SharpenCX

APRIL 29, 2020

Workforce management in your contact center is all about finding balance. You balance the needs of your customers with the workload of your agents (and their development). Plus, you toss in overseeing your contact center budget, too. Use customizable reports and historical data to forecast service needs.

Coaching 76

Coaching Management Contact Center Morale 76

Customer Service Life

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Pretty much every contact center on the planet has some sort of a quality assurance process — or so I learned when I contracted with an outsourcer a half dozen years ago. Like other KPIs, this is a metric that’s tracked and improved upon from the organizational level all the way down to each individual agent. What’s next?

Coaching 74

Coaching Agent Empowerment outsourcing Contact Center 74

SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

At this point in your contact center’s history, some 51% of contact centers have even realized data needs to be actionable for the specific agents and leaders who need it. Here, we step beyond employee engagement and look at this category as your agents’ holistic experience. It’s time to use it.

Coaching 59

Coaching Average Handle Time Customer Experience Metrics 59

SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

At this point in your contact center’s history, some 51% of contact centers have even realized data needs to be actionable for the specific agents and leaders who need it. Here, we step beyond employee engagement and look at this category as your agents’ holistic experience. It’s time to use it.

Coaching 52

Coaching Average Handle Time Customer Experience Metrics 52

SharpenCX

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You form new strategies or tailor your old ones to the new expectations of customers. But through it all, one question remains the same: Do you know how to keep customers happy? Turns out, much of that happiness comes from the service you deliver. And, another 76% think customers are smarter and more informed, too.

Agent Empowerment 94

Agent Empowerment Contact Center Contact center software Morale 94

DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Should Customer Service be a Sales Channel? Wells Fargo is no longer making daily news headlines, but the impact of their overly aggressive cross-selling culture will be felt by contact centers throughout the United States for a long time. Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Sales 48

Sales Customer Service Contact Center CRM 48

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. Tip: Begin to examine your existing contact center processes.

Contact Center 42

Contact Center Customer centricity Journey mapping Benchmark 42

teleopti

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Based on the insights of Calabrio/Teleopti’s customer community combined with our first-hand experience of guiding organizations through the often-complicated maze of scheduling and forecasting, here is an insider’s guide to making the most of your WFM technology. . 5 ways to become a WFM guru. Get to know your people.

Coaching 68

Coaching Employee engagement Consulting Consulting 68

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Real-Time Agent Assist uses AI and Machine Learning to analyze customer needs and emotions, then deliver real-time coaching so contact center agents can take the best next step for customers. Real-Time Agent Assist. Automated Call Summaries .

contact center solutions 52

contact center solutions Contact Center Agent burnout Agent Empowerment 52

SharpenCX

MAY 6, 2021

After all, most agents don’t have a cute puppy to soften the blow of a customer problem. Turns out, what you measure in your contact center has the power to change your customer outcomes. 5 Metrics to Understand then Improve Customer Satisfaction for Better ROI . Customer Effort Score . That’s right.

Metrics 84

Metrics Agent Empowerment Contact Center Customer effort 84

SharpenCX

OCTOBER 29, 2019

And then, you’re left scratching your heads on how to put them into action so you can actually create a better customer experience. Your KPIs have become the pernicious beast of your contact center. Today, we’re looking at KPIs through the lens of agent experience. Or vice versa. Quality Assurance.

Metrics 64

Metrics Call Center Customer Service Coaching 64

Calabrio

OCTOBER 15, 2019

We’re all about our customers, and we judge ourselves by our ability to add tangible business value to their contact centers around the world, from easily managing soaring inbound volumes across multiple communication channels to leveraging new levels of customer experience intelligence to drive deeper engagement with customers.

Agent Empowerment 16

Agent Empowerment Technical Support Analytics Gamification 16

SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

You’re actively involved with your agents rather than operating hands-off. The Experience Coach. The experience coach focuses on individualism. You know that providing relevant feedback often will improve your agents’ well-being and your customer satisfaction. The Democratic Leader. Adapt as you go.

Call Center 67

Call Center Agent Empowerment Management Coaching 67