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Agent Empowerment: Putting Firstline Employees First in the Contact Center

Noble Systems

LinkedIn’s research shows that in 2018, talent developers are prioritizing the employee development needs of today. And while that is essential, executives and people managers are looking to talent developers to do more—specifically increase their focus on identifying industry trends to prevent internal skill gaps.

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Agent Empowerment: Putting Firstline Employees First in the Contact Center

Noble Systems

LinkedIn’s research shows that in 2018, talent developers are prioritizing the employee development needs of today. And while that is essential, executives and people managers are looking to talent developers to do more—specifically increase their focus on identifying industry trends to prevent internal skill gaps.

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Workforce Management for the 21st Century: Helping Deliver a Great CX

DMG Consulting

Workforce Management for the 21st Century: Helping Deliver a Great CX View this article on the publisher’s website. Workforce management (WFM) solutions are essential in good times and even more indispensable when the economy is challenged and budgets are tight.

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AI-Enabled WFM Promotes Efficiency and Flexibility

DMG Consulting

Workforce management (WFM) solutions remain essential contact center productivity tools, but today they are as important for improving the customer experience (CX), and the newest generation of applications also help to boost employee engagement. These solutions were identified by 37.5

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5 Ways to Manage the Performance of Apathetic Agents (and Why They Don’t Care if They’re a Good Customer Service Rep or Not)

SharpenCX

As a manager, you own 70% of your employees’ engagement at work. . Your agents show up each day, plop down in their seats in the office or at home, and immediately start helping customers. And it’s up to you, manager, to keep them engaged in their role. Exhausted agents instead of engaged agents.

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Manage Change by Listening

Contact Center Pipeline

I work with many companies looking to decrease attrition, and the same set of three problems shows up again and again in the initial employee engagement surveys. Lack of empowerment Lack of information Lack of the basic knowledge needed […].

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

Playvox

Most concerning, once burnout sets in with agents, it’s difficult to reverse. While managers can proactively look for the warning signs – such as irritability and impatience – without preventative measures, it’s difficult to reverse burnout once it begins. The Consequences of Agent Burnout. Prevention is key.