Fonolo

JUNE 17, 2021

Keeping your staff motivated and satisfied in their work is vital to contact center performance. Studies show that agent engagement is linked to increased profitability, better employee performance, employee retention, and employee empowerment. How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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. Call-Backs. Service Levels.

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Monet Software

MARCH 19, 2020

It’s also great advice for call center leaders seeking to enhance employee engagement. But as contact centers grow, it can be difficult to bring new people into the fold and, over time, a once cohesive, highly engaged group can fall prey to the “blahs.”. Not bad advice for the contact center.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Contact Center Trends 2021.

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Babelforce

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Contact center managers can spot an engaged agent from a mile off. While this may not be a realistic aim – there will always be people who struggle to engage fully – there are strategies you can implement to improve employee engagement. 9 call center employee engagement ideas. #1

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Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

But in order to ensure that this is so, every employee must also have an equally wonderful experience at work every day. So, in order to be truly customer-centric, you must first become employee-centric. Getting and keeping contact center employees engaged is foundational to accomplishing this objective.

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COPC

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Early attrition is a common and expensive problem for contact centers. However, it is possible to cut call center attrition rates and the associated costs. COPC has partnered with Centrical to bring you the Improving Contact Center Retention Series, where we will explore how organizations can reduce early attrition.

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Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

But in order to ensure that this is so, every employee must also have an equally wonderful experience at work every day. So, in order to be truly customer-centric, you must first become employee-centric. Getting and keeping contact center employees engaged is foundational to accomplishing this objective.

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NICE inContact

JULY 19, 2019

So why subject your contact center to just one flavor of gamification ? Studies show gamification positively impacts employee engagement, and employee engagement impacts the bottom line. Most KPIs lend themselves well to this gamification type. Agent Self-competition. Team Competition.

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Noble Systems

MARCH 20, 2019

It’s at that point they turn to call centers, where the outcome of either continued loyalty or permanent customer attrition often hangs in the balance. To this end, the use of call center gamification represents a bona-fide breakthrough. How Gamification Works. So how does gamification work?

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Fonolo

APRIL 5, 2022

What comes to mind when you think of the ideal call center leader? While those are certainly beneficial, the right candidate needs a lot more than that to make it as a successful call center leader. Being a call center leader is hard work; work that’s vital to ensure a successful call center operation.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Are you a call center operations manager striving to enhance your team’s productivity and deliver hyper efficiency in your daily operations? Today, hyper efficiency is no longer a luxury but a necessity for call centers looking to thrive and outperform their competition. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center?

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Outsource Consultants

JUNE 6, 2022

However, after taking the remote work model for a mandated test drive, many employers – including outsource call centers – have embraced the idea as a permanent option. So how do you keep your remote contact center agents engaged? Implement Gamification Systems.

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Noble Systems

MARCH 19, 2021

This is especially true for managing customer contacts, which, while vital to growing a business, can have negative impacts if not done well. Call Center Software for SMB. In the past, the technology required to power small business call center software and hardware was usually expensive and bulky.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2024

Think about the last time you reached out to a contact center for one of the services or products that you purchased. You could have contacted the company in a multitude of ways — chat, text, social media, or even an “old-fashioned” telephone call.

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Noble Systems

APRIL 21, 2020

A call center is a centralized site that is equipped to manage a large volume of customer contacts – both incoming and outgoing – for an organization. The heart of the call center is its people, often called representatives, or agents, who are on the front-line of these communications.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Working to manage a call center has many moving parts and can often create a feeling of drinking from a firehose for those who are newer to a managerial role. Perhaps you’re already in call center management or an agent aspiring to work your way up and are seeking to learn more about what all is involved.

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Noble Systems

AUGUST 8, 2019

Contact centers have been hiring increasing numbers of work-at-home agents in recent years and it looks like this trend is expected to grow. According to the National Association of Call Centers, over 50% of contact centers in the United States tout that some percentage of their agents are now working from home.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2023

Running a smooth and efficient contact center can feel like the ultimate struggle, but don’t worry, you’re not alone. Providing noteworthy customer experiences is a top priority for any business, and a well-run help desk, support center, or customer service center is the key to improving contact center performance.

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Fonolo

JUNE 10, 2021

Managing a call center team isn’t easy. Call center agents are customer service providers 24/7, which means they need to deal with customers with varying moods all day. Due to the nature of their work, it’s common to see call centers struggle with low agent engagement. So what are you waiting for?

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Fonolo

JANUARY 29, 2019

We have 17 gifts for you today, or rather, 17 intriguing facts about call centers! You may know a few of these already, but trust us: It never hurts to revisit some of the pivotal advancements, trends, stats, and interesting facts that have made waves in the call center industry (both past and present). Call backs anyone?

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Fonolo

APRIL 27, 2020

Now, more than ever, your call center agents need your support. It’s never been more important for call center managers to support their agents. Here are our top tips for engaging remote employees and keeping agent morale high, so that you and your team can go (virtually) unimpeded for as long as you need to.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It’s hard to ignore the fact that contact centers are plagued with high agent burnout and turnover rates. According to industry studies , average annual turnover ranges between 30-45 percent – with some centers experiencing turnover into the triple digits. Some contact centers experience almost no turnover at all.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 10, 2022

Contact Center Workplaces Are in the Midst of a Renaissance. This is the case for many contact centers, where agents have been under-appreciated, under-recognized and under-rewarded for decades. The employee-employer relationship in contact centers is finally being re-evaluated and redefined, and not a moment too soon.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Not only do contact center agents want additional flexibility in their work schedules, but many leaders saw that agents did not need to be in a defined office space to get their jobs done well. By applying scores and prizes to your employees’ everyday tasks, you can make work feel more enjoyable and increase employee engagement.

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Serenova

JULY 7, 2020

Six Call Center Training Tips & Best Practices for Better Customer Experience. Now more than ever, as we increasingly experience life remotely, the most important— sometimes only—interactions we have with brands are through call centers. 6 Steps and Best Practices for Your Best Call Center Staff Training Program.

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Verint

AUGUST 17, 2017

At the end of 2016, I conducted 20 interviews with customer service professionals who were members of the National Association of Call Centers (NACC). The question was, “What’s keeping you up at night when you think about your contact center in 2017 and beyond.”. Figure 1 below illustrates responses to this question.

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Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

How WFM and QM combine to engage an offsite call center workforce and deliver superior CX. High-speed internet, cloud-based applications and other technologies have opened a new vista for the call center—the remote agents. No longer is the company limited to the talent pool surrounding the contact center.

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COPC

JANUARY 15, 2024

has partnered with Centrical to bring you the Improving Contact Center Retention Series, where we explore how organizations can reduce early attrition. This second installment of the series will offer insights into onboarding best practices for new employees.  Onboarding is a “danger zone” for attrition.

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In Part 1 of this two-part series on contact center burnout we covered some of the warning signs of agent overload. According to research by Contact Babel, medium sized contact centers have an average turnover rate of 37%. Friendly competition engages agents and motivates them to continually improve.

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Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

Call Center Performance Management is a program, generally led by a contact center operations manager, dedicated to calculating and improving the performance of contact center agents. That’s where leveraging contact center performance management software can help. The answer is both.

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Serenova

JULY 7, 2020

Six Call Center Training Tips & Best Practices for Better Customer Experience. Now more than ever, as we increasingly experience life remotely, the most important— sometimes only—interactions we have with brands are through call centers. 6 Steps and Best Practices for Your Best Call Center Staff Training Program.

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Noble Systems

AUGUST 1, 2019

Call centers are high-pressure, stressful environments. By ignoring the signs of agent overload and just considering high attrition as a fact of life in your contact center, you are risking your reputation, and the negative impact to customer satisfaction, customer retention and bottom-line results. Loss of concentration.

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Robert Davis

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Contact center consulting, training and coaching change agent and leading cloud employee engagement and performance management platform vendor unite to help organizations boost workforce effectiveness and business results. Press Release. ROSWELL, Ga. November 13, 2018 – Robert C.

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Noble Systems

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Starting a new position in a contact center can be both exhilarating and overwhelming. New employees want to get up to speed quickly on the company’s products, processes and people. Beating the odds with Gamification. After deploying gamification this figure rose to over 90%.”.

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Call Center Weekly

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

He is known for bringing a unique energy to the table that engages employees and takes teams to the next level. From authoring and leading a client success program, to journey mapping, to gamification, to managing a complex contact center, Nate is the guy to do it right and produce results.

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Noble Systems

MARCH 30, 2020

Contact centers, like businesses in all industries, are making every effort to keep employees safe without disrupting customer care during the current Coronavirus outbreak. These measures are vital, as high call volumes are a major challenge for contact centers during times of crisis. Optimize scheduling.

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