JustCall

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Training and coaching are not just boxes to tick; they’re the heartbeat of employee growth and a company’s journey to success. A striking 83% of top-performing customer service agents confirm they received the necessary agent training to excel. This is why consistent training standards are vital.

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Contact Center Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2023

If you have ever attempted to coach a contact center agent with 10-plus years of experience, then you already know that it is a very different scenario than coaching someone with two to three years of experience.

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Coaching Contact Center Employee engagement Customer Service 130

The Northridge Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Customer loyalty is earned by being great and consistent at the basics and finding ways to delight your customers in unexpected ways. Frontline excellence training instructs managers in the following best practices of great coaches : Providing dedicated coaching with role modeling for the supervisors.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

Simulation training is one of the fastest-growing training approaches for customer service agents. The new approach helps prepare customer service agents to deliver superior customer experiences before live customer interactions confidently. Benefits of Simulation Training.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I recently wrote an article in Forbes about how to get customers to pay more. The focus, of course, was on customer service and experience. Research has irrefutably proven that customers will pay more for a better experience. He wasn’t talking about upgrading a coach seat on a plane to a first-class seat.

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ShepHyken

MAY 19, 2021

It helps us keep customer service “front-of-mind” and is a positive way to start a meeting. By the way, this is the same exercise we teach in our customer service training programs. As mentioned, for us it’s customer service. The point is we all share a story. Because it works! How do you end it?

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The Northridge Group

AUGUST 14, 2023

One of the best places to start developing this culture is by implementing the proper onboarding and ongoing training. The Need for Better Training and Enhanced Experiences In 2021, overall contact center attrition reached 42% , and organizations with more than 5,000 associates had as much as 50% attrition.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Call center training has always been one of the key pillars of running a successful call center. A strong call center training program should not just be part of your onboarding process. Still have questions about call center training? What is Call Center Training?

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 27, 2023

Zenarate raises $15M and leads movement from passive training to natural language AI Simulation Training to develop confident and prepared customer service and sales agents who deliver superior empathetic experiences and performance.

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Bill Quiseng

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Don’t offer customer service training. Training is finite, usually only one to several days. Training is one-way, “I know everything, you know nothing” instruction. Training is the how and what of service. Training is what employees do to develop the business.

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Call Design

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

If you want to facilitate an environment for your contact centre agents to succeed, you need to start coaching. Coaching is a great way to encourage, enable, and empower your agents to not only want to be better at their jobs but perform better. Coach contact centre agents through role-play. Make feedback palatable.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 8, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Why marketing can no longer ignore customer experience by Jason VandeBoom. Digiday) Customer experience is rapidly becoming more designable, more accessible and more creative. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Airlines Customer Service Coaching Surveys 344

CSM Magazine

APRIL 20, 2023

Startek integrated Zenarate into its Startek Agent AI to enhance employee experience and deliver a superior customer experience. Startek has integrated Zenarate as part of Startek AI Coach into its Startek Agent AI platform to help develop confident top-performing new hires and tenured agents.

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CCNG

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This is how many customer service systems are designed today. You get service immediately 24/7 because a bot answers the call or text message. The bot attempts to help out and will pass the customer to a human if the conversation becomes too complex. Some people are making this argument.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

Managing a customer service team takes dedication, hard work, and the right skill set. If you want to further develop your customer service management style, there are training solutions out there that can improve your talents and create a better working environment. Mental Health Training.

Customer Service 97

Customer Service Management Coaching Healthcare 97

Toister Performance Solutions

JUNE 8, 2023

Managers often request it for customer service training, but participants don't like it. It would be one thing if role playing was a highly effective customer service training technique. I'm a customer service trainer who has trained thousands of employees, and I can tell role playing doesn't work.

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Customer Service Customer emotions Coaching Contact Center 81

SharpenCX

MAY 12, 2020

Back in college, I took a customer service job one summer working in a call center for a nationwide moving service. Download Now: Help your agents get the hang of working in a call center with these 29 coaching techniques and facts. . Contact center agents are the primary touchpoint your customers have with your company.

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Contact Center Customer Service Employee engagement Coaching 128

ShepHyken

APRIL 1, 2020

First, we all have two responsibilities: do the job we were hired to do and also take care of the customer. I may have been a cashier, but I also knew that my job, beyond collecting money, was to take care of my customers. Second, a boss can kill the customer service buzz. If it’s wrong, coach them on how to do it right.

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Customer Service Coaching Self service Management 292

Vistio

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In the fast-paced world of customer service, providing exceptional experiences for customers is essential. And at the heart of delivering excellent customer service lies well-trained call center agents. But training call center agents can be a daunting task.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Zenarate, the leader in AI Simulation Training for customer-facing agents, has announced the expansion of its AI Coach platform with the launch of Call Analyzer. For the first time, contact center leaders can seamlessly connect new agent training with live agent assessment and ongoing coaching on one comprehensive platform.

Coaching 52

Coaching Telecommunications First call resolution Healthcare 52

Interaction Metrics

JANUARY 26, 2024

Martha briefly touches on how Interaction Metrics measures and improves the customer experience; then, Jason narrows in on call center training. Case Study Explored: Martha and Jason dissect a distribution company that sought to improve its inside sales customer service. Will the product arrive on time?”

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Call Center Metrics Coaching Surveys 62

ShepHyken

JULY 12, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The Top Customer Service Trends: Digital Channels Overtake Service Options by Phillip Britt. Customer Service Competency Class Now a Requirement for Fordham Admission by Isabella Scipioni.

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Customer Service Entertainment Coaching Self service 312

SharpenCX

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We’ve compiled four employee training templates to give you practical strategies to increase learning and training in your contact center. And, 68% of employees say training and development is a company’s most important investment. Employee Training Templates for Quarterly Skills-Based Learning. Where do you start?

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Contact Center Coaching Employee engagement Call Center 137

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Zenarate expands its AI Coach language capabilities to 79, the most in the industry, and adds new agent feedback reporting for AI simulation training. The company’s AI Coach platform now supports 79 languages, the most options in the industry. The addition of expanded language support is significant for global brands.

Coaching 59

Coaching Feedback Telecommunications First call resolution 59

Callminer

JULY 30, 2020

No company wants to receive complaints about bad customer service, but even companies that strive to create exceptional customer service will occasionally disappoint a customer. Still, responding to complaints about bad customer service can be difficult, even for your best call center agents.

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Call Center Customer Service Scripts Coaching 265

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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Coaching Contact Center Employee engagement Customer Service 110

ShepHyken

JANUARY 9, 2019

Some people claim that customer service is getting worse. Customers are getting smarter and expecting more. The customer service “bar” is raised by great companies who teach us what good customer service should be. That could be a sign of bad training. I disagree. She also bought $26.67

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Customer Service Coaching Sales Management 312

Callminer

JUNE 21, 2017

Like in any professional field, training provides a neutral environment where staff can learn and practice their skills. Over the years, call centers have seen the development of numerous industry-specific training tools and coaching practices. Why implement call center training? Using online training tools.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Zenarate AI Coach is the first training platform that virtually improves itself from live call trends and intelligence delivered by the new Call Insights actionable data. Over time, these trends and intelligence inform simulation training topics and skills to ensure agents are always on the cutting edge of customer needs.

Coaching 52

Coaching Contact Center Best practices Analytics 52

Vistio

MARCH 11, 2024

If you work in a contact center, you know just how crucial a well-trained agent can be. Whether your agents are in sales, customer service, or any other client-facing role, the success of your business often hinges on the effectiveness of your agent’s training.

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First call resolution Contact Center Best practices Coaching 52

Hello Customer

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Customer service teams carry great responsibility. They are at the frontline of customer issues and complaints. Customers can be more anxious when they call, and your agents are faced with even more and more challenging questions. So, how do you pull your customer service team through?

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Coaching Feedback Customer Service First call resolution 75

TeleDirect

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Effective Call Center Strategies | Customer Service Tips for Call Centers | Call Center Coaching from TeleDirect. In other words…it takes a great coach! Whether you need customer service tips for call centers, call center improvement strategies or anything else, we’re here for you! It takes careful planning.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 17, 2023

That may be the case for the cat, but it’s not so in the world of customer service. A good customer service rep, salesperson, or anyone interacting with a customer should be curious. The idea of curiosity in customer service is simple. Ask more questions. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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Coaching Customer Service Customer Experience 352

ShepHyken

MARCH 6, 2020

This week we feature an article by Patricia Fripp, executive speech coach and sales presentation skills trainer. She writes about how one negative interaction can affect the customer’s overall experience. At a time when every customer counts, we must never forget how our customers see us. I never received a reply.

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Customer Service Coaching Advertising Scripts 307

SharpenCX

APRIL 7, 2021

A good manager is a good coach. Yet too many customer service leaders are bogged down by other tasks to actually dedicate time to coaching and training their teams. Turns out managers like you only have 7% of their time available for deep work, like training and coaching. Avanade ) .

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Customer Service Coaching Call Center Employee engagement 67

Aspect

AUGUST 28, 2017

Famed football coach Vince Lombardi once said, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” Nonetheless, you should never stop striving to provide your agents with all the coaching they need to stay engaged, productive and provide a superior customer experience.

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Coaching Chatbots Contact Center Self service 191

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Miami and Palo Alto, Foundever a global leader in the customer experience (CX) industry, has announced a new strategic partnership with Zenarate, the leading AI Simulation Training solution for customer-facing agents. To learn more about Zenarate’s AI Coach and its potential applications, visit www.zenarate.com.

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