Noble Systems

JANUARY 29, 2019

While many insurers are falling short, the leaders are establishing best practices for how to build engagement, create personalized digital experiences and deliver consistency across digital components.” The post Agent Empowerment: Putting Firstline Employees First in the Contact Center appeared first on Noble Systems.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 29, 2019

While many insurers are falling short, the leaders are establishing best practices for how to build engagement, create personalized digital experiences and deliver consistency across digital components.” The post Agent Empowerment: Putting Firstline Employees First in the Contact Center appeared first on Noble Systems.

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The call center experience of today’s world can be hostile at best and abusive at its worst. Record number of leaders, like you, are frantically searching Google to find a way to protect the mental health and well-being of their agents. Yet, your agents are still sitting there, taking it all in. But frankly, it’s tough.

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Calltools

APRIL 3, 2024

This lets customers handle their own needs while your agents tackle more demanding issues. Your call center can use interactive voice response (IVR) technology to make self-service even more convenient. They can also help your contact center process more calls.

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

When they’re not performing, those people need to create a plan for improvement with their team and it still doesn’t improve, we take steps to remove that person from the system. Hopefully you can take the lessons from our experts back to your team and start improving your contact center today.

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

When they’re not performing, those people need to create a plan for improvement with their team and it still doesn’t improve, we take steps to remove that person from the system. Hopefully you can take the lessons from our experts back to your team and start improving your contact center today.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Are you putting too much pressure on your agents to move a host of KPIs? Or do you go easy when it comes to call center reporting metrics? Leaders, like you, are in a battle to figure out what to measure and how to keep agents accountable to those metrics. Pressure to meet impossible KPIs pushes agents to burnout.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2021

And for good reason — agents who demonstrate this quality are more successful in customer service roles and are great for fostering a positive and inclusive work environment. When hiring, it’s important to look beyond the job qualifications and look at their soft skills and personality. Train your leaders appropriately.

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

When they’re not performing, those people need to create a plan for improvement with their team and it still doesn’t improve, we take steps to remove that person from the system. Hopefully you can take the lessons from our experts back to your team and start improving your contact center today.

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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

While your call agents strive for favorable first-call resolution metrics, your business should focus on providing them with the right customer contact center software that lets them do their job well. What are Contact Center Software Solutions?

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Global Response

MARCH 26, 2024

Here are five key technologies that help achieve higher FCR rates: Customer relationship management (CRM) system : A comprehensive CRM system provides agents immediate access to customer histories, including previous interactions, purchases, and feedback. Focus on integration, automation, agent empowerment, and continuous training.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 24, 2020

Let’s walk through five performance management techniques you can use to improve your agents’ experience at work, and your customers’ experience with your brand. Recognize how your agents’ empowerment & engagement impacts performance. You can’t address challenges in your contact center without understanding them, first.

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bold360 Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Let’s look at a few of the most commonly deployed CSS tools: Conversational AI chatbots: Modern chatbots interact with customers in conversational ways, understanding their questions and offering the right responses or content resources in natural language (the underlying technology is called Natural Language Processing or “NLP” ).

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SharpenCX

JUNE 30, 2021

Download Now]: 7 Projects Every VP of Ops Should Take on To Reduce Call Center Service Inefficiencies. Set up regular 1:1s with agents that are deliberate and focused. Use it to catch up with agents on a personal level and bring some talking points. Project 3: Support Your Agents Professionally and Personally.

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Tethr

AUGUST 14, 2020

Agents should feel comfortable discussing customer frustrations and personal roadblocks with their managers, team members and the organization as a whole. Rather than making sure agents are sticking to a script, saying and doing the things the company has decided are important to deliver a great customer experience (e.g.,

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Tethr

AUGUST 4, 2020

Taking your call center to the next level when it comes to customer service and the overall customer experience is always important. Liberating your voice data, developing your agents and creating CX teams are some of the best ways to get there.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 25, 2016

Historically, contact center technologies were intended to empower agents, but required managing multiple applications and time-consuming training to master the endless system and customer nuances. SpiceCSM also allows you to automate processes that are high-volume and have multiple application touchpoints.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 2, 2018

Quickly, yet meaningfully connecting with a customer is difficult enough for agents who have the information they need. Agent empowerment is the key to performance. Great training is the key to agent empowerment. Unfortunately, some organizations struggle to deliver the training agents require.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Going into 2021, we can foresee a few things that will remain in plain focus: a seamless customer journey, personalized customer experiences, relationship and agent empowerment. What will 2021 look like for Contact Centers? Steve Bederman on the First Contact: Stories of the Call Center Podcast.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For many organizations, a huge part of this new year task is setting contact center priorities — priorities that can have a colossal impact on the customer experience. But deciding on annual goals and specific yearly focuses for a call center isn’t always easy. Investment Priorities Speak Louder than Contact Center Goals.

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Contact Center Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The online retailer is focused on providing an engaging customer experience similar to the type of personal attention offered by a […]. When you think of brands that deliver service that “wows” customers, an automotive aftermarket parts and accessories business may not be the first thing that springs to mind.

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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 28, 2016

While tweeting, liking and sharing have been largely the domain of marketing and social media teams, more companies are encouraging their employees to become brand ambassadors using their personal social networks. It’s called employee advocacy, which is not a […].

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DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

And agents surely participated in training courses where they were instructed in how to improve their sales skills. Customer Service Is an Art: Delivering an outstanding and personalized service experience is an art that is supported by systems, knowledge, and training.

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