Playvox

JANUARY 30, 2024

Numerous studies link employee satisfaction, performance, and engagement with management’s ability to provide actionable, positive feedback and coaching. Yet managers continue to fall short. According to a recent Gallup survey , only 23% of employees worldwide and 32% in the U.S.

Gamification 79

Gamification Contact Center Coaching Quality management 79

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? The Need for Hyper Efficiency in Call Centers As a call center operations manager, you need to stay on top of the latest trends in hyper efficiency to ensure that your organization is successful.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Management Gamification 52

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Here are some great examples from different environments of working with natural tendencies to achieve a desired outcome: An American football coach named Tony Dungy propelled one of the worst teams in the NFL to the Super Bowl by focusing on how his players habitually reacted to on-field cues.

Marketing 418

Marketing Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer centricity 418

CX Global Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

It’s the trap of managing workflow for efficiency. I need to be careful not to manage queues of interactions because that’s how it’s always been done. Not efficiency metrics or channels to be managed. But I was given my reality check when I met up with Alon Waks of Kustomer at Customer Contact Week. Please Share.

Contact Center 270

Contact Center B2C Coaching Call Center 270

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Workers increasingly seek flexible and remote working opportunities while Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation are playing a greater part in work itself, recruitment, and in some cases, performance management. These are trends that apply equally to the world of customer service.

Customer centricity 52

Customer centricity Coaching Employee engagement Surveys 52

Fonolo

AUGUST 17, 2021

To optimize your call center’s performance, you need to think about improving your customers’ experience. After all, customer-centric companies are 60% more profitable. While incredible customer service should always be a call center’s goal, it shouldn’t be your only goal. But it’s not enough. But it’s not enough.

Call Center 156

Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time First call resolution 156

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Now in its seventh year, the awards acknowledge and celebrate Calabrio customers who are shaping the future of workforce optimisation (WFO), elevating customer experience (CX), and enhancing employee engagement within their organisations.

Coaching 52

Coaching Analytics Customer centricity Contact Center 52

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

AI is going to impact customer service agents, but not in the way most people probably think. The response from 400 contact centre managers around the world is clear and reflects Calabrio’s own conversations with customers. Nearly half of contact centre managers (45%) say agents currently do not have the right skillsets.

Average Handle Time 52

Average Handle Time Customer centricity Coaching Self service 52

CSM Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

Calabrio’s automated workforce management (WFM) technology has transformed resource planning efficiency at Ascensos, saving the company 375 hours every week—the equivalent of 13 full-time employees—while dramatically boosting staff engagement through self-service. Agents handle on average 170,000 contacts every week.

outsourcing 52

outsourcing Coaching Self service Customer centricity 52

SharpenCX

JULY 26, 2023

It provides deeper insights on customers. Want to become more customer centric? Get to know your customers on a deeper level — not just their name, contact information, and purchased products, but their likes, dislikes, and inclinations for future purchases. From there, you can set goals for improving the metric.

Call Center 67

Call Center Contact Center Contact center software Coaching 67

Bill Quiseng

MARCH 15, 2022

As I was writing my latest book, Built to Win , I wanted to be sure to incorporate the notion that it’s important to design a customer-centric culture because there are clear outcomes to doing so. Culture (and certainly not one that puts the customer at the center of the business) isn’t just fluff. It’s tangible.

Customer centricity 103

Customer centricity Coaching Employee engagement Consulting 103

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2023

He is a passionate advocate for employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, and believes that people and culture are a key differentiator in business. “I

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Customer centricity Coaching Employee engagement 52

Customer Guru

MARCH 1, 2018

At Customer Guru, we firmly believe that the only way more Indian businesses can become sustainable and globally competitive is by focusing on Customer Experience (CX). Thus, we are dedicated to spreading this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

Customer centricity 94

Customer centricity Coaching Employee engagement Metrics 94

TechSee

APRIL 16, 2019

What Matters Most to Contact Center Managers. Contact center managers need clear strategies to create efficient, productive and effective teams. Measuring performance-based KPIs, such as first contact resolution (FCR), Net Promoter Score (NPS) and truck rolls are imperative to ensuring a smooth and customer-centric operation.

Call Center 126

Call Center Contact Center Agent Empowerment Coaching 126

Playvox

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Incorporating gamification into your training and coaching programs is one way to help decrease boredom that sometimes comes with traditional training methods. It also lets supervisors assess them and take the necessary action to help with training and coaching. Related: Confluence of Agent and Customer Experience.

Gamification 52

Gamification Call Center Contact Center Coaching 52

Customer Guru

MARCH 1, 2018

At Customer Guru, we firmly believe that the only way more Indian businesses can become sustainable and globally competitive is by focusing on Customer Experience (CX). Thus, we are dedicated towards spreading this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

Customer centricity 79

Customer centricity Coaching Employee engagement Metrics 79

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Downie is committed to the idea that leadership is key for having an excellent Customer Experience. He believes that his job is to direct, lead, coach, drive the breakdown truck and then coach again. Most of all, his leadership and emphasis on Customer Experience is the key to its success. Individual development.

Coaching 385

Coaching Consulting Consulting Customer Experience 385

Integrity Solutions

JULY 13, 2020

To achieve more, salespeople need to learn how to overcome their self-limiting beliefs — and they need sales managers who are equipped to coach them effectively in this area. Ambitious employees want to work for companies that have a strong vision and committed leadership. Retaining Top Performers.

Sales 104

Sales Coaching Customer centricity Employee engagement 104

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

With an expertise in customer service and experience trends, customer retention, employee engagement, and the like, DiJulius has worked with several brands such as The Ritz-Carlton, Starbucks, Nordstrom, and many more. John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Journey mapping Consulting Consulting 115

Customer Relationship Metrics

JULY 26, 2017

Managing a contact center is fast paced and furious. An employee’s perception of control is significantly related to psychological ownership. When control over employee performance is influenced by management implementing carrot and stick practices, employees are stripped of control. Managing Emotions.

Contact Center 211

Contact Center Calibration Construction Customer centricity 211

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

Maneesha Pednekar is currently working as the Director – Quality for Atos in India and drives initiatives on Quality & Customer Experience. She is a Certified Customer Experience Professional from the CXPA (US). She is also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and has trained in profiling and assessing for Emotional Intelligence.

Customer centricity 60

Customer centricity Coaching Employee engagement Consulting 60

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Top challenges for providers are (a) to be smarter than competitors about customers’ realities, (b) to rally all functional areas to improve customers’ realities, (c) to make customer-centred management a way of life.

Customer Experience 129

Customer Experience Customer centricity Education Consulting 129

Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

AUGUST 10, 2018

While it might seem like it’s back-breaking to get a customer to buy, today’s empowered customer is also loyal–as long as they get their money’s worth. Businesses love to declare they’re customer-centric but fail to keep their customers. This involves being open to criticism from employees and peers.

Customer Experience 62

Customer Experience Customer centricity Employee engagement Coaching 62

Integrity Solutions

MARCH 3, 2020

The most persistent contact center challenges can be overcome by making coaching a part of the culture and developing your agents’ listening and problem-solving skills. For several years we’ve been participating in Customer Contact Week (CCW), the world’s largest customer contact event series. The Power of Coaching.

Contact Center 62

Contact Center Coaching Scripts Management 62

ClearAction

DECEMBER 16, 2017

When people from adjacent functions look at an end-to-end customer journey map , the severe need for extensive collaboration is obvious. Not just friendly feelings, open-mindedness or being cooperative — extensive collaboration means making a concerted effort to share , learn, co-create and co-manage in a 360-degree radius.

Customer Experience 89

Customer Experience Employee engagement Journey mapping Coaching 89

Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

Customer Care & Contact Center Influencers Mike Aoki Bio: Contact center expert and trainer for Agents (customer service, dealing with "irates," sales skills) and Managers (coaching, presentation skills). I tweet about customer focus, leadership, IT, and tech. Connect: @mikeaoki Roy Atkinson Bio:Sr.

Customer Care 98

Customer Care Chief Customer Officer CRM Wireless 98

SharpenCX

JANUARY 21, 2020

A couple of years ago, Tommy Reese, Deloitte’s Contact Center Strategy Manager said , “If you treat the client like gold, then they’ll continue to buy from you and other sales will follow.”. And, while that doesn’t necessarily shed any new light onto our customer experience outlooks, isn’t it what all of our strategies are trying to do?

Metrics 76

Metrics Contact Center Abandon rate Coaching 76

Russel Lolacher

APRIL 5, 2021

I have the pleasure of working within an organization that prioritizes customer service, which has been a huge benefit as we’ve worked to integrate our non-traditional pubic engagement and digital communications into the ministry’s operations. What I’ve Learned… about Employee Engagement.

Customer Care 98

Customer Care Government Transportation Employee engagement 98

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Downie is committed to the idea that leadership is key for having an excellent Customer Experience. He believes that his job is to direct, lead, coach, drive the breakdown truck and then coach again. Most of all, his leadership and emphasis on Customer Experience is the key to its success. Individual development.

Coaching 170

Coaching Customer Experience Customer centricity Employee engagement 170

Horizon CX

MARCH 25, 2019

This involves being open to criticism from employees and peers. In customer-centric organizations, issues are resolved with the customers’ best interests in mind. Great customer experience is an organization-level pursuit. Do your leaders check on your employees to connect with them? Do they listen?

Customer centricity 45

Customer centricity Employee engagement Construction Coaching 45

Kayako

APRIL 29, 2019

There is a lot of focus on employee engagement and experience these days. And with good reason, customer-centric culture is the backbone of good customer experience. Richard Branson famously said “If you look after your staff well, they will look after your customers. Let employees make the call.

Customer Service 65

Customer Service Employee engagement Customer centricity Entertainment 65

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Downie is committed to the idea that leadership is key for having an excellent Customer Experience. He believes that his job is to direct, lead, coach, drive the breakdown truck and then coach again. Most of all, his leadership and emphasis on Customer Experience is the key to its success. Individual development.

Coaching 150

Coaching Customer Experience Customer centricity Employee engagement 150

Etech GS

APRIL 30, 2019

Most businesses understand what’s at stake each time a customer needs to reach out, so what’s being done to ensure more positive experiences? While CSAT scores and KPIs still rule for some companies, others are taking a more customer-centric approach that has managed to completely alter the landscape of what contact centers could be.

Contact Center 71

Contact Center Coaching Healthcare Feedback 71

Integrity Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The Value of a Great Coach. An essential component of that strategy is sales managers who are skilled at and committed to regular coaching. So while “train early, train often” may be the mantra, in many ways, ongoing coaching is the true catalyst.

Sales 74

Sales Coaching CRM Technology 74

Global Response

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Starbucks While Starbucks hasn’t always been a customer-centric company, its pivot toward customer obsession in recent years provides a great example for other companies to follow. As you can see, Starbucks didn’t need to reinvent the wheel in order to improve customer loyalty and customer-centricity.

Customer centricity 62

Customer centricity Feedback Customer retention Customer Experience 62

CSM Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2023

Bob Dylan once sang, ‘The Times They Are a-Changin’ and when it comes to prioritising employee engagement, this is certainly true. One of the positives to come out of the pandemic is that it made every customer service department think more about the wellbeing of employees than ever before.

Employee engagement 52

Employee engagement Agent burnout Gamification Analytics 52

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

BM: Generally, the customer engagements I’m proudest of are those where the value of becoming more customer-centric has been amply demonstrated and I’ve “converted” sceptics within the company. More specifically though, about 18 months ago I implemented a VoC survey for an IT Helpdesk that ended up saving all their jobs.

Customer Experience 95

Customer Experience Customer centricity outsourcing B2B 95