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Protecting Your Contact Center Agents’ Emotional Well-Being

Playvox

Signs of contact center burnout to look for include new or increased: Irritability or cynicism Disengagement Isolation from colleagues Absenteeism Decreased productivity or performance These signs should be addressed immediately when you notice them. Unhappy agents leave your organization, creating costly attrition issues.

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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

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The key functions of contact center workforce management are: Long-term capacity planning Interaction volume forecasting Staff scheduling Intraday management Historically call center managers maintained spreadsheets for agent forecasting and scheduling. But getting to this nirvana is no picnic.

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The Role Of Employee Self-Service In Workforce Management

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Engaging and empowering customer support center agents is as important as ever, so allow them to handle things themselves when they need to request annual leave or shift swaps. WFM schedules agents to start activities at the assigned time based on forecasted volume for every channel of the business.

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Qualtrics Announces New Real-time Contact Center Solutions to Make Agents More Productive

CSM Magazine

Qualtrics, the leader and creator of the experience management category, today announced new real-time contact center innovations to make agents more productive and deliver customer support with empathy. Real-Time Agent Assist.

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The Top 4 Contact Center Trends To Boost Performance And CX

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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.

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The Importance of Accurate Forecasting for Omnichannel Volume

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Digital channels have become an integral part of the way that organizations connect with their customers — whether that’s email, social media, live chat, SMS, or good old-fashioned telephone calls. Once you achieve this, you need to consider your workforce planning with digital and omnichannel forecasting for customer service in mind.