Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Executives and managers know that contact center goal-setting helps usher in progress and bring about positive change. In a busy customer service department, having an agreed-upon set of milestones helps you cross the finish line because it clarifies decision-making, keeps morale up, and can even reduce agent turnover.

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Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time Construction 91

Calltools

MAY 3, 2023

5 Tips to Enhance Agents’ Experience Your contact center agents’ experience is just as important as your customers’ experience. From there, call center managers can identify overarching areas for improvement, agents who need training, agents who deserve rewards, and more.

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Contact Center Coaching Average Handle Time Analytics 98

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

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Contact Center Agent burnout Morale Coaching 78

TechSee

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The traditional contact center – with agents in cubicles following scripts and rushing to meet individual KPIs – will soon be a thing of the past. Agent collaboration also enables a higher First Contact Resolution (FCR) rate by eliminating time-consuming escalations. What’s the climate of your contact center?

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Contact Center Wireless Scripts Average Handle Time 117

Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. During the best of economic times, it’s a smart business practice. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center.

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Contact Center Coaching Schedule adherence Abandon rate 74

Fonolo

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s been a journey: The contact center evolved from the humble call center, as more channels of communication became commonplace. In order to keep up with the demands of modern consumers, the contact center is destined to evolve further, into the ‘Customer Experience Hub’ of the future.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Morale Call Center 76

Playvox

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Is gamification the right choice for your contact center? Employee engagement is one of the most challenging aspects to master in the contact center. That’s why many organizations are putting increased emphasis on improving their company culture in order to improve employee morale.

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Gamification Contact Center Employee engagement Average Handle Time 79

Babelforce

JANUARY 26, 2021

In a blended contact center, agents can take incoming calls and make outgoing calls as well. That’s different from an inbound contact center which focuses on incoming calls, or an outbound contact center which focuses on outgoing calls. Why a blended contact center may be the best option for you.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time CRM Interactive Voice Response 52

3CLogic

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Agent retention has long been a challenge for contact centers. In fact, a recent ICMI survey shows the average contact center’s agent turnover rate was 58% year over year. So why is high employee turnover so common among contact centers? 7 Employee Retention Strategies For Contact Center Managers.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Schedule adherence Average Handle Time 93

Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you’re a contact center professional, you’re probably feeling the pain of agent staffing shortages. This difficulty includes finding contact center agents. There are creative measures every call center can take to address agent staffing shortages. Higher queue times. Don’t despair.

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Contact Center Management Agent burnout Interactive Voice Response 73

pindrop

AUGUST 16, 2021

It takes time for a caller to go through KBAs, which adds to the overall duration of the call. Each KBA required to complete authentication increases the average handle time required to authenticate a caller and increases the average cost per call for the contact center. Watch the Webinar.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Calibration Airlines 62

Taylor Reach Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There are a lot of smart — very smart — individuals managing and directing Call and Contact Centers today. Yet these bright, bright people still manage from time to time to do things that defy understanding. This is my top ten list of really dumb things that smart call and contact center executives do.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time At home agents First call resolution 111

Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contact centers play a vital role in today’s modern businesses. They help manage customer interactions by serving as the initial point of contact. million in 2022 to US$34, 570.73 from 2023 to 2028. from 2023 to 2028.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Contact center software Self service 52

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Ready to level up your contact center team? Improving call center agent performance can seem overwhelming, and you might wonder where to start. TIP: Common KPIs for contact center agents can include average handle time (AHT), first call resolution (FCR), and customer satisfaction score (CSat).

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Call Center Schedule adherence Average Handle Time Construction 87

Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

High-speed internet, cloud-based applications and other technologies have opened a new vista for the call center—the remote agents. Most contact centers have had to quickly transition to working from home as a direct effect of COVID-19. No longer is the company limited to the talent pool surrounding the contact center.

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Contact Center Management call center workforce Average Handle Time 62

NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

As a call center stakeholder—be it an owner, manager, or supervisor—the task of harnessing call center reporting to pinpoint areas for improvement, optimize agent performance, and ultimately enhance customer satisfaction can seem daunting. This includes calls, emails, live chat, and social media.

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Call Center Contact Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 59

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contact centers are always looking for ways to reduce costs. This is particularly true during periods of uncertainty and economic downturn, when call center cost savings contribute to business continuity. However, these drastic measures are usually short term as they negatively affect CX and employee morale.

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Call Center Self service Gamification Contact Center 196

VocalCom

JULY 1, 2019

At the same time, they are swayed by products that appeal to their tastes and values, and their interactions with brands can fail or succeed depending on how their feelings are treated. Here are five ways to empower your contact center agents. Peers may also be paired together to encourage ongoing learning and moral support.

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Contact Center Customer Experience Contact center software Average Handle Time 48

CCNG

JANUARY 4, 2023

Elevating the Customer Experience (CX) is an obsession for the contact center industry, and rightly so. The experiences that customers have with your contact center condition the way they think about you as a supplier of goods and services and as a trusted part­ner in providing the things that they need and want in their lives.

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Customer Experience Contact Center CCNG Self service 195

Noble Systems

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Improving contact center agent productivity can have a major impact on bottom-line results. There are many lists of “Top” Contact Center KPIs that you can access with a simple Internet search. There are many lists of “Top” Contact Center KPIs that you can access with a simple Internet search.

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Gamification Contact Center Schedule adherence Average Handle Time 60

Fonolo

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. Luckily, a successful call center is within reach. With some careful thought and these helpful tips, you can optimize your call center’s performance: 1. As success leaders and call center managers, you need to be an example for your agents.

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Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time First call resolution 156

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Average handle time and hold times increase, while eventually, customer satisfaction decreases. TIP: Assess your call center’s retention by calculating agent attrition rates. Common Causes of Low Call Center Retention. Let’s see how we can improve call center employee retention. Invest in training.

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Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time Morale 137

Fonolo

OCTOBER 13, 2022

A shrinkage rate of 30-35% is considered to be acceptable in the contact center industry, and you should plan your staffing with this number in mind. When shrinkage starts to creep up, it can create a domino effect that has a negative impact on your call center operations. DID YOU KNOW? Why Does Shrinkage Matter?

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Call Center Schedule adherence First call resolution Morale 81

Call Experts

APRIL 14, 2022

This article will dive into the critical metrics of a contact center like average speed to answer, handling time, first call resolution, quality assurance, and more. Average Speed to Answer. There are many contact center metrics that you can use to measure agent performance. Handling Time.

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Metrics Call Center First call resolution Average Handle Time 98

Taylor Reach Group

JANUARY 22, 2020

Here are two of those tactics you should avoid: Capping handle time for agents. Trying to manage by AHT (Average Handle Time) will ultimately fail. The shorthand of getting calls completed faster so you can handle more calls sounds reasonable at first blush, but it is not.

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Average Handle Time Morale Consulting Consulting 125

Monet Software

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Tips for maintaining contact center engagement, no matter the season. It’s that time again. The holiday season is fast approaching and employees are starting to check out mentally, as if they’re suffering from the call center version of high school “senior-itis.”. 2 Get healthy. 9 Don’t forget the quick fix.

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Employee engagement Call Center Morale call center workforce 90

HireIQ

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Not only does a poor hire lead to lost productivity, lower staff morale and high turnover, it also has a direct impact on your company’s reputation and customer experience. They’re the ones who pick up on training quickly, go above and beyond for your customers, are team players and raise the morale of those around them.

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Contact Center Morale Metrics Analytics 52

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. It’s time to introduce a ‘less haste, more speed’ culture supported by the latest technology. It all comes down to the basics so let’s start with how contact centers measure.

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Contact Center contact center workforce Average Handle Time Metrics 56

Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost. WFM to the rescue.

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Call Center Schedule adherence call center workforce Management 52

Callminer

OCTOBER 11, 2018

From essentials like average handle time to broader metrics such as call center service levels , there are dozens of metrics that call center leaders and QA teams must stay on top of, and they all provide visibility into some aspect of performance. First contact resolution (FCR) measures might be…”.

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Call Center Metrics Contact Center Wait times 561

TLC Associates

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The responses to your contact center RFP can help you develop a strong sense of which partners can deliver on their promises to increase your revenue and public perception. Protect your investments by visiting one of their contact centers first. Personal devices may not be used on the contact center floor.

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Contact Center outsourcing Coaching Average Handle Time 40

Balto

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

If an agent spends more time on after-call work than necessary, you can make the data input process more straightforward and improve your agent training methodologies. Call volume is the average number of outgoing and incoming calls a contact center handles in a given time frame. Average Handle Time (AHT).

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Metrics Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 52

Hodusoft

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Call center managers can target other pressing issues as a result of streamlining workflow. Furthermore, allowing competent agents the freedom to retort differently and find creative ways to resolve issues can boost their morale, work engagement, and productivity. Engage agents. Examine key performance indicators (KPIs).

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Call Center call center software Schedule adherence Wait times 122

CSM Magazine

JUNE 1, 2018

And how is technology changing the game in terms of operational efficiency, agent morale, and support center profitability? Flyers shop, browse and add to their shopping carts online, check in electronically, check into their flight at a specific time, and utilize their frequent flyer miles for future trips and rewards.

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Customer Service Airlines Morale Scripts 70

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

To help start you off on the right foot, we’ve put together a guide about all things call center management , so you know exactly how to succeed and can teach your agents how to do the same. The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. Why strong call center management is important.

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Call Center Management Agent burnout Employee engagement 150

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In the contact center realm, measuring Talk Time isn’t just about numbers; it’s the compass guiding us toward efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction. Brad Butler, Contact Center Software Consultant @NobelBiz How is Talk Time Measured? Don’t miss out—watch today!

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Metrics Call Center Outbound sales Contact Center 52

Voxjar

JANUARY 11, 2018

First Call Resolution (FCR) is arguably the most important metric for small and midsize contact centers to track. Despite the importance of tracking FCR, small and midsize contact centers are often at a disadvantage compared to the big budgets and resources that larger contact centers have.

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First call resolution Contact Center Construction Agent burnout 40