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Evolution of Quality Management: From Compliance to Customer-Centric

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They make customers the center of their business strategy, execute on delivering outstanding customer experiences, and strive for continuous improvement. It’s often the continuous improvement or quality management (QM) piece where contact centers struggle. Edwards Deming and Walter A.

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Workforce Optimization: What It is and Why You Need It

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It has however morphed from the days of regarding the call center as a cost center to realizing contact centers and the agents who work there are valuable contributors to the customer experience. How Workforce Optimization Works in a Contact Center The most valuable asset in a customer service organization or contact center is your workforce.

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Gamification in the Workplace: More Than Just a Contest

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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. Some examples include: A large technology company uses riddle game techniques to attract skilled job candidates.

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Make Every Agent Your Best Agent With WFM — Even Remotely

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Remote and hybrid work are no longer hard-to-find benefits in customer support centers. By tracking the right metrics and using smart technology, you can keep a close eye on your agents’ success and productivity — without becoming Big Brother in the process. But does it have to? Giving Feedback and Recognizing Agent Successes.

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How To Preserve Your Contact Center QM Budget

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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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Salesforce Service Cloud and Playvox Workforce Management Collaboration Gives CX Leaders Best of Breed Salesforce WFM

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Putting the customer at the center of decision making and operational improvements, CX leaders across the customer service industry are connecting their CRM with their workforce management systems more frequently to enable a 360 degree view of their business and their day-to-day operations.

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Protecting Your Contact Center Agents’ Emotional Well-Being

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Not only are they bad for business, but they’re also bad for customer support center employees themselves. But the gap between how managers view feedback and how employees see it simply isn’t good for agent morale and mindset. To keep engagement up, feedback should be focused on coaching rather than micromanaging.