following priorities: Easy handling of their problem Fast issue resolution Friendly, personalized service. Contact center agents may also take issue with the performance metrics being used to assess them. The answer is both.

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Schedule adherence 43

SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

There’s a missing piece in the years of buildup and constant chatter about the importance of data and metrics down to every last customer service KPI, though. We’re digging into five categories of metrics Gartner identified in their Future of Customer Service Analytics Report as the customer experience KPIs to watch.

Coaching 52

Coaching Average Handle Time Customer Experience Metrics 52

Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Related article: Call Center Workforce Management Metrics: How To Measure And Improve Performance How WFM Improves a Contact Center Beyond faster, more accurate forecasting and scheduling, here are some benefits WFM brings to contact centers. It’s also extremely valuable to create a better agent experience and improve employee engagement.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

By communicating regularly with your call center employees, you’ll be able to increase employee engagement. Call Center Metrics: Essential KPIs a Call Center Manager Should Know About. Balto Real-Time Coaching Reports. Average Handling Time (AHT).

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Gamification 52

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

The study also revealed that customers are turning to digital channels to complain more often than phone calls, with 32% of customers surveyed sharing their complaints on social media. Gallup reports that low-effort managers engaging in “quiet firing” is a big issue. Only 26% feel the feedback they do get helps them do better work.

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Contact Center Agent burnout Morale Coaching 78

BlueOcean

JUNE 26, 2018

I look for how engaged a candidate is in this conversation. How do metrics and standards play a role in customer service? Paul: Metrics and standards lay a solid foundation for measuring the success of your employees, but you have to be aware of how those standards impact the customer experience. Are they listening?

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Customer Service industry standards Contact Center Average Handle Time 141

RapportBoost

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

“Heidi is an inspiring and innovative leader in the inside sales, contact center and live chat world who has driven amazing employee engagement with her company and her customers,” said Dani Apgar, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of RapportBoost.AI. About ICMI .

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

But rather than building a strategy core to the business, companies hold one-off events to boost engagement. The reality is, the employee engagement mind shift has to start at the top. According to Gallup , companies need to think less about making employees happy (cue the pizza party). Not how fast they handled it.

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Contact Center Coaching Metrics Average Handle Time 67

SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

But rather than building a strategy core to the business, companies hold one-off events to boost engagement. The reality is, the employee engagement mind shift has to start at the top. According to Gallup , companies need to think less about making employees happy (cue the pizza party). Not how fast they handled it.

Contact Center 67

Contact Center Coaching Metrics Average Handle Time 67

Callminer

OCTOBER 11, 2018

From essentials like average handle time to broader metrics such as call center service levels , there are dozens of metrics that call center leaders and QA teams must stay on top of, and they all provide visibility into some aspect of performance. Kaye Chapman @kayejchapman. Nate Masterson @MapleHolistics.

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Call Center Metrics Contact Center Wait times 561

Global Response

MARCH 27, 2023

In fact, according to a recent survey by PwC, nearly 80% of American consumers cite these four elements as the most important ones for great customer service. According to a recent survey of US consumers, 86% still preferred interacting with a human over an AI chatbot. And employee engagement is critical to guest engagement.

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Customer Service Chatbots Self service Personalization 62

Monet Software

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A long-term, customized employee engagement strategy should be the ultimate goal for any call center. But maybe you just need to boost motivation, morale and workforce engagement as this crazy year (finally!) There are numerous times when it’s exciting to tackle new challenges. If you’ve got the time, watch that now.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Our rich insights help inform your strategy and monitor progress, showing metrics like average handle time (AHT), and much more. . We’ve taken care of the legwork and created a detailed template for you to start using right now! Your agent’s performance should improve over time, right? We’ll call him Jerry.

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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Don’t send an annual survey to see if they’re satisfied with your products, contact center or delivery performance. Acting on negative feedback will strengthen customer engagement and sharing and acting on positive feedback will strengthen employee engagement. Share responsibility and construct a common goal.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Because most of the time, your call center system automatically collects and funnels it to your reporting engine. Interaction data is the thousands of metrics associated with each conversation between your customers and your agents. Your hold times, your service levels, and your abandon rates all fall into this category.

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Contact Center Customer Service Metrics Call Center 76

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

According to a recent Gartner survey , 62% of millennials and 75% of Gen-Z customers prefer self-service almost all the time, even when they have an option of contacting customer support. Proactively analyze agent interactions to spot coaching opportunities to prevent costly mistakes and enhance employee engagement.

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Contact Center Quality management Interactive Voice Response Coaching 74

RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

RapportBoost uses artificial Intelligence to optimize chat conversations in order to drive dramatic and sustained improvements in conversion rate, order size, customer satisfaction, renewal rate, average handle time, first contact resolution rate, agent retention and happiness, and other critical contact center metrics.

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Customer centricity Contact Center Self service Journey mapping 40

SharpenCX

MAY 16, 2022

Common goals can be lead generation, proactively alerting customers to a problem, requesting to participate in satisfaction surveys and more. Your outbound call center metrics should be tied to your overall organizational goals. Average Handle Time (AHT). Common key performance indicators include.

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Comm100

MAY 31, 2021

A decade-long study involving 100,000 teams found that increasing employee engagement can generate up to 18% more sales. Here are five top tips to help you get your agents engaged and onboard with your KPIs and lead your team on a journey to live chat excellence. But it’s completely worth the effort.

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Average Handle Time Metrics Feedback Benchmark 98

Fenero

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

So how exactly do the best of call centers achieve high levels of agent engagement and retention? Focus on Metrics that Drive Positive Agent Experience. Craving and holding on to straight productivity metrics is probably the easiest way to malign employee morale and retention. Administer Formal Agent Engagement Surveys.

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Fenero

JANUARY 20, 2019

So how exactly do the best of call centers achieve high levels of agent engagement and retention? Focus on Metrics that Drive Positive Agent Experience. Craving and holding on to straight productivity metrics is probably the easiest way to malign employee morale and retention. Administer Formal Agent Engagement Surveys.

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