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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 7-12-2021

ShepHyken

Create a good coaching and training program. I love the very entertaining story that sets up the main point of the article. This article suggests three “projects” to consider. Even if you’ve already done any of them, they are the kinds of projects you resurrect every year or two. Invest in the right tools. That’s not good or bad.

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The New Essential Business Skill: Storytelling

Beyond Philosophy

But stories aren’t just useful tools for entertainment and customer engagement. Gallup’s CEO thinks the answer is “high performance coaches” who will help employees develop through ongoing conversations that focus on employee strengths. Each realtor was coached and then told a story to the group about a grandparent. In the U.S.,

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5 Powerful Capabilities of Gamification

Call Design

The introduction of gamification can help build a competitive and entertaining element to training programs that might otherwise be perceived as boring. Team leaders and management can easily see who is meeting targets and who needs some additional coaching and training.

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5 Lasting Effects the 2020 Sports Season Cancellations Will Have on Fan Expectations

Maru Group

Programs like ESPN’s “Coaches’ Film Room” are doing a great job offering viewers the option of watching the game with coach commentary, adding valuable perspective and stories. It’s a new type of entertainment. For example…. Re-airing a vintage game just isn’t enough. Can I say, “spoiler alert?”

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Vital CX lessons from 3 Fortune 500 companies

Vonage

All new employees get over 300 hours of on-the-job training, a dedicated learning coach and an additional 120 hours of further coaching every year. Although The Ritz-Carlton's approach to customer service is multifaceted, one of the key ingredients to its success is investing heavily in training. How Disney approaches customer service.

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Meet Customer Needs Without Overwhelming Your Agents: 6 Workforce Management Strategies to Engage your Team and Still Surpass High Customer Expectations

SharpenCX

Build in time for agent coaching. To keep your team engaged and performing at their best, your agents need to be coached daily. As you forecast for customer needs and plan agent schedules, build in time for coaching each agent. Often, WFM will cancel scheduled agent coaching sessions when volume spikes.

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How JPMorgan Chase & Co. uses AWS DeepRacer events to drive global cloud adoption

AWS Machine Learning

It started small, but immediately provided value and, more importantly, entertainment to the participants of the program. Outside of work, Stephen enjoys trying to keep up with his teenage children whilst skiing or cycling and coaching his local under-16 rugby team.