Customer Centric Support

JULY 18, 2017

Tips for creating a customer-centric quality management program. When implemented well, a Quality Management program has the potential to revolutionize both the agent and the customer experience. I look forward to my weekly coaching sessions because it shows that my supervisor really cares about my success.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 25, 2021

As customer service leaders continue to embrace the life where agents can work from where they’re most comfortable, new challenges catapult to the top of priority lists. Gartner research shows in two years, nearly nine in 10 leaders think 20-80% of the customer service workforce will still work from home.

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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

You’ve heard of quality management (QM), and your contact center probably has a quality program in place today. But what’s all this hype about using analytics to perform quality activities, and could it help you? This means fewer – but higher quality- evaluations. The post What is Quality Management Analytics?

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Playvox

JUNE 10, 2022

Coaching your contact center agents on their performance can either fill everyone with dread or be a productive activity that you and your agents look forward to. Either way, it needs to be done, and arming yourself with a full set of coaching tips for contact center agents will ensure the sessions are productive.

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Monet Software

JANUARY 15, 2019

We all know the importance of quality management (QM). But we also know there are only so many hours in the day, and that a quality management program can sometimes take a lot of them. Still, this is not an optional pursuit for a contact center to maintain optimal customer service.

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

It is through this lens that workforce optimization has evolved to mean the business strategies, processes, and supporting automation technologies that maximize contact center and agent productivity and efficiency to allow organizations to deliver outstanding customer experience (CX).

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Monet Software

JULY 18, 2018

If your contact center is already recording calls and monitoring calls, then you are two-thirds of the way toward an effective quality management program. Aligning these efforts toward specific performance goals will keep service from sagging. So why not make it a point to score those for quality management?

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Monet Software

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Your quality management (QM) program runs on data. If the feedback and numbers you collect are accurate and up to date, you’ll have a much better chance of making the kinds of changes that will improve customer service. Before quality management can work, you need to be very clear on what you hope to accomplish.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Athletes often describe their best coaches as mentors and supporters that pushed them to be their best. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case with customer service coaching. Many employees face coaching with nervousness and sometimes even dread.

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Monet Software

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The college and pro football regular seasons are wrapping up, and every year that means one thing – some coaches will be out of a job. Coaching is important, whether you run a football team or a contact center. And if you’re not getting the most out of your coaching efforts, it will impact customer service.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With corporate budgets tightening, contact center leaders might be tempted to cut into your quality management funding. But quality management is a vital area of your business — it’s what ensures your customers get top-notch service. What Is A Quality Management Program?

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Aspect

AUGUST 14, 2017

Love him or hate him, few football fans will contest the savvy of New England Patriots head coach Bill Belicheck. Clearly, the franchise is more than the sum of its parts and, ultimately, the team’s success must in some part be credited to the structure, discipline, and routine that comes from Belicheck’s coaching.

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Playvox

JANUARY 30, 2024

There’s more to engaging, motivating, and empowering employees than simply giving lip service with buzzwords like “you’ve got this,” “quick win,” and “continuous improvement.” Numerous studies link employee satisfaction, performance, and engagement with management’s ability to provide actionable, positive feedback and coaching.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A related term, workforce engagement management (WEM), recently coined by Gartner, has rapidly become the business strategy, processes, and related technologies of choice. AI-driven tools and platforms are shaping the way contact centers engage with and manage their workforce. But it goes beyond enabling automation.

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Myra Golden Media

JULY 16, 2019

After I deliver a customized, engaging customer service workshop, I help my clients reinforce the main ideas. One way I do that is by teaming up with the company’s Quality Assurance team. When working with the quality people to help make sure employees apply the soft skills I teach them, I find six typical mistakes.

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Playvox

JANUARY 12, 2023

While some customer service centers are transitioning back to the office, agents continue to want the option to work remotely. Leading CX centers rely on world-class quality management and workforce management technologies to provide excellent service and support while improving efficiency and reducing costs.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2024

Instead, share insights on performance through a comprehensive quality management program where you help your agents see how they can improve their customer interactions. According to a recent Gallup study , best-in-class managers use ongoing conversations to deliver feedback that celebrates successes and calibrates performance.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In the most engaged teams I’ve seen, there are solid coaching principles at work. But the ultimate leadership secret is to approach training, coaching and performance standards as opportunities to empower your employees to coach themselves.

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Verint

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The latest technology to feel the touch of automation is quality management—the most widely deployed and utilized solution in the U.S. The results of Saddletree Research’s 2017 survey of end users, completed during the third quarter of 2017, reveals the relatively high level of market penetration of quality management in the U.S.

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8x8

MAY 23, 2018

But technology will only get you so far in your quest to provide great customer service. Acknowledging the importance of pairing world-class software with world-class practices will help you optimize your customer service practice. Here are the top 3 ways to optimize your customer service strategy: 1.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In the most engaged teams I’ve seen, there are solid coaching principles at work. But the ultimate leadership secret is to approach training, coaching and performance standards as opportunities to empower your employees to coach themselves.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They are under constant pressure to reduce operational overhead costs, lower recruiting, onboarding and training costs – all while exceeding customer demands and delivering exceptional customer service. When contact center managers look to decrease overhead, they think first to eliminate manual processes through automation.

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Myra Golden Media

JULY 15, 2019

Need some guidance on how to develop and execute a quality program that is robust, fair, and that your employees buy-in to – and one that doesn’t make your supervisors need to sip wine just to get through a coaching discussion with employees? Here’s the 8 Step Quality Program we use at Myra Golden Seminars.

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Customer Centric Support

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Two years ago, I would have been in the same state of mind – but before you do your best Judge Judy eye roll and surf on, I challenge you to give the Customer Service Vision Statement a chance. It was an ICMI workshop by the one and only Jeff Toister that first turned me on to the concept of a Customer Service Vision.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Agent screen capture technology offers a solution by allowing supervisors to review agents’ screens during customer interactions. This not only helps in ensuring compliance with protocols but also provides opportunities for coaching and feedback based on actual performance.

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Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Signs And Effects Of Poor Agent Emotional Well-Being In Your Contact Center Working with customers requires a lot of emotional labor from your customer service center agents — even if customers are happy. How a manager gives feedback is one of the most important aspects of their communication.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Better yet, having a more engaged workforce makes your task of managing remote teams effectively a little easier. The best Quality Management (QM) systems also enable agents to provide commentary on feedback provided and dispute anything that the agent may not agree with the analyst about.

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Serenova

OCTOBER 24, 2019

And that makes scary customer service potentially more damaging than ever. According to a recent Vanson Bourne survey of 3,000 US and UK consumers, the vast majority (94%) of respondents say customer experience impacts whether they would make the decision to move from one brand to a competitor. Read the whole story here.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The 2023 report ranks 12 vendors offering products that address the key elements of agent management, including quality management, workforce management, interaction analytics, and performance coaching. Our success is fueled by our customers’ success.

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Playvox

MARCH 5, 2024

And behind the scenes, how do you ensure your quality management (QM) processes are keeping up? Let’s examine the role of AI in streamlining quality management processes to help modern contact centers rise to the ever-changing customer experience landscape. Artificial intelligence (AI) can play a part.

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JustCall

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

So, let’s take a consistent approach to the fundamentals of call center quality assurance: 62 % of US customers have stopped doing business with a brand because of poor customer service. This is the essence of a call center quality assurance. 3 Methods Of Contact Center Quality Management.

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

To improve the customer experience, map the current flow and look for ways to improve. Monitor agent calls for coaching opportunities. Monitor interactions to identify exactly where agents are delivering great service while uncovering opportunities for training and coaching. Smart Quality Management.

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Playvox

DECEMBER 21, 2022

For their part, the managers in our study believe they’ve done a good job supporting their remote customer service teams. While these are great virtual meeting tools for communicating in and engaging as a group, you might need other technology in place for one-on-one coaching for individual agents.

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Playvox

MARCH 29, 2022

As one of the newest terms to enter the contact center space, workforce engagement management (WEM) is much more than a simple change in the words we use. Many elements of the modern, omnichannel customer service center – such as access to new digital channels – are table stakes and required to simply meet customer expectations.

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

To improve the customer experience, map the current flow and look for ways to improve. Monitor agent calls for coaching opportunities. Monitor interactions to identify exactly where agents are delivering great service while uncovering opportunities for training and coaching. Smart Quality Management.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

As you role out the new channels made possible through mobile and social ecosystems, it’s important to uphold a strategy of quality management across all channels. The well-worn practices of monitoring, coaching and quality improvement for traditional channels should also be an inherent part of managing emerging mobile interactions.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

As you role out the new channels made possible through mobile and social ecosystems, it’s important to uphold a strategy of quality management across all channels. The well-worn practices of monitoring, coaching and quality improvement for traditional channels should also be an inherent part of managing emerging mobile interactions.

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