Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

To ensure your contact center agents spend a vast majority of their time with customers resolving issues and as little time as possible on administrative tasks and after-call work, agents need the right kind of tools, processes, coaching, motivation, and goals in place. How are managers delivering coaching?

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Contact Center Coaching Schedule adherence Abandon rate 74

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Put Employee Engagement Top of the Agenda When employees are disengaged, they are less productive and more likely to leave. The majority (80%) or more rank agent engagement scores as the top measurement metric of the future ahead of traditional customer-centric KPIs such as customer effort (81%) and average handle time (80%).

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SharpenCX

JULY 26, 2023

How to Use the Data You Collect According to Gartner, there are five categories of customer experience KPIs that can improve your call center performance: employee engagement; quality operations; customer satisfaction; loyalty, churn, and retention; and advocacy and brand reputation. But if it’s so valuable, what can you do with it?

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Call Center Contact Center Contact center software Coaching 67

Fonolo

JUNE 9, 2020

Average Handle Time (AHT). Average Handle Time (also known as Average Response Time) refers to the amount of time it takes for an agent to answer an incoming inquiry. But be warned: the problem with average handle time is that it measures agency efficiency but not effectiveness.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

They can optimize team productivity and achieve exceptional results by focusing on key areas such as KPIs, technology, workforce management, training, culture, and continuous improvement. These metrics should be data-driven, allowing you to identify areas of improvement and track progress over time.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Management Gamification 52

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Most often, abandonment is a symptom of long hold times. Average Handle Time (AHT). This shows the average amount of time each call takes. This KPI could indicate that a call center manager needs to invest more time in training agents. 5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Measuring Abandonment Rate.

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Call Center Abandon rate Management First call resolution 81

COPC

JUNE 9, 2023

For example, when adding a new product that requires program support, where interactions related to this product are frequent but brief, it may be necessary to adjust the average handle time (AHT) target to accommodate this change. These scorecards serve as a valuable tool during monthly coaching sessions with agents.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Management activities include training, coaching, onboarding, scheduling, forecasting, and more. Supervisors and managers are responsible for onboarding, training, hiring, motivation, and monitoring. By communicating regularly with your call center employees, you’ll be able to increase employee engagement.

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Gamification 52

Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

Monitor agent calls for coaching opportunities. Monitor interactions to identify exactly where agents are delivering great service while uncovering opportunities for training and coaching. You’ll improve customer experience metrics like average handle time and first call resolution. Get the complete picture.

Best practices 84

Best practices Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 84

Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

Monitor agent calls for coaching opportunities. Monitor interactions to identify exactly where agents are delivering great service while uncovering opportunities for training and coaching. You’ll improve customer experience metrics like average handle time and first call resolution. The Cloud.

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Best practices Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 83

24-7 InTouch

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

To dive deeper into customization capabilities, we’ve outlined the final two stages: training and reporting. ENHANCE THROUGH TRAINING. Through customized, immersive training environments that are built with the specific brand in mind. Training Considerations Should Include: . Immersive Training.

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Brand ambassadors Customer Service Calibration Average Handle Time 52

SharpenCX

MARCH 24, 2021

Learn your customer demographics, coach agents to ask clarifying questions to understand customer needs, and take notes on each customer interaction. Cloud call centers make performance tracking much simpler because you can keep tabs on your agents – and coach them – no matter where they’re working. And on their own time.

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NobelBiz

MAY 2, 2023

Solution: To increase conversion rates, call centers should provide continuous training and support for their agents, fine-tune their value propositions, and develop better rapport-building techniques. Find out more from our podcast episode Happy Employees Make Happy Customers. Watch the free webinar here.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center CRM 52

OctopusTech

MARCH 1, 2023

Inbound call centers play a crucial role in delivering these revenue-generating experiences, so everything from the standard greeting to agent training to the establishment of KPIs needs to be designed with the customer in mind. Engage your agents by recognizing outstanding performance and providing frequent, effective communication.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

When they realized that it benefited their future goals, they were more engaged in their work, harnessed their passions, and excelled in their delivery of service.”. As any great call center manager will tell you, finding and training the right people will make or break your contact center. Tip 2: Find & Invest in the Right People.

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call center professionals Call Center Average Handle Time Contact Center 98

SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Employee Engagement. Here, we step beyond employee engagement and look at this category as your agents’ holistic experience. Then, eliminate specific pain points in their experience and coach for empowerment. Tailor their coaching and in-line training to address issues specific to each agent.

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Coaching Average Handle Time Metrics Customer Experience 59

Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

And they should take into account that remote work generally requires more independent time management skill and tech savvy than on-site employment. Remote agents also require as much orientation and training as their traditional call center counterparts. Trusting relationships can be difficult to foster at a distance. Next Steps.

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Contact Center Management call center workforce Average Handle Time 62

SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Employee Engagement. Here, we step beyond employee engagement and look at this category as your agents’ holistic experience. Then, eliminate specific pain points in their experience and coach for empowerment. Tailor their coaching and in-line training to address issues specific to each agent.

Coaching 52

Coaching Average Handle Time Metrics Customer Experience 52

Serenova

AUGUST 25, 2020

Whether evaluating new support channels, providing more agent training or assessing areas to further streamline operations, for most contact center leaders, success is predicated on the ability to measure, evolve and improve. Captures staffing data in real-time. Monitor agent calls for coaching opportunities.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Schedule adherence Management Coaching 81

Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

Performance Management generally requires a number of tools like call recording , quality monitoring , coaching , and gamification. In a recent customer experience survey by Customer Contact Week, consumers reported the following priorities: Easy handling of their problem Fast issue resolution Friendly, personalized service.

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Schedule adherence 43

teleopti

OCTOBER 18, 2019

What if this could happen in real-time and go one step further to tell the customer service representatives (CSRs) and managers whether a customer interaction is going well or suggest how to improve it in the experience? Then, use quality evaluations and analytics to detect coaching needs and automatically schedule training at quieter times.

Customer Experience 66

Customer Experience Average Handle Time Analytics Contact Center 66

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Once they identified the root cause behind agents underuse of the GPS tool (lack of training, misconception on time taken to use the tool), contact centre leaders were able to partner with the training team to re-launch the GPS tool kit. Their next goal was to identify root cause of customer effort and dissatisfaction.

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Analytics Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time Employee engagement 52

SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

But rather than building a strategy core to the business, companies hold one-off events to boost engagement. The reality is, the employee engagement mind shift has to start at the top. According to Gallup , companies need to think less about making employees happy (cue the pizza party). Train your agents.

Contact Center 67

Contact Center Coaching Metrics Average Handle Time 67

SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

But rather than building a strategy core to the business, companies hold one-off events to boost engagement. The reality is, the employee engagement mind shift has to start at the top. According to Gallup , companies need to think less about making employees happy (cue the pizza party). Train your agents.

Contact Center 67

Contact Center Coaching Metrics Average Handle Time 67

BlueOcean

JUNE 26, 2018

It begins with training agents to pay active attention to what your customer is saying – not just the primary information like their name and address, but even the small comments, maybe something said in passing. We can easily train someone to be successful in hospitality – but only if they have the personality fit and values first.

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Customer Relationship Metrics

JULY 26, 2017

Think about the evaluation, the calibration, and the coaching. Incorporate the results into your training and development plans. With Survey Calibration you can legally and confidently coach, promote, or terminate (let’s hope not) contact center agents based on the scores received because they are the ones who earned/deserves them.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To achieve that within a remote or hybrid work environment, we’re going to see more contact centers reach for a cloud-based technology that drives camaraderie, increases visibility, allows supervisors to coach from anywhere, and enables agents to self-manage.” Keeping employees motivated is a challenge in every industry.

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Playvox

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Review short handle times or average handle time. The agent will typically show a shorter handle time than their peers. Actions: Review hold time reports. The empathy you show by seeking out their side will help boost employee engagement and retention.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Average Handle Time Management Coaching 52

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

What if this could happen in real-time and go one step further to tell the customer service representatives (CSRs) and managers whether a customer interaction is going well or suggest how to improve it in the experience? Then, use quality evaluations and analytics to detect coaching needs and automatically schedule training at quieter times.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Average Handle Time Analytics Contact Center 40

Serenova

AUGUST 25, 2020

Whether evaluating new support channels, providing more agent training or assessing areas to further streamline operations, for most contact center leaders, success is predicated on the ability to measure, evolve and improve. Captures staffing data in real-time. Monitor agent calls for coaching opportunities.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Schedule adherence Management Coaching 40

TechSee

JUNE 4, 2019

Nowhere is that truer than in call center training – bringing new agents up to speed on products, processes and the productivity expected of them. Traditionally, contact centers have trained new agents using one-on-one coaching or classroom-style role-playing, where the focus is on imparting knowledge and customer service etiquette.

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Call Center Technology Gamification Coaching 117

HireIQ

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Keeping employees and customers happy is nothing new, but the connection between the two warrants more attention. Your first instinct may be to increase coaching efforts or training to alter agent behavior on the phone. Using intuition to guess which applicants will become CSAT superstars is a gamble. No More Bad Hires.

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Contact Center Morale Metrics Analytics 52

Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Acting on negative feedback will strengthen customer engagement and sharing and acting on positive feedback will strengthen employee engagement. Just as change must be demonstrated, employees also should be empowered to take action where necessary in order to be a part of building the culture.

Call Center 56

Call Center Customer Support Customer centricity Contact Center 56

Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. Training programs should be designed to meet the specific needs of the contact center and its agents.

Contact Center 84

Contact Center Gamification Coaching Quality management 84

SharpenCX

MAY 16, 2022

Average Handle Time (AHT). This is the time it takes for an agent to complete a phone call or a “session.” Outdated auto-dialers have trained us to ignore phone calls from numbers we don’t recognize. Ongoing Training for Your Team. This tracks your agents’ efficiency. Set Clear Expectations.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 4, 2021

Distill all the data living in your contact center down into a few important charts and graphs in your reports, so you can pull out actionable insights for coaching. Or, you can see that a customer reached out three different times in one week looking for answers. The Reports and Dashboards that Matter to Your Agents.

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Analytics Average Handle Time Management Metrics 67

SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As a call center manager, not only do you deal with high-stress customer situations, but you’re also responsible for team strategy, performance goals, management of budgets, employee satisfaction and coaching. Each disengaged employee can cost you $2,246 , according to ADP. Employee engagement is directly tied to revenue growth.

Call Center 76

Call Center Morale Metrics Abandon rate 76