Verint

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In my previous blog post , I discussed the rise to prominence of employee engagement in today’s contact center industry. As a reminder, 82 percent of participants in Saddletree Research’s recent survey of end-users ranked employee engagement as a highly important component of their contact center operational strategy.

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Employee engagement Contact Center Surveys Management 32

CSM Magazine

MAY 23, 2016

The annual survey gauged the views of global leaders – across all major industries – within customer experience, service, insight, digital and marketing, on the changes that will be defining the industry in 2016. Download The Global State of Customer Experience 2016 here. About the Author.

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Customer Experience Employee engagement CRM Analytics 56

Verint

AUGUST 17, 2017

At the end of 2016, I conducted 20 interviews with customer service professionals who were members of the National Association of Call Centers (NACC). The responses were remarkably similar—18 of the 20 customer service professionals I interviewed voiced their concern over what can be broadly categorized as employee engagement.

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Contact Center Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Our September issue focuses on many agent issues; performance metrics, attendance, agent desktops, employee engagement, customer experience…and more. We’re planning our agent celebrations for Customer Service Week next month. It is a busy time of year. Our agents have tremendous impact on our customer satisfaction.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Engaged employees aren’t just satisfied with their working conditions and pay, they want to go above and beyond, to innovate and advance the company’s goals. Through our employee engagement services , we help organizations create a culture that leads employees to become company ambassadors.

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Chief Customer Officer Airlines Morale Employee engagement 333

CX Journey

APRIL 21, 2016

Even though 2016 is already a third of the way over, I thought it would be interesting to share some findings about key customer experience challenges that have been identified for this year. CX Network recently published The Global State of Customer Experience 2016.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Employee Engagement: Your employees are people, and likely support the same team or local causes. It’s fun for employees to have a promotion that makes Customers happy. It also feels good to have a higher purpose and do good for others.

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Calabrio

JUNE 9, 2016

One of the places I look for trends is in the 2016 Dimension Data Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report , the most extensive global contact center survey in the industry. Not only have digital interactions gained substantial ground in 2016, but digital interactions, like chat, email, social media, SMS, etc.,

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 2, 2017

Millennials are also the least engaged generation at work. Gallup reported in 2016 that only 29% of the Millennials said they were engaged at their jobs, meaning the remaining 71% said they aren’t. Space is limited, so please click here to learn more and register today.

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Consulting Consulting Employee engagement Customer Experience 302

Contact Center Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Here’s what you’ll find inside our October issue: FEATURE ARTICLES The Digital Workplace By Susan Hash Employees today have higher standards for digital technology in the workplace—and they’re willing to bypass jobs that provide substandard technology. How to prepare for a digital workplace initiative.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 9, 2017

The restaurant’s founder Alan Bekerman said it was one less thing to think about when he made the decision back in February 2016. Bekerman said his managers feel they have more time to coach employees; a task Bekerman described as “more meaningful” than counting paper. Iq Food Co. does not take cash.

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Andrew Mcfarland

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Sometimes we subject our employees and customers to the same dismal treatment day after day as if they should accept it willingly. Instead, many would prefer a fast end to the perpetual misery of buying from (and dealing with) us.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 23, 2023

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. Describe your employee engagement strategies and measurement processes.

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Customer Care outsourcing Employee engagement Contact Center 71

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Career Development : In this stage, the employee matures in his/her role in the organization. The challenges in this stage are employee engagement and retention. Termination : In this final stage, sometimes referred to as “transition,” the employee leaves the organization.

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Banking Enterprise Consulting Consulting 223

delighted

JUNE 24, 2020

Employee experience surveys are common, though recent studies have shown that actually, many companies have not made employee engagement a priority [1]. What is employee experience? A strong employee experience means a strong customer experience. References: [1] Deloitte, 2017 [2] Morgan, 2016 [3] Qualtrics.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Temkin Group’s 2017 Customer Experience study showed a severe decline in customer experience ratings from 2015 to 2016. But the number of companies that scored ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ increased from 18% in 2016 to 38% in 2017 – the highest rating ever. Call Center Trends 2016. Video chat is reportedly handling less than 0.2%

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Taylor Reach Group

MARCH 20, 2020

Mental health disorders are pervasive, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), with nearly 1 in 5 Americans aged 18 or older reporting mental illness and more than 70% reporting at least one symptom of stress in 2016. Investing in supporting our employees who struggle with mental health makes good business sense.

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Etech GS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It seems ridiculous when you say it that way, but Forbes reported in October 2017 that fully 70 percent of workplace initiative falls short of the goal due to a lack of employee engagement. Listening to your team members is the key to effective operation and improved employee satisfaction.

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Customer Interactions

MARCH 16, 2016

David [PRdaily.com], on three main ways PR and marketing pros can improve CX; Two great articles on employee engagement, the first on how to get your employees to share you content on LinkedIn by Chris Raulf [Socialmediaexaminer.com], According to Jordi Torras [CMO.com], you need to help your customers help themselves.

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Marketing Employee engagement Customer Support 33

ProProfs Blog

MARCH 5, 2019

A figure that stresses the importance of employee engagement and feedback in current times – the Employee Engagement Benchmark study conducted by Tempkin Group in 2016 , found that. times as many engaged employees as compared to those in customer experience laggards.

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Feedback Customer Experience Abandon rate Call Logging 88

ShepHyken

MARCH 23, 2018

They had greater employee engagement and more loyal customers. The 2016 Wells Fargo scandal for opening unauthorized client accounts resulted not only in penalties but in stock declines and lawsuits. Impact: Stock losses, negative press, fines, lawsuits, and severely damaged customer relationships are possible.

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Airlines Morale Benchmark Marketing 204

Jive

AUGUST 9, 2018

If an AI chatbots can take even 25% of the incoming inquiries, that will significantly lower the stress level of your employees. #2. Improves Employee Engagement. Save employees from work-related ennui! Boredom from monotony is antithetical to employee engagement. . — Dave Campbell, Retail Touch Points.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

Developing the kind of digital customer management strategies that work In 2016, CCI Kenya became the 2 nd operating market for CCI Global. Since then, its business process outsourcing operations have grown rapidly to a workforce of over 3,000 employees.

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Voiance

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In 2016, Voiance collaborated with author and customer service speaker Jeff Toister. and the author of Service Failure: The Real Reasons Employees Struggle with Customer Service and What You Can Do About It. Jeff is the president of Toister Performance Solutions, Inc.

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VHT

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Employee Engagement Technology. CX experts cannot ignore employees who interact directly with customers. A 2016 Employee Engagement Benchmark study found that companies with the highest rated CX had 1.5 times as many engaged employees as others.

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Noble Systems

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Retaining good employees is good business. Although there are many conditions that affect a company’s ability to effectively deal with the challenge of employee retention, it all really boils down to keeping employees engaged and tapping into their emotional intelligence. How do you do that?

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CSR Inc.

JULY 17, 2016

Gamification I had written about call center ‘employee incentive’ or ‘rewards-driven’ programs (gamification) last year. When properly implemented, these types of programs are an effective tool for call centers seeking to boost productivity, as well as employee engagement, satisfaction and retention.

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ijgolding

JANUARY 17, 2017

In my exclusive column for CustomerThink in October 2016, I shared my ‘top tips’ for creating the right culture to enable an organisation to become genuinely customer centric. In November 2016 I did so with tip number 1 – how to make Customer Experience a priority for the whole company – you can read it here.

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Talkdesk

JUNE 28, 2016

This CXpert brought together the latest, greatest research on the impact of creating an excellent employee experience in this informative article. She demonstrates that there is a direct link between employee engagement and business outcomes. — Diane Weklar (@dianeweklar) June 24, 2016. vXeF55RlC0.

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CX Journey

MAY 24, 2017

It appeared on their blog on August 29, 2016. Quite simply: without employees, you have no customer experience. The linkage between employee engagement and experience and the customer experience has been proven. It's real, and your employees matter! I originally wrote today's post for Clicktools.

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Customer Experience Journey mapping Employee engagement Feedback 61

aircall

MAY 18, 2022

Helen Cheuck (HC): My role is focused on employee engagement and retention in North America. HC: In 2016, I attended an executive panel discussion where CEOs shared their views on the importance of DE&I in the workplace. Q&A With Helen Cheuck. EG: What inspired you to work in the DE&I space? .

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Education Employee engagement Accountability Management 62

CX Journey

JANUARY 2, 2019

And if your employees aren't having a great experience, neither will your customers. In this post, I not only defined employee engagement for the reader but also underscored that employee engagement is about some confluence of emotions and commitment between employer and employee, meaning: each is party to employee engagement.

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Aspect

JULY 11, 2018

For example, The Tempkin Group’s 2016 Employee Engagement Benchmark Study found that organizations that deliver great customer experiences have one-and-a-half times as many engaged employees as under-engaged employees. Want to make your customers happy? Start with your agents.

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AskNicely

AUGUST 17, 2018

Savvy CEOs understand that growth and employee engagement can be created by listening to customer feedback while following one guiding principle: Be customer obsessed. In his 2016 letter to shareholders , Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote,“There are many advantages to a customer-centric approach.

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Fonolo

MARCH 22, 2022

By 2016, gamification will be an essential element for brands to drive customer marketing and loyalty. 70% of business transformation efforts fail due to a lack of employee engagement. Surprising Statistics About Gamification.

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Gamification Call Center Contact Center Feedback 75

CSM Magazine

JUNE 20, 2016

In this report we look at the developments on the people side of contact centre customer service (elements such as outsourcing, the changing workforce and employee engagement) as well as the processes and technology side (data & analytics, self-service, automation, and the Voice of the Customer).

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Call Experts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

For reference, this count is almost 10 million higher than what we saw in 2016. 6 Key Benefits of Employee Call Off Lines. Employee experiences are connected to customer experiences. Employee engagement trends that lead to company growth! In 2019, Salesforce forecasts a "sustained and solid U.S.

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