Remove At home agents Remove Coaching Remove Gamification Remove Management
article thumbnail

Can gamification be used for work-at-home (WAH) agents?

DMG Consulting

Question: Can gamification be used for work-at-home (WAH) agents? Answer: The forced migration of on-site contact center employees to work-at-home agents has renewed interest in employee empowerment tools. The benefits of gamification solutions go far beyond the crucial need to enhance employee engagement.

article thumbnail

The 3 “I”s to Empower Your Call Center Supervisors in 2021

Outsource Consultants

Luckily, 2021 is projected to be a promising year for call centers , with agents performing at a high level. But to truly succeed, call centers need to empower supervisors with training to support their agents. And it’s only gotten harder for supervisors to effectively coach their agents with the shift to remote work.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Remote Workforce Management – From Survive to Thrive in 3 Easy Steps

CSM Magazine

Richard Pinnington of Calabrio discusses how workforce management means so much more in challenging times. . “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” these immortal words are probably as true today as they were when Charles Dickens wrote a “A Tale of Two Cities” nearly 200 years ago. This brings a new set of challenges.

article thumbnail

Work from home programs are no longer a reward system

Aspect

Here are some best practices to consider as you define or enhance your work from home program, specifically for your customer engagement center. Define the Agent Profile. Not everyone makes the perfect work at home agent. Define the Home Office. Issue a company computer to manage security and software compliance.

article thumbnail

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report

DMG Consulting

It looks to the future and provides best practices for post-pandemic disaster recovery/business continuity (DR/BC) planning, as well as for the management of work-at-home agents. Voice and screen recording capabilities allow managers to track their remote employees’ performance throughout the day.

article thumbnail

Contact Center Workplaces Are in the Midst of a Renaissance

DMG Consulting

While it’s understandable that agents need to adhere to an agreed-upon set of working hours for a contact center to meet its service level (response time) commitments to customers, demanding overly high occupancy rates (the percentage of time that agents are required to be available to handle interactions) is not a good practice.

article thumbnail

How to Move to a Work-At-Home Model When a Rapid Response is Required

COPC

This means that most organisations have been left ill-equipped to manage the requirement for the rapid deployment of Work-At-Home solutions necessitated by the spread of COVID-19. She has identified some common themes which are shared by the best run Work-At-Home operations, specifically around communication and technology support.