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Keep Your Call Center At-Home Agents Engaged

Callminer

Contact centers especially struggle with how to train, manage, and engage agents properly. Since contact center agents interact with customers daily, it is essential that you create a plan and strategy for keeping at home agents engaged from afar. Tips to Keep At-Home Agents Engaged.

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Call Center Metrics and KPIs to Measure Performance and Productivity

CCNG

There is a great deal of debate about what metrics call centers should measure now, especially with COVID-19 and the accompanying shift to work-at-home agents, staffing shortages, and persistent supply chain issues straining customers’ patience. What metrics should call centers and BPOs focus on?

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Understanding your remote workforce: The most important metrics to look at

LiveVox

Understanding your remote workforce: The most important metrics to look at You’ve set up at-home agents. So, you’ve taken the plunge, and, like many other contact centers, you’ve got your agents set up to work from home.

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An Undeniable Choice for Current Times: Move your Contact Center Virtual for the Future to Solve Old Problems, Boost Agent Satisfaction and Drive Productivity

SharpenCX

Agents juggle phone calls, quickly type out emails and talk down angry callers. We’ve seen the typical call center in TV shows or in movies. This scene makes for good drama, but today contact centers look different. . Contact centers are no longer confined to those windowless rooms with cubicles.

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

DMG Consulting

Answer: The forced migration of on-site contact center employees to work-at-home agents has renewed interest in employee empowerment tools. These solutions provide a framework for operationalizing and incentivizing KPI-based achievements using the metrics that matter most to the contact center and the enterprise.

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PINDROP PULSE FLASH REPORT: Five Insights of COVID-19 in the Contact Center

pindrop

A short history of how the pandemic has unfolded – how contact centers have faired and how fraudsters have taken advantage. As a critical customer interface, contact centers have felt the effects directly, regardless of geography and industry. INSIGHT 2: THE WAVE HITS IN EARNEST.

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The Top 3 Contact Center Talent Priorities in 2018

Talkdesk

Three talent trends emerged from Deloitte’s 2017 global contact center survey that point to the need to rethink the way contact centers handle staffing. These initiatives are all supported by the Talkdesk Enterprise Contact Center Platform , illustrating our overall dedication to improving agent effectiveness.