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20 Business Leaders Share How Call Centers Can Address Increased Customer Vulnerability

Callminer

As well, a specific focus on compressing Average Handle Times (AHT) allows organizations to maximize their limited capacity. If human connection and empathy is central to the customer experience, the ultimate objective is answering the call. Nika Filipkova is the Chief Customer Officer at SupportYourApp. “At

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Top Customer Experience Books You Need to Read

Fonolo

This book proposes a different approach that transforms customer support from a required, yet often neglected department, to one that can generate recurring business. 5) Chief Customer Officer 2.0: How to Build Your Customer-Driven Growth Engine. Average Handle Time. Author: Jeanne Bliss.

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How to Make Performance Metrics Truly Matter

Contact Center Geek

In her book, Chief Customer Officer 2.0 , Jeanne Bliss, wrote about the five competencies for customer-driven growth (see also [link] ). It is our job to fight for what is right for our team members, and to manage costs appropriately. In some cases, they can drive the opposite behavior.

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Investing in Innovation: Inside the Mind of the Man Behind Salesforce Service Cloud

Talkdesk

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. You meet with customers all the time. Average speed to answer and average handle time are great, but what you really want to do is avoid a second interaction.

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Investing in Innovation: Inside the Mind of the Man Behind Salesforce Service Cloud

Talkdesk

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. You meet with customers all the time. Average speed to answer and average handle time are great, but what you really want to do is avoid a second interaction.

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Optimizing Call Center Customer Support for Increased Revenue

Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

Both Amazon and Zappos are prime examples of brands that are customer centric and have spent years creating a culture around the customer and their needs. This is so important that organizations like Oracle developed a Chief Customer Officer (CCO) to ensure a consistently amazing customer experience across all touch points.

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What is Knowledge Management?

Mindtouch

Typically, contact center leadership is focused on how knowledge management can help impact call center KPIs such as average handle time (AHT), first call resolution (FCR), and customer satisfaction (CSAT).