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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Monet Software

MARCH 19, 2020

It’s also great advice for call center leaders seeking to enhance employee engagement. We’ve talked before about the importance of a shared mission , the authentic purpose behind the call center, but knowing thyself is also critical. employee engagement is exceedingly resistant to “hacks.”

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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. Get Feedback.

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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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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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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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Noble Systems

JULY 24, 2020

With a changing economy, high unemployment, increasing competition and consolidation, massive regulatory burden, and evolving legal requirements, the collections call center industry is reacting by embracing new approaches and new technologies to improve efficiencies, boost recovery rates, and beat the competition.

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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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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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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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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2024

When you’re working in a contact center, this is your reality — taking contact after contact, call after call, from people who either need support or are angry about their experience with your company’s product or solution. The importance of agent motivation in a call center cannot be overstated.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Employ Gamification Gamification is often employed for managing remote contact center agents because it provides workers with tangible rewards as an incentive. 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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COPC

JANUARY 15, 2024

We will focus on the importance of the first 90 days, reasons new hires leave during this period, and tips to increase the likelihood of a new hire becoming a long-time employee. Call centers typically see ~70% or more of their first-year attrition within the first 90 days. 

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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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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. Omnichannel, Cloud-Based Contact Centers.

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CSR Inc.

JULY 17, 2016

Earlier this month, I discussed the growing trend towards home-based call center agents. But the role of tech in the call center industry stretches well beyond enabling virtual agents. Gamification I had written about call center ‘employee incentive’ or ‘rewards-driven’ programs (gamification) last year.

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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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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. Performance Management generally requires a number of tools like call recording , quality monitoring , coaching , and gamification.

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JustCall

MARCH 14, 2023

Employees are among the most valuable assets of any business, but they are even more significant when it comes to call centers and contact centers. Promoting employee productivity is paramount to ensure not only employee fulfilment but also customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

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Noble Systems

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Retaining good employees is good business. Although there are many conditions that affect a company’s ability to effectively deal with the challenge of employee retention, it all really boils down to keeping employees engaged and tapping into their emotional intelligence. What is Gamification? How do you do that?

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

WFO is often used by call centers to improve workforce management and agent performance – and in turn, the customer experience. How does WFO work in the Call Center? Workforce Optimization provides contact center management with total visibility into quality and performance. Call Recording. Gamification.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

With these building blocks in place, you’re more likely to break the cycle of burnout and transform your contact center into a workplace of choice. You’ll then be poised to reverse the conditions that generate burnout and become a workplace of choice with an engaged workforce that enjoys longevity in their jobs. Getting Started.

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Verint

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

While you may or may not have previously considered gamification a key part of these employee engagement efforts, it can help keep your employees focused on what matters and what helps drive the bottom line. After all, those are the people who serve your customers and help determine if they stay loyal or not.

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Noble Systems

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Employers also want to engage new employees in the corporate culture and keep the onboarding process from becoming tedious to ensure they stay with the company. Beating the odds with Gamification. They recently deployed Noble Systems gamification and saw a dramatic improvement in new hires’ understanding their goals.

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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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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

According to research by Contact Babel, medium sized contact centers have an average turnover rate of 37%. When you factor in that call centers typically spend $8800 on hiring and training new agent, attrition can cost a 100-agent contact center about $325,600 per year. Gamification. Infrequent feedback.

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Liveops

MARCH 11, 2021

You need to provide them with tools to share feedback with you on their level of engagement.” – Greg Hanover . Measuring engagement and productivity is not a one-size-fits-all model. An important piece to integrate is real-time feedback. Try not to align employee happiness with employee engagement.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2023

Use your leadership foundation to engage with agents about their metrics, where they’re excelling, and how they can improve. Ongoing feedback is crucial to ensuring that customer support teams are consistently giving exceptional CX. Related Article: 7 Simple Tips To Give Quality Feedback In Your Call Center 5.

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Noble Systems

MARCH 30, 2020

They are also seeking new ways to make work more fun to relieve anxiety, keep agents engaged and motivated, and develop a strong sense of purpose and community, in order to reduce attrition – especially where agents are now working from home. Gamification applies game elements and principles in non-game settings such as work environments.

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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. About TouchPoint One.

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Liveops

MARCH 15, 2021

You need to provide them with tools to share feedback with you on their level of engagement.” – Greg Hanover . Measuring engagement and productivity is not a one-size-fits-all model. An important piece to integrate is real-time feedback. Try not to align employee happiness with employee engagement.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Call center leaders have their work cut out for them. Sometimes, it’s hard to find the time to map out call center development goals. . Here at Fonolo , our call center tech lends itself nicely to business and development planning. You need an action plan for call center development.

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JustCall

AUGUST 10, 2022

Top 8 Alternatives to Avoxi – Choose the Best Call Center Software for Your Business. Automatic saving of customer details – Calls, texts, voicemails, etc. Feedback on JustCall from Real-World Users. Cloudtalk is a cloud-based call center software designed for customer support and sales teams.

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Noble Systems

AUGUST 1, 2019

Call centers are high-pressure, stressful environments. When agents feel overwhelmed, they often become impatient and irritable making it more difficult to appropriately handle minor setbacks and feedback. Gamification can motivate agents and keep them engaged, productive and happy. Outbursts and conflicts.

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JustCall

APRIL 5, 2023

Five9 Overview Five9 is a virtual call center with customer engagement functions like voice calls, email, chat, social, SMS, video, and so on. Its in-built AI solution assists live agents in calls and chats to reduce churn and support costs. Call recording – Calls are recorded for quality and training.

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NobelBiz

MAY 22, 2022

The 2020 pandemic started a cascade of unforeseen changes and transformations that radically changed the contact center world. As a response to the pandemic lockdowns, call center businesses rushed to move their operations to the cloud and implement work-from-home systems ASAP. She has managed multiple call centers in the US.

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