Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

DiJulius is a best-selling author of three books, a renowned keynote speaker, and an international customer experience consultant. John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach. She is a renowned expert on customer relationship management (CRM), customer service strategies, and ROI.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

Significant resource planning efficiencies help European customer service outsourcer release valuable time back into customer care. This equates to 22,500 minutes (375 hours) saved per week, extra time that agents can devote to improving customer service. Agents handle on average 170,000 contacts every week.

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Integrity Solutions

MAY 26, 2022

With the onset of the pandemic, remote work and disruption put a strain on controls, training and in-person management and coaching. At the same time, employees were being stretched at home and work as lines between each blurred more than ever before. Your Sales People Are Watching; Keep Them Engaged!

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Faced with this dramatic rise in AI-driven tech for customer service, you might expect the number of agents to decrease but therein lies an interesting paradox. Put Employee Engagement Top of the Agenda When employees are disengaged, they are less productive and more likely to leave.

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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.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

As we celebrate Customer Service Week, Chip Bell reflects on how we can bring more authenticity to the workplace all year round. Great leaders are effective mentors, perpetually bolstering the confidence of agents through non-stop training, rehearsal and coaching. We have a cat. She lives largely indoors. About the Author.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

In 2022, it will be imperative to think strategically about customer and employee engagement strategies to align the customer experience with the employee experience. This is critical to support accurate forecasting and scheduling, and quality management programs to support optimal customer experiences.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 23, 2016

Is first class customer service a target you suddenly arrive at after years of experience, practice and research? First class customer service is continuous. It takes leadership engagement to achieve employee engagement which gives excellent customer engagement. Persistent. Measure it.

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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

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Netomi

JANUARY 5, 2022

Customer service leaders come in all shapes and sizes. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Top 51 Customer Service Leaders and CX Influencers (Editor’s Choice): Adam Toporek.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

New study points to critical importance of employee experience management to offset pressures facing call centres and agents due to COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has been hard on customer service professionals who represent the backbone of the call centre. Another 49.7% deal with turnover between 5-25%. Date: June 3, 2021.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

Those who might not otherwise look for employment in a typical contact centre may be happy work in their own home responding to customer enquiries. On the flip side, contact centre leaders generally find it more difficult to on-board, train and coach agents when they are based remotely.

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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.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

Focus on Employee Engagement Programs Workplace engagement programs are designed to keep employees connected with their peers while helping organizations build positive working relationships with existing team members throughout the year.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For companies looking to stand out from competitive and crowded markets, it’s no longer enough to provide great products or services only. Today, a company’s success is also closely tied to its ability to provide exceptional customer service, which helps retain loyal customers and generate repeat business.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

By implementing changes to Interactive Voice Response (IVR) design, outreach & education and agent training, they expect to reduce defect rate by 40%, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and employee engagement. THE ONE AWARDS WINNERS. The Optimizer – Autodesk. The Globetrotter – Ascensos.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The Award Finalists for 2018 offer great examples of transforming customer experience in contact centre operations, as well as in the wider organization – from using speech analytics to drive continuous improvement to Employee engagement bringing about cultural change. RS Components – Enabling cultural change.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

What if this could happen in real-time and go one step further to tell the customer service representatives (CSRs) and managers whether a customer interaction is going well or suggest how to improve it in the experience?

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TechSee

JUNE 4, 2019

Traditionally, contact centers have trained new agents using one-on-one coaching or classroom-style role-playing, where the focus is on imparting knowledge and customer service etiquette. In-house social networks and forums promote the sharing of best practices and knowledge across customer service teams.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Once upon a time, we could count the number of subscriptions we had on one hand (the newspaper, a magazine or two, and that trusty gym membership). These days, we’ve lost count (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Stitch Fix, Costco, Blue Apron, Hulu, BarkBox, plus the usual magazines, gym memberships, and more).

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Once upon a time, we could count the number of subscriptions we had on one hand (the newspaper, a magazine or two, and that trusty gym membership). These days, we’ve lost count (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Stitch Fix, Costco, Blue Apron, Hulu, BarkBox, plus the usual magazines, gym memberships, and more).

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Russel Lolacher

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, we have a lot of career coaches that use our same tools that work with mid career level professionals. And I thought, you know, what, if we can bring this message to young people, we can completely change their outlook on their future. And it just so happens that I chose to help dream unable to help students.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

In addition to reducing interdepartmental barriers, curbing overspending on unnecessary technology solutions, and unlocking key insights into customer loyalty and employee engagement, it can drive results and accelerate business growth. Your CX has minimal channel offerings and has limited access to customer and employee data.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2023

The new and enhanced workforce engagement solution for Salesforce Contact Center is available on the Salesforce AppExchange. With this launch, Playvox’s entire workforce engagement suite, which also includes quality management and coaching, is available to Salesforce customers. About Playvox.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The third post in our Customer Service Week series by Samantha Saunders examines the importance of employee engagement and recognition. Recognition: Celebrate your customer service heroes. We also provide PRM services at Liverpool, Edinburgh, Stansted and now Manchester Airport, adding up to 1.8

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