ShepHyken

JULY 15, 2022

This week we feature an article by Michael Becker, founder of Abundance Accelerators , a growth agency for coaches. I’m in the coaching space so let me dive into what a 10x customer onboarding process may feel like. Michael Becker is the founder of the growth agency for coaches, Abundance Accelerators. Conclusion.

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JustCall

MARCH 13, 2023

For many sales managers, sales coaching techniques are either too difficult to execute or too complicated to achieve. But if executed strategically, they can turn out to be the difference between an average sales manager and a high-performing one. Here are 5 sales coaching techniques worth a try.

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Callminer

APRIL 21, 2020

The role of a call center manager is complex and challenging. Call center managers may be involved with hiring and training call center agents , monitoring call center metrics tied to agent performance , using speech analytics tools for ongoing quality monitoring , providing ongoing feedback and coaching, and more.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 25, 2021

Customer Success is an emerging industry, and so it’s understandable that there’s some confusion around how it differs from the longer-standing functions of Customer Support, Account Management, and Professional Services. There are Customer Success Associates, Customer Managers, Directors, and so on.

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

For contact center managers, this phrase rings in their heads each time they create a forecast, build a schedule, or track schedule adherence. . In this environment, investing in a workforce management (WFM) solution becomes key, particularly if your support center has been using spreadsheets or trying to get by with subpar solutions.

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Integrity Solutions

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When you have the confidence, comfort level and commitment, it’s a lot easier to make coaching a priority. The session focused on Developing a Coaching Culture for Higher Performance and offered a deep dive into our new research on coaching. The result: Each manager interprets and performs it differently.

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The People area includes things such as how your hire your team members, train them, and coach them. This includes holding employees accountable for treating customers with care as a well as getting out of their office to visit customers and understand how they use your products or services.

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COPC

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A balanced scorecard is ultimately a shorthand name for a particular performance management tool. Organizations that give regular performance reviews and provide feedback to staff improve employee engagement (1). Scorecards allow you to rank order provider, site, team, agent and manager performance quantifiably.

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Are you taking the right steps to evolve toward workforce engagement management? Operational costs – Agents who aren’t invested or lack training, feedback, or coaching tend to be inefficient, ultimately costing your business financially. However, the two main components are Quality Management and Workforce Management.

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CCNG

APRIL 20, 2022

Implementing a performance management system with a robust data architecture that automates data integration and delivers performance intelligence to any business stakeholder is vital.? Once in place, establish a data management and analytics assessment program to identify data challenges and coordinate and prioritize projects.

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Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. Here we’ve identified the 13 most essential qualities to consider when hiring a CS manager. What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)? What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)?

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Voxjar

APRIL 9, 2020

This guide will show you how to make the transition to remote call coaching and quality assurance. How to overcome the biggest challenges of remote call coaching and QA. What tools are the most effective for remote call quality assurance and coaching. 3: Delivering QA and Coaching Feedback from Home. You’ll learn.

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Robert Davis

JANUARY 13, 2020

Let’s talk about the value of a coach in someone’s life. A coach can do that. At every level of sports, we see coaches who help the team perform and do what they can. Individuals are searching for coaches as personal trainers or as life coaches. It is clear that the coach’s role is important.

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OrecX

JANUARY 29, 2019

Coaching agents at scale is no easy feat. Instead, leaders resort to fly-by coaching, whisper/barge, and the ol’ trusty headset splitter to give agents feedback. This is why asynchronous call coaching is the ideal method for driving agent performance improvement. Step 1: Getting Started with Asynchronous Coaching.

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SharpenCX

APRIL 28, 2021

And in fact, I kept thinking about what makes a good manager and how leaders can use lessons from Schitt’s Creek to not only improve community among their teams but to improve individual performance, too. Coaching your team leads to better business results. And, the best managers spend 75% of their time coaching.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

Call center quality management (QM) is an essential process that helps businesses ensure their call centers are meeting customer expectations and delivering quality services. This comprehensive article will dive deep into call center quality management. Why is Call Center Quality Management Important?

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Nicereply

MARCH 14, 2023

Being a support manager is a demanding job that requires constant learning. These 17 books contain critical lessons that every support manager will benefit from. Every customer support manager has a busy life. Priorities are constantly competing. But one should stand strong among all the others: to keep on learning.

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CallSource Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Implementing CallSource call coaching improved new employees’ onboarding experience, creates a culture of transparency, accountability, and acts as a motivational tool to improve career skills. The implementation of the call coaching program was well-received by current and new Customer Communication Specialists.

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Global Response

MAY 1, 2023

Is workforce management really necessary for call centers? The short answer is yes, but if you’re currently swimming in a sea of workforce management softwares, or looking for ways to make your call center processes more efficient, it might seem overwhelming. But first, what exactly is workforce management (WFM)?

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Myra Golden Media

JANUARY 15, 2019

One of the things I’m working on for 2019 is giving you tools to help you coach your employees and hold them accountable so that they are positioned to deliver the best possible customer experience. On Friday, February 1st I’m facilitating a 45-minute webinar on How to Solve Your Biggest Problems with Coaching Employees.

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The Northridge Group

AUGUST 19, 2020

Organizations that have transitioned from good to great stay away from solely coaching to the numbers and instead put more focus on improving behaviors. The key here for companies moving from good to great is accountability. The leaders in the company must be accountable to each other to craft a mission and vision.

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Comm100

JUNE 26, 2018

With the World Cup in full swing, now is probably the perfect time to talk about one of the essential elements of any team – the Coach. Coaches are focused on improving performance during the moment, and the skills required for an excellent coach are very distinct. This is where a coach comes into play. Coaching Skills.

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Integrity Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The responses we hear are often things like, we need to sell more, we need higher productivity, we want to increase accounts in a specific product line by a certain percentage. If feedback coming out of training is that it was a waste of time, you have everything you need to know right there. Accountability for application.

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SharpenCX

AUGUST 26, 2020

Editor’s Note: This post is brought to you by a new contributor, Hiba Amin, from our friends over at Soapbox – a solution that empowers over 100,000 managers to lead high-performing teams. The Agile Manifesto , which is usually your engineering team’s go-to guide for management, can help leaders in every department. Let’s get started!

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Nicereply

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

There are many different types of customers that a support manager may encounter. Support is the frontline for every company, which means they’re usually the first to hear about issues, feedback, and overall sentiment. As a support manager , you get to meet many of these different types of customers, both directly and indirectly.

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CSR Inc.

MARCH 5, 2017

With QA, coaching and accountability are the diet and exercise. Call Center Agent Coaching ‘The more coaching, the better’ is a mantra we drive home with clients. Coaching touch points are critical to making progress. In such cases, a common way to provide coaching comments is on the evaluation.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

With the pendulum swinging back to the human-led conversation, AI is increasingly top of mind for employees, trainers, and coaches to improve training effectiveness and certify employees to deliver superior customer conversations and experiences. Benefits of Simulation Training. The only technical requirements are a browser and a headset.

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SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Navigating the complex waters of Key Account Management (KAM) is difficult. Key Account Management isn’t just about building and maintaining relationships. Every account has its unique challenges. Here’s a handy guide on strategies to retain and grow your key accounts. Enter: Playbooks.

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Skybridge

MARCH 10, 2023

To uncover the capabilities needed to wow and retain your customers, reach past the quantitative accountabilities and ask each provider about their agent responsibilities, behaviors, and routines. Those teams are built and sustained by CX-savvy contact centers that know how to recruit and retain gifted supervisors and coaches.

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CallSource Insights

JUNE 12, 2019

Performance management helps companies understand how their phone lines and offline marketing attribution, as well as call handler performance, impacts their overall marketing and company success. What is the basis of performance management? At its core, a performance management system is based on data collected from your phones.

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 7, 2022

Sales coaches can develop the game plan and provide guidance and encouragement, but the team has to make the plays and sharpen their own skills and abilities. In sports, great coaches are nothing without their players, and even the best team will struggle without its leader. Effective Sales Coaching: It Takes Two.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 12, 2018

Regardless if your call center is focused on collections, revenue recovery, sales or customer service it’s likely you have had coaching sessions with agents and thought afterward, “ok, we are good now, they get it”, only to realize 2 days later that the symptoms are back. Score Cards Directly Tied to Coaching.

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Integrity Solutions

JUNE 29, 2018

Sales Effectiveness Often Starts by Understanding Why Your Sales Managers Still Aren’t Coaching Their Teams. It’s about sales coaching- and sales effectiveness. Sales managers have a stressful job. If it’s so important, why aren’t more sales managers in your organization coaching their people?

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Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

Management and motivational techniques are also required to overcome these new challenges. And they should take into account that remote work generally requires more independent time management skill and tech savvy than on-site employment. Manage to the Metrics. So let’s get started! The Rules Still Apply.

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The Northridge Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

All too often QM is seen as a “check the box” exercise, with some companies or managers just looking to complete a task so they can receive their score. These approaches fail to take the larger CX into account and result in missed opportunities to delight customers while improving the working experience for associates. QM INSIGHTS.

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Integrity Solutions

AUGUST 24, 2022

What they don’t always recognize is that it’s something that can be developed through effective training and coaching. These and other alignment checks should be part of the ongoing performance strategies of the sales manager and coach. Are our sales managers building the bridge?

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Download Now: Master your manager skill set with 29 tactics and strategies to better coach agents. An accountant needs to know how to reconcile bank statements, while a software developer doesn’t. These are skills like time management and organization, oral and written communication skills, or the willingness to collaborate.

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