Fonolo

AUGUST 3, 2021

Here are some examples of how raw data can inform reporting: Hold time is an analytic that informs reporting on abandonment rates and service level. A high first contact resolution (also known as first call resolution ) means your agents are knowledgeable and highly effective in their work. A higher rate means less idle time.

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Playvox

JULY 31, 2023

Much of a team leader’s time is taken away from their key role of providing coaching and development to their people when they have to get involved in manual, immediate, repetitive, and cumbersome tasks like leave approval and shift swaps. Transitioning some responsibility to agents helps team leaders as well.

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Babelforce

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

These include paid breaks, restroom visits, and coaching sessions. Lateness is another classic example. If rates go higher, the recuperation time agents have between calls gets shorter. Agent burnout then becomes much more likely. The remaining 25% of the time, the advisor takes part in shrinkage activities.

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Nicereply

MAY 28, 2019

All those factors can combine to cause agent burnout. If you’re not familiar with the term, agent burnout refers to when someone starts feeling cynical, disengaged, overwhelmed, and even depressed as a side effect of overworking. Outside of the negative effects on your agents, burnout also impacts your business.

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SharpenCX

APRIL 29, 2020

Let’s cover an example: Looking at past data, let’s say you IDed May as your busy season. Build in time for agent coaching. To keep your team engaged and performing at their best, your agents need to be coached daily. Account for agent 1:1s, team meetings and performance conversations with supervisors, too.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 15, 2023

Occupancy rate is the percentage of time that agents spend handling customer inquiries vs. waiting for calls (idle time). It’s the most common measure of how much of their time your call center agents spend dealing with customers. Consider an agent who is engaged in call-related work for 45 minutes during a 60 minute period.

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Balto

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

For example, 72.45% of those who received additional pay reported working towards a promotion, compared to only 44.95% of those who did not. Figure 12: Satisfaction Metrics by Mentor Another facet of mentorship that we looked at was coaching type and frequency.

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SharpenCX

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, if one of your company goals is to reduce customer churn, it’s actionable to your team because the contact center directly impacts churn. You can create specific goals and benchmarks to help your agents reduce customer churn, like improving CSAT and positive customer outcomes.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Technology plays a key role here – by integrating different solutions, contact centers can seamlessly handle multichannel interactions, as well as collect and analyze data efficiently, all while ensuring that their agents’ efforts are directed efficiently while technology automates redundant tasks for them.

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Balto

MARCH 29, 2023

Some common use cases for AI in the contact center industry include routine task automation, real-time language translation, customer interaction analysis, real-time quality assurance, and agent assistance and coaching. Automation In contact centers, lots of tasks don’t always require a human agent.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2023

While gift cards are a popular choice, consider awarding points for ‘perfect attendance’ or ‘highest quarterly quality scores’ that agents can cash in for extra time off, for example, on their birthday if it falls on a weekday. Balance the workload: focus on better managing the type of activities agents are undertaking.

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Playvox

APRIL 27, 2023

Agents won’t burn out trying to channel jump to satisfy needs. Related Article: How Contact Center Agent Burnout Decreases Productivity (And What You Can Do About It) Trend 3: Prioritization Of Employee Experience And Employee Engagement Your help desk is the relationship hub for your brand. It is not conducted in real time.

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Hodusoft

AUGUST 9, 2023

Let’s understand multi-tenant contact center software with an example. In the building, people called agents work to handle phone calls from customers who need help or have questions. This ensures adherence to quality standards and provides opportunities for targeted coaching and training to improve performance.

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Playvox

DECEMBER 13, 2022

When some agents avoid working with customers, that puts pressure on other team members to pick up the slack. This can lead to burnout, creating additional increases in agent stress that lead to high call-outs or high attrition rates. What To Do if Contact Center Agents Are Participating in Interaction Avoidance.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This can help reduce the administrative burden on agents and allow them to focus on handling customer requests. This can help reduce agent burnout and improve overall productivity. Provide examples: Provide examples of common callback scenarios and walk through how to handle them.

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Noble Systems

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Some examples of ACD actions include: Identifying callers based on their phone number, dialed line, or other information. Evaluate and improve agent performance – The ACD can let you listen to live agent calls and record them to review later. Keeping agents and customers satisfied is critical in today’s fast-paced environments.

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