Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 3, 2024

Predicting the future of the call center industry is no easy feat – it’s a complex and ever-evolving landscape. Let’s start by revisiting our 2023 predictions, categorizing them as: Spot On: We nailed it! We expected these centers to adjust their pricing to remain competitive with other nearshore options.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 20, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 8 Best Practices for Creating a Compelling Customer Experience by G. Hult (Harvard Business Review) How can a company best create a compelling customer experience? Here are my top five picks from last week.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2023

Magnus Geverts shares his top tips for beating agent burnout—and the competition—in 2023. Great news for businesses that rely on the festive season to tide them over during the leaner months but extremely stressful for agents in contact centres. Next, rethink flexibility—what does it mean for your agents in 2023?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 10, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Experience Is Everyone’s Responsibility by Rebecca Hinds and Sarang Gupta (Harvard Business Review) In today’s digital-first world, achieving great customer experiences is more challenging than ever.

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Babelforce

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

According to a recent report by Gallup, 76% of workers will experience burnout at some point in their job. But for call centers, burnout is especially common. It contributes to the industry’s notoriously high agent attrition rates, which averaged around 38% in 2022. But what exactly is agent burnout?

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Balto

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Subscribe for weekly insights from the Conversation Excellence Lab A People Person’s Dream Job By 2026, Gartner predicts that 75% of customers will call service lines due to loneliness, not because they have a customer service issue. Retrieved February 7, 2023, from [link] Balto. 2021, October 22).

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Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Signs And Effects Of Poor Agent Emotional Well-Being In Your Contact Center Working with customers requires a lot of emotional labor from your customer service center agents — even if customers are happy. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

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