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THE ADDED VALUE OF TEAM EQUITY IN CONTACT CENTERS

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Does your contact center jokingly reference certain teams as “Bad News Bears”? They are a careless and lackluster team with a sarcastic coach who grows frustrated with the responsibility to produce a respectable team. Soon, the Bad News Bears stigma will come to an end in your contact center.

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When to Call a Contact Center Consultant…

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Contact Center Leaders are continually being pushed to improve processes, decrease cost, increase customer satisfaction, and improve sales or metrics. Understanding the best path to follow, with the fluidity of the contact center industry, can be a daunting task. culture, motivation, incentives, and employee engagement.

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THE KNOWLEDGE (R)EVOLUTION: IS YOUR CONTACT CENTER BURNING LABOR DOLLARS?

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In response, contact centers have been forced to evolve operationally. The question is, have our contact centers kept up with this knowledge evolution? As leaders in the contact center industry, we tend to “throw bodies” (a.k.a. As leaders in the contact center industry, we tend to “throw bodies” (a.k.a.

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CHATGPT: ARE THERE OPERATIONAL PITFALLS IN THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY?

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As the contact center industry looks toward ChatGPT and other emerging technologies, the positive possibilities seem endless. The supervisor that coaches the agent will listen to that same call and will check for accuracy in the information that the agent offers to the customer. If not, how will the supervisor coach the agent?

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60-Day Plan: Practical Upgrades for Your Remote Contact Center -- a Webinar Replay

Speaker: Roger Lee, VP Customer Success, Gridspace

As a result of COVID-19, contact centers are grappling with new challenges related to a remote agent workforce: agent absenteeism, long hold times, poor home internet and audio quality, less oversight and new security and privacy risks -- all on top of unique customer demands. Providing data-driven coaching in live calls.

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Why Timing is Now to Automate Performance-Based Learning

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A recent CCNG panel webinar, Why Performance-Based Training Requires Automation , featuring Mike Roberts, Technology Leader for Learning at Citibank, who adopted simulations to automate role play and coaching exercises in 2020 and Trey Fischer, an industry-leading consultant, discussed today’s impact of automation on performance-based training.

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Why Performance-Based Training Requires Automation Now More than Ever

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We’ve heard that from contact center trainers and trainees a lot over the past year. With the increased demands, Covid thrust upon contact center organizations, SymTrain, in conjunction with CCNG, sponsored a survey on the impact of converting to remote work.

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Best Practices for Keeping Remote Employees Engaged

Speaker: Dave Hoekstra, Calabrio

The benefits of a strong quality assurance program stretch far beyond the walls of the contact center, but in recent times of remote working, you may be struggling to assess agent performance and keep employees engaged. How can I make coaching as effective when not in person? How can I make conversations personal over video?

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60-Day Plan: Practical Upgrades for Your Remote Contact Center

Speaker: Roger Lee, VP Customer Success, Gridspace

As a result of COVID-19, contact centers are grappling with new challenges related to a remote agent workforce: agent absenteeism, long hold times, poor home internet and audio quality, less oversight and new security and privacy risks -- all on top of unique customer demands. Providing data-driven coaching in live calls.