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How to measure customer service skills

Toister Performance Solutions

A quality assurance analyst was reviewing a contact center agent's calls. Step 2: Define each skill Find a clear definition for each skill that everyone can agree on. Here's a sample rubric for the friendly skill: Step 5: Calibrate There's still going to be some level of subjectivity with these skills. Irritated at times.

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Putting Humanity in Contact Centers

Customer Relationship Metrics

It’s just the nature of the contact center industry. Or is it time to put humanity into your contact center? It’s time to put humanity into your contact center.” Managing a contact center is fast paced and furious. Doing things the popular way in the contact centers no longer works.”

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Stay in Sync with Effective Calibration

NICE inContact

In order to have a successful and credible Quality Management program, calibrations should be included as a key driver. Calibrations ensure fairness for your internal staff, from a strategy perspective, and help deliver a consistent customer experience. Choose your calibration type. Be consistent with your calibration frequency.

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Your Ultimate Guide to Contact Center Outsourcing

Expivia

If your business has customers, they need a way to contact you. And someone definitely needs to answer those calls, emails, and messages. This is when contact center outsourcing comes into play. Contact center outsourcing can take the weight of customer management off your shoulders.

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New Contact Center Leaders, Here are Practical Solutions to Four Problems You’re Likely to Face

Customer Service Life

My first job out of college was as a frontline agent in the contact center for a SaaS startup — and over the next 15 years, I grew into a director role. But things have changed and I now find myself back in a contact center leadership role at a SaaS startup, and I’m now looking to execute on many of the lessons learned and shared.

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COPC Standards Committee Update: AI in Focus 

COPC

BACKGROUND The COPC Standards Committee is a group of industry leaders composed of the largest buyers and providers of customer experience (CX) operational services, including contact center support.  This powerful technology is becoming integral to customer service frameworks, especially in contact center operations.

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Escape the Contact Center Paradox: Narrow your Focus

HGS

Escape the Contact Center Paradox: Narrow your Focus. BPO contact centers that are most effective at reducing the noise of distracting facts and figures, to ensure emphasis on the BPO mission and relevant priorities, tend to be the most successful. Effective contact centers are very clear on what is most important.