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Guest Blog: How to Use Gamification to Improve Agent Motivation

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Tom Paton who writes about how customer service teams are using gamification as a way to improve performance and retention. Managing staff is far too big a topic for a single blog post. What is gamification? Benefits of gamification. Examples of gamification.

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Ongoing Training is Critical in the Contact Center

Real Blue Sky

In our last blog post , we talked about how employee turnover rate can often be 100%+ annually in a contact center. This month, as part of our ongoing series on employee experience, we focus on arguably the most important aspect of your employees’ journey – training! (PS Training is Much More Than Onboarding.

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Top 10 Ways To Boost Contact Center Efficiency & Productivity

Playvox

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.

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Infographic: 6 Small Changes That’ll Make a Big Difference in Your Contact Center

Fonolo

While this may seem simple enough, call and contact center managers of the 21st Century know better: It ain’t easy. If your contact center is floundering, it’s time for you to plant your feet on terra firma and look globally at your common problems. Gamification. Service Levels.

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4 Effective Contact Center Development Ideas

Fonolo

Entrepreneur and CRM expert Bobby Darnell describes business development as a “contact sport.” When it comes to contact center development, what Darnell means is that you must engage. You can’t passively improve a call center. . Call center development is an essential subset of any overall business development plan.

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Accelerate Sales Effectiveness with Gamification

Noble Systems

Sales SPIFFs and contests have been used to incentivize contact center agents to sell more for decades. The sixth and seventh segments refer to the necessary administrative and training and development responsibilities of a sales organization. Gamification uses game mechanics to encourage desired behaviors.

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What Contact Centers Can Do Now to Address Shifting Customer Behaviors

Noble Systems

What Contact Centers Can Do Now to Address Shifting Customer Behaviors. Earlier in this 3-part blog series, we looked at recent changes in consumer demands ( Part 1 ), including the top five contact center customer behavior trends that are here to stay ( Part 2 ). Anywhere customer service and engagement.