article thumbnail

Trends to Improve Your Contact Center in 2024

Calltools

For example, your system could associate a phone number with the person’s name. When someone calls, your system can review the account’s history to address them by name and offer services that match their frequent needs. Agent Empowerment Empowering agents often means listening to them and taking their concerns seriously.

article thumbnail

The 5-Point Customer Experience Health Check for Contact Centers

pindrop

Without appropriate customer data, personalization becomes a bridge too far. Personalization is more than just knowing the customer’s name. Customers expect you to know their personal information and service history and service when they reach out to you for support. . Check for Agent Empowerment .

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 Ways to Manage the Performance of Apathetic Agents (and Why They Don’t Care if They’re a Good Customer Service Rep or Not)

SharpenCX

I keep tabs on a few forums where contact center agents share their frustrations (and successes) at work. My coworkers and I use these organic conversations to learn what matters to agents. These first-hand accounts help us feed info back into Sharpen to find solutions and improve their experiences at work. .

article thumbnail

25 Call Center Leaders Share the Most Effective Ways to Boost Contact Center Efficiency

Callminer

Agent Desktops : Having a user-friendly desktop for agents so that they can efficiently have everything they need in one area is a great way to have a healthy AHT, and most importantly they can assist the customers efficiently and effectively. In return, the customer experience will improve and the agent frustration will be reduced.

article thumbnail

7 Key Challenges That Hinder Agent Performance

Talkdesk

Quickly, yet meaningfully connecting with a customer is difficult enough for agents who have the information they need. Agent empowerment is the key to performance. Great training is the key to agent empowerment. Unfortunately, some organizations struggle to deliver the training agents require.

article thumbnail

Training Your Call Center Agents to Sound the Alarm on Harassment in Abusive Customer Interactions Instantly Can Fuel Your Agents’ Empowerment

SharpenCX

See, I was the last person on the shift. We were closing in 15 minutes and there was only one person left on my list to call. From namecalling to general personal insults, he just belittled me. Contact center agents are prone to burnout. Hold your customers accountable in that partnership. .

article thumbnail

7 Steps to CSR happiness

teleopti

Focus on how WFM improves work/life balance with schedules that take into account agent skills and personal preferences and are well-communicated in advance. Look for a solution that is easy to learn, easy to use and factors in cultural and personal needs to its algorithms.