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25 Call Center Leaders Share the Most Effective Ways to Boost Contact Center Efficiency

Callminer

Average handling times (AHT) increase. This can be achieved if all agents are trained on both campaigns so that the queue hold time can be reduced. Re-visiting key performance metrics : When thinking about a call center and metrics, we mainly focus on Average Handle time (AHT) or average talk time.

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Call Center Coaching Guide: Challenges, Tips, and Solutions

Balto

Listen, we live in the TikTok era, and we humans expect quick entertainment. So don’t hesitate to keep the call center coaching session under 10 minutes and hyper-focused on a single coaching objective – it will save you time, be a lot more fun, and call center agents are much more likely to remember and apply what they’ve learned.

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Is it time to reassess your QA function?

Tethr

Even in businesses that automate these QA processes, the focus has traditionally been on monitoring what the agent says: proper greeting, script adherence, proper closing and on optimizing efficiency by reducing average handle time. Stop entertaining a broken system.

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Conversational AI: What It Is and How It Works

Netomi

Not just in business, but for entertainment purposes as well. Measure – You’ll want to measure the impact your Conversational AI is having on your customer service KPIs , including first response rate, average handle time, CSAT, AI and human agent collaboration, and more.

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15 ways to handle a huge surge in contact volume

Toister Performance Solutions

One client implemented this tactic, and the results were immediate: #2 Focus agents on first contact resolution (FCR) Stop showing real-time productivity data to agents, including average handle time, emails per hour, and chats per hour. You can even configure it so customers can schedule a callback at a later time.

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How to Stop Abandoned Calls From Ruining Your Customer Satisfaction and Toppling Your Other Call Center Metrics

SharpenCX

If that’s the case, you have to get creative to handle spikes in call volume, so you can avoid an overload of abandoned calls. One tried-and-true fix is to consider ways to reduce your Average Handle Time (AHT) , while still giving quality service, of course. Give your customers a callback or voicemail option.

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Do your Reports Spark Joy? Tidy up your Reports to Reduce Call Center Stress and Boost Agent Engagement

SharpenCX

Maybe you wanted to check on your Service Level, but caught a glimpse of Average Handle Time. Which is exactly why actors and entertainers wait in a green room prior to going on TV. And, too much distraction will only pull your brain in different directions. Hmm, both are looking kind of low.