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Building Your Best Culture in 2019

CX Accelerator

Below are practical recommendations from several of the best minds in Customer Service (myself excluded) to help you develop your best culture in 2019! From Jeremy Hyde: How do your leaders calibrate on what they “coach” on and how/when they approach it? From Jeff Toister: Books To Read: Ken Blanchard's Whale Done.

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WFM ROI: Why You Need Workforce Management Software Now

Playvox

For contact center managers, this phrase rings in their heads each time they create a forecast, build a schedule, or track schedule adherence. . Working efficiently becomes even more important when costs are rising, agents are hard to hire, and customer service expectations are higher than ever before.

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The Ultimate Guide to Call Center Agent Performance

Fonolo

The customer service industry is evolving and hasn’t looked back. We’re hoping that CX leaders realize the key to outstanding service is ensuring their employees are happy. It’s no surprise that reducing friction at every point is one of the secret ingredients to excellent customer satisfaction.

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How to Measure Contact Center Agent Productivity and Five Ways to Boost It

Playvox

To ensure your contact center agents spend a vast majority of their time with customers resolving issues and as little time as possible on administrative tasks and after-call work, agents need the right kind of tools, processes, coaching, motivation, and goals in place. Are agents working on what they are scheduled to do?

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Why Your Contact Center Needs A Remote Work Policy?

Playvox

To make remote or hybrid work a success in your customer service center, setting a strong policy is a must. Remote work is a benefit that’s highly important to customer service agents. Coach And Motivate. Forty-two percent (42%) reported not having one at all, and 24% weren’t sure if they had one.

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Workforce Optimization: What It is and Why You Need It

Playvox

It is through this lens that workforce optimization has evolved to mean the business strategies, processes, and supporting automation technologies that maximize contact center and agent productivity and efficiency to allow organizations to deliver outstanding customer experience (CX).

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Salesforce Service Cloud and Playvox Workforce Management Collaboration Gives CX Leaders Best of Breed Salesforce WFM

Playvox

They are under constant pressure to reduce operational overhead costs, lower recruiting, onboarding and training costs – all while exceeding customer demands and delivering exceptional customer service. In combination, these often boost customer service agents’ efficiency and help improve KPIs.