Fonolo

AUGUST 15, 2023

When it comes to demystifying call center metrics, ‘occupancy rate’ shouldn’t be forgotten. Occupancy rate is basically a measure of how “busy” call center agents are when they are at work. Occupancy rate is the percentage of time that agents spend handling customer inquiries vs. waiting for calls (idle time).

Call Center 67

Call Center Schedule adherence Contact Center Agent burnout 67

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

But the gap between how managers view feedback and how employees see it simply isn’t good for agent morale and mindset. To keep engagement up, feedback should be focused on coaching rather than micromanaging. Remember that understanding their role and goals was the most important factor in agent engagement.

Contact Center 78

Contact Center Agent burnout Morale Coaching 78

Fonolo

MAY 31, 2022

Utilization Rate will help you determine the total time your agents are logged in, assisting customers, and available to assist customers but doing other things. Coaching one-on-ones. Team meetings. Total Shift Time —The full amount of time an agent was scheduled to work. Some tasks to keep in mind are: Training sessions.

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Agent burnout Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center 81

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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Agent burnout Metrics Feedback Surveys 76

Fonolo

MAY 31, 2022

Utilization Rate will help you determine the total time your agents are logged in, assisting customers, and available to assist customers but doing other things. Coaching one-on-ones. Team meetings. Total Shift Time —The full amount of time an agent was scheduled to work. Some tasks to keep in mind are: Training sessions.

Agent burnout 67

Agent burnout Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center 67

SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Are you ready to meet them? Where would you be without your agents in the first place? It’s vital that you know where your team’s strengths and weaknesses lie, so you know how to coach to better performance. Use the DISC Assessment or the StrengthsFinder Test to identify how your agents thrive and collaborate.

Call Center 67

Call Center Coaching Contact Center Agent burnout 67

Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

Call Center Performance Management is a program, generally led by a contact center operations manager, dedicated to calculating and improving the performance of contact center agents. Performance Management generally requires a number of tools like call recording , quality monitoring , coaching , and gamification.

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Schedule adherence 43

Balto

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The best agents for the job are people who love to talk to people. Figure 7: Satisfaction Metrics by Working Location The trick isn’t to go fully in-person: hybrid workers were the happiest of the bunch. In our survey, we found that 62.96% of tenured agents had a mentor at work.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Coaching Surveys Scripts 52

SharpenCX

APRIL 1, 2020

My team used this mantra regularly (we still do, in fact) to help us prioritize and meet larger company goals. With objectives set, your agents have more manageable metrics and outcomes to impact. Assign KPIs and metrics to track goals – and check on progress often. Leave us completely drained. Be largely ineffective.

Contact Center 67

Contact Center Customer Service Agent burnout Benchmark 67

NobelBiz

MARCH 6, 2023

Screen calls and route them to the most appropriate agent based on the customer’s needs and/or inquiry type. This ensures that customers are connected to the right agent. Track call center metrics, such as average handling time, first-call resolution rate, and customer satisfaction scores.

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Abandon Call Contact Center Agent burnout Abandon rate 52

Robert Davis

APRIL 5, 2018

Let’s face it; the outbound agent will encounter many more “no’s” than “yes’s.” Agent burnout is high due to the aforementioned “rejection factor” inherent in outbound selling. The agent turnover rate for outbound programs can often be two to three times higher than for inbound or other call center functions.

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Telemarketing Outbound sales outsourcing Quality calibration 48

Robert C. Davis and Associates

APRIL 5, 2018

Let’s face it; the outbound agent will encounter many more “no’s” than “yes’s.” Agent burnout is high due to the aforementioned “rejection factor” inherent in outbound selling. The agent turnover rate for outbound programs can often be two to three times higher than for inbound or other call center functions.

Telemarketing 40

Telemarketing Outbound sales outsourcing Quality calibration 40

Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Changing customer expectations and changing market dynamics have made it difficult for contact centers to meet customer needs. Technology can also help contact centers guide and coach agents by easily identifying their strengths and weaknesses.

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contact center solutions Enterprise Contact Center Agent burnout 52

Playvox

APRIL 27, 2023

Great customer experience means meeting customers where they are, making it important to expand your channel offering. Address all challenges that come up — for customers and agents. Leverage advanced analytics to gauge metrics such as customer retention rates and employee productivity. This is a trend worth prioritizing.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Gamification Agent burnout Employee engagement 52

Hodusoft

AUGUST 9, 2023

Multi-tenant contact center software offers customizable performance dashboards that present key metrics, real-time analytics , and reporting capabilities in a visually appealing manner. This ensures adherence to quality standards and provides opportunities for targeted coaching and training to improve performance.

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Contact center software Contact Center Customer Service Agent burnout 52

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This is a metric that assesses the efficacy and quality of customer service and has a direct impact on customer satisfaction. The callback feature of the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) guarantees that the consumer is reached again by an agent who is qualified to address his queries.

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Best practices Contact Center Abandon rate Management 52

Noble Systems

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Connect customers with the right agent, right away – First-call resolution and customer satisfaction are very important metrics for a call center. If you can get your callers to the right agent to solve their problem – and if you can get them there quickly – they are less likely to leave. Aid agents during their calls.

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First call resolution Call Center Interactive Voice Response call center software 57

aircall

OCTOBER 31, 2016

It means taking a holistic approach to support in order to meet the rising demands of empowered customers. The time spent on your website, the pages visited, the reactions to changes you implement in your product, there are countless metrics to track in order to understand your customers. Customer service is everyone’s job.

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outsourcing Multichannel Agent burnout Self service 48