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Why Do Agents Go Off Script? Mistakes vs Improvisation

Balto

When agents make mistakes on calls that lead to negative outcomes, it’s because they forget what to say and should be coached. When agents intentionally go off script, it’s because they are improvising to get a better call outcome and should be encouraged. It may take a few sessions before coaching and training effectively sink in.

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The Case For the Anti-Script: A Multifactor Analysis of Script Adherence

Balto

“The anti-script doesn’t mean that you should wing it on every call… what anti-script means is, think about a physical paper script and an agent who is reading it off word for word… you’re taking the most powerful part of the human out of the human.” Share on Twitter. Share on Facebook.

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Why the Biggest Contact Centers Have the Least Effective Call Scripts

Balto

Call scripts are used in contact centers of all shapes and sizes — across the industry, they are considered an easy way to help ensure all of a contact center’s agents are driving calls to the same goals. But if you manage a center with hundreds or thousands of agents, then trying to keep everyone on the same script is challenging at best.

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How to Train and Onboard (Work From Home) Contact Center Agents in 2021

Uniphore

How to Train and Onboard (Work From Home) Contact Center Agents in 2021. How do you shorten the learning curve in the contact center and retain more agents when 91% of agents are likely to quit in 2021? There’s a Better Way to Develop High-Performing Contact Center Agents In 2021. Did you know?

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The Tactics You Need to Know to Implement 3 Key Customer Service Trends for Better Experiences in Your Call Center in 2021

SharpenCX

A few weeks back, we outlined the future of customer service and talked through three major trends impacting your call center in 2021 and beyond. . We’re diving in on what changes you can make in your call center in 2021 to align with these three trends that are here to stay. . How can we improve your training and coaching?

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The 3 Pillars to Managing a Healthy Customer Service Team in 2021 (and Beyond)

SharpenCX

Today, we’re talking through the three pillars you need to manage a healthy customer service team in 2021 and beyond. Don’t force your agents to follow strict scripts and adhere to impossible policies. We talk about coaching. That’s because the best managers are great coaches. dont @ me.).

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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Contact Center Trends 2021. Increasing Empathy.