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How to Take Your WFM to the Next Level

Call Design

If you’ve been in the contact centre space for more than a few hours, you’ve likely heard some version of the unofficial motto “Connecting the right interaction, to the right agent, at the right time.” We define our agents as “top producers” or “needs coaching”. DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICS AT WORLD TRAVEL HOLDINGS.

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Finding Greater Success as a Leader in your Call Center: 5 Soft Skills Every Manager Needs to Get a Leg Up on the Competition

SharpenCX

Download Now: Master your manager skill set with 29 tactics and strategies to better coach agents. An accountant needs to know how to reconcile bank statements, while a software developer doesn’t. These are skills like time management and organization, oral and written communication skills, or the willingness to collaborate.

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7 Soft Skills All Remote Workers Need

Liveops

Meanwhile, countless professionals—from physicians to bank tellers, coaches to art dealers—have been forced to learn new ways of working and adopt new mindsets. Not every occupation has survived through this historic shift unscathed. In some industries, such as retail and hospitality, most businesses simply can’t happen remotely.

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15 Top Customer Service Training Courses for Your Agents (Half Are Free)

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Customer Service: The Basics by The Training Bank. Image source: The Training Bank. The free course, Customer Service: The Basics , is developed by the Canadian-based, international training firm The Training Bank and is a great refresher or starting points for new teams. For those interested, Training Today offers a free trail.

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Small Business Call Center Software Solutions

Noble Systems

A blended system will let the same agents work on both inbound and outbound calls at the same time, managing the workflow to let incoming calls be answered and making outgoing calls to keep agents busy while they are waiting. Managers can listen to an agent’s call in real-time.

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ChurnZero Customer Success Professional Spotlight

ChurnZero

At Degreed he is leading a team of Client Success Managers on a mission to inspire transformative learning practices in companies around the world. He has 15 years of experience, having consulted with multiple Fortune 500 companies like Bank of America, PwC, Microsoft, Waste Management, Symantec, Taco Bell, and Standard Chartered.

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6 Proven Hacks for Boosting Productivity in Customer-Centric Teams

aircall

That, combined with consistent time management, focus strategies, collaborative alignment, goals, and expectations-setting, plus clear ways of measuring efficiency. But constantly switching between tasks and mental gears burns up more time and cognitive fuel than you think. Effective planning and organizing.