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Avoiding burnout through games, scoreboards and empowerment in your contact center

Vonage

Does gamification prevent burnout? Despite a hypothesis that gamification might cause burnout by distracting employees from their job, Toister’s results proved the opposite. Agents who had gamification systems were less of a burnout risk. Advocates will argue it is a morale builder. On the board.

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Technology to Improve Call Center Agent Engagement & Productivity

CSR Inc.

While I agree with the gist of the article about ways in which technology can positively impact the call center workplace (some are common talking points for me as well), I want to focus on two in particular that inevitably come up in discussions with call center managers: gamification and coaching/feedback.

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Telltale Signs: How to Identify Call Center Agent Burnout

Fonolo

This is a staggering number, given that the average employee turnover rate in 2015 for all industries in the United States was 16.7 What’s Inside: Gamification in the Contact Center. Call centers have become notorious for possessing one of the highest employee attrition rates of any industry. Investing in Agents.