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Contact Resolution and Agent Empowerment will Increase Customer Loyalty

NICE inContact

Of course, organizations can’t always control through which channel a customer initially makes contact, but with good training, processes, and an omnichannel platform, your agent can easily escalate the issue to a phone call based on issue complexity before the customer becomes more frustrated or angry.

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Contact Resolution and Agent Empowerment will Increase Customer Loyalty

NICE inContact

Of course, organizations can’t always control through which channel a customer initially makes contact, but with good training, processes, and an omnichannel platform, your agent can easily escalate the issue to a phone call based on issue complexity before the customer becomes more frustrated or angry.

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Top Contact Center Trends for 2023

Balto

2022 was another year packed with shifting trends for the contact center, and 2023 shows no signs of changing course. With renewed focus on agent experience, ever-advancing AI capabilities, and the embrace of omnichannel solutions, contact center leaders face an exciting opportunity to best serve their customers in 2023.

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Boost Agent Satisfaction in Your Contact Center with These 9 Inclusive Practices

Fonolo

Create opportunities for agents to voice their suggestions and concerns. But remember: agent empowerment only works if leadership listens and follows through on their feedback. Start acknowledging agents who deliver exceptional service, solve challenging customer issues with patience, and support their fellow agents.

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Do you believe in frontline empowerment? Or do you just say that you do?

Tethr

The first and most powerful marker of a listening enterprise is how a company treats its frontline employees—and namely, the level of empowerment they give to the frontline. Of course, like “ customer-centricity ,” the idea of “frontline empowerment” has become an over-used and fairly meaningless concept in the CX and customer service world.

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Three Ways to Effortlessly Cut Average Handle Time 

Toister Performance Solutions

So your IVR is adding talk time, but your agents aren’t empowered to skip the script and give some of that time back. What is agent empowerment? An empowered agent is given more than just authority. It requires the agent to balance making the customer feel good with getting the job done quickly.

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How Contact Center Agent Burnout Decreases Productivity (And What You Can Do About It)

Playvox

Preventing Agent Burnout. Most fundamentally you need to promote a culture of agent empowerment. When you hire and onboard agents and managers with intention and care, you increase your chances of creating a positive and empowering culture. There are a number of steps you can take to prevent burnout.