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Agents Will Be Empowered Only If They Feel Valued — And You Must Continuously Prove It to Them

CCNG

One of the major initiatives abuzz in the Contact Center industry is agent empowerment and how it will improve performance and CX. Agents who feel empowered are comfortable making decisions on their own, which gives them a keen sense of ownership with every customer interaction. The concept is simple.

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7 Tips to Handle Seasonal and Unexpected Call Volume Spikes

JustCall

If agents are not available during a particular season and call volume peaks, it would result in missed calls and extended wait times. Productivity concerns: An unexpected increase in call volumes can lead to decreased agent morale, demotivation, and burnout. Call monitoring Install real-time call analytics dashboards.

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Contact Center Workforce Management Best Practices

Fonolo

Real-time monitoring lets supervisors follow agent activity, track schedule adherence and make adjustments on the spot if needed. Promoting agent empowerment through self-service WFM tools often include self-service capabilities that are empowering for agents. That’s a goal on every call center manager’s radar these days!

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Improving First Call Resolution Rates

Global Response

It even improves agent morale by enabling them to solve problems more effectively. Leverage customer feedback and data analytics. As with all customer satisfaction services, customer feedback and data analytics provide invaluable insight. Focus on integration, automation, agent empowerment, and continuous training.

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What Is Call Center Reporting & How Does It Work?

NobelBiz

The end goal is to foster a cycle of continuous optimization, leading to elevated customer experiences, enhanced agent morale and performance, and ultimately, a more streamlined and cost-efficient operation.

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Why Simplicity in Contact Centres Matters in an Era of Complexity

CSM Magazine

Here are five tactics to tackle these new complexities from an agent perspective: 1. Replace whiteboards with dashboards – the opportunity to benchmark self-performance is a fundamental part of agent empowerment and it shouldn’t stop just because the majority of agents are working from home.

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3 Projects to Help You Deliver Good Customer Service Daily (+ Resources)

SharpenCX

Invest in speech analytics and inline feedback tools. Both speech analytics and inline feedback tools can streamline your coaching. With inline training , give feedback and make notes on specific moments in customer-agent interactions. Use speech analytics to search through transcribed calls to focus your coaching sessions.