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Keep Your Call Center At-Home Agents Engaged

Callminer

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. Here are eight tips to keep your at-home agents engaged and productive. Use gamification.

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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.

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Onboard, Train and Engage Remote Agents with Gamification

Noble Systems

Contact centers have been hiring increasing numbers of work-at-home agents in recent years and it looks like this trend is expected to grow. According to the National Association of Call Centers, over 50% of contact centers in the United States tout that some percentage of their agents are now working from home.

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4 Ways to Keep Your Remote Agents Engaged

Outsource Consultants

Implement Gamification Systems. Anyone who’s ever taken a quick evening walk to “hit their steps” or took a few moments to practice French after their Duolingo app reminded them they were in danger of losing their streak knows that gamification can be highly effective. Get Feedback. A recent study showed that 80 percent of U.S.

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8 Tips to Prepare Your Holiday Contact Center Agents

Calltools

Setting up a knowledge base or video-based training will help at-home agents navigate work challenges without contacting you. Enhance Agent Experiences. An agent’s work experiences during the holiday season will likely influence their mood, motivation, and productivity. Implement Gamification Dashboards.

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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. This year’s Report discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the short- and long-term future of this increasingly important sector.

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

COPC

What sort of an environment do Work-At-Home agents need? It is very important to ensure that the home environment for the agents is conducive to working long shifts. The obvious benefits of Work-At-Home agents are based around flexibility and business continuity. At COPC Inc. What about Latin America?