CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Calabrio, the customer experience intelligence company, today announced its new coaching solution for agent performance management, Calabrio Performance Coaching. Identifying individual or team skill gaps allows leaders to better offer coaching and support to agents that need it.

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Coaching Gamification Customer Service Quality management 52

Noble Systems

JANUARY 21, 2019

In addition, there are two segments that span the entire hierarchy – manage, forecast and analyze; and develop, coach, onboard and motivate. By adding Gamification to your sales technology stack , you can accelerate effectiveness at each stage to help your agents achieve top revenue performance and sustain it over time.

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Gamification Sales CRM Contact Center 52

Playvox

MARCH 12, 2024

Many of Playvox’s customers leverage tools like gamification to motivate their teams. While gamification may be one option for recognition, there are many ways to build morale and celebrate success. This doesn’t mean giving out empty praise or insincere feedback.

Morale 78

Morale Gamification Contact Center Quality management 78

Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Simply put, call center training is any course, seminar, video, coaching session, or other activity that teaches the skills and behavior required for success in a call center. Mentoring or coaching With the right guidance, there’s always an opportunity for one-on-one learning, which can be very effective. What is Call Center Training?

Call Center 141

Call Center Contact Center Coaching Gamification 141

Noble Systems

JANUARY 12, 2018

Regardless if your call center is focused on collections, revenue recovery, sales or customer service it’s likely you have had coaching sessions with agents and thought afterward, “ok, we are good now, they get it”, only to realize 2 days later that the symptoms are back. Score Cards Directly Tied to Coaching.

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Coaching Call Center Gamification Feedback 40

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This not only helps in ensuring compliance with protocols but also provides opportunities for coaching and feedback based on actual performance. This feedback can highlight specific areas where agents excel or need improvement. Use this feedback to make informed improvements.

Best practices 104

Best practices Call Center Interactive Voice Response First call resolution 104

Serenova

APRIL 13, 2020

Now that your contact center agents are safely working from home, it’s time to focus on the business of managing and coaching to ensure productivity. A study by Harvard Business School found that 28% of the time, an incident that had a minor impact on a project had a major impact on people’s feelings. Help Employees Connect.

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Gamification Contact Center Metrics contact center solutions 145

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

A recent study on this topic found that customer satisfaction (CSAT) ratings are 35-45% lower for customers who must make a second call about the same issue. Feedback can be collected regularly from staff; agents are well placed to highlight any roadblocks or barriers to success. Reduce the need for followup with next issue avoidance.

Call Center 196

Call Center Self service Gamification Contact Center 196

Playvox

APRIL 25, 2023

A 2022 ICMI study revealed that 34% of contact centers cited training a remote workforce as their biggest challenge. Incorporate feedback. Taking the time to incorporate agent feedback helps make your training more effective. Seek feedback and “read the room” throughout the training. Document the feedback.

Contact Center 79

Contact Center Contact center software Gamification Feedback 79

NICE inContact

AUGUST 1, 2017

Do they look for any excuse to reschedule your 1:1s or coaching sessions? If you seem confused by this behavior, it may be time to look at your coaching and engagement style to help enhance your contact center performance. Additionally, think about the last time you provided verbal feedback about lagging performance.

Coaching 49

Coaching Contact Center Construction Gamification 49

Balto

MAY 13, 2022

Gamification. Gamification can make things a bit more fun. Gamification can range from leaderboards and point contests for hitting benchmarks to progress bars that track performance. Research backs up the power of gamification. Provide Regular Coaching and Feedback. This empowers agents.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Gamification Scripts Coaching 52

Balto

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Based on the data received from the QA program, you’ll be able to coach and train agents to work towards this business goal and others important to your organization. One Zendesk study polled over 1,000 US customers and found that 58% of the respondents stopped buying from the company after receiving lousy customer service.

Best practices 52

Best practices Call Center Gamification Coaching 52

NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

The customer satisfaction score aims to get feedback on specific topics such as products or services, quality of interactions with call center agents or after-sales support, purchase procedures, customer experience impression, etc. One way to tackle these agent-related issues is by introducing gamification into the contact center workflow.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Management Gamification 52

Balto

JUNE 3, 2022

Studies show that creating a sense of community boosts retention. Over 67% of contact centers measure engagement through periodic agent feedback surveys. Surveys can be a great tool, particularly when given to remote agents prone to disengagement, but the feedback must actually be put to use.

Gamification 52

Gamification Scripts Contact Center Surveys 52

Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

According to industry studies , average annual turnover ranges between 30-45 percent – with some centers experiencing turnover into the triple digits. But to seal the deal you need to implement the right processes enabled by technologies, such as quality monitoring, training, and gamification. ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE?

Agent burnout 68

Agent burnout Contact Center Gamification Agent Empowerment 68

Playvox

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Those concerns might be why almost half of the contact center leaders in our 2022 remote work research study told us that they’re bringing agents back to the office this year. In our study, communication was a hot topic among agents. Communication. More engagement and opportunities to collaborate as virtual teams.

Contact center software 52

Contact center software Contact Center Coaching Quality management 52

CSM Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

A Saddletree Research study found that the biggest challenge for contact centres in 2022 and beyond is likely to be: “Transforming the contact centre into being a central component of the operations of the organisation.”. Increase collaboration with gamification – Gamification creates a buzz that brings out the best in people.

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Gamification Brand ambassadors Analytics Enterprise 105

Fonolo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

LinkedIn recently published a study that found 41% of employees will consider leaving their jobs in the next year. Set up coaching, mentoring, and buddy systems. . Use incentives and gamification . Encourage feedback and open communication . 4 Create a Development Plans for Agents. Offer on-going training .

Contact Center 142

Contact Center Call Center call center software Abandon rate 142

Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Gamification is an enabling technology that can help. Next we’ll look at how gamification, which uses game mechanics to encourage desired behaviors and provides a way to reward agents for meeting and exceeding expectations, can be used to start your contact center agent engagement effort. Reinforce corporate vision, mission and brand.

Employee engagement 59

Employee engagement Contact Center Gamification Customer centricity 59

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To achieve that within a remote or hybrid work environment, we’re going to see more contact centers reach for a cloud-based technology that drives camaraderie, increases visibility, allows supervisors to coach from anywhere, and enables agents to self-manage.” Storyline: Gamification. Why Gamification Matters.

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Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Gamification is an enabling technology that can help. Next we’ll look at how gamification, which uses game mechanics to encourage desired behaviors and provides a way to reward agents for meeting and exceeding expectations, can be used to start your contact center agent engagement effort. Reinforce corporate vision, mission and brand.

Employee engagement 53

Employee engagement Contact Center Gamification Customer centricity 53

Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Technology can also help contact centers guide and coach agents by easily identifying their strengths and weaknesses. Importance of Real-time Feedback in Contact Centers The Gap in Traditional Feedback Mechanisms Traditional feedback mechanisms can be holding back your contact center.

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contact center solutions Enterprise Contact Center Agent burnout 52

Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Management activities include training, coaching, onboarding, scheduling, forecasting, and more. In addition, it provides an opportunity to listen to agent feedback, which you can use to help improve processes and scripts. In addition, gamification is another excellent way to help keep employees motivated.

Call Center 52

Call Center Management Average Handle Time Gamification 52

NICE inContact

JULY 25, 2019

2) Ask for Feedback. The ability for agents to give feedback and communicate how they feel is a way to engage them that doesn’t require a promotion or raise. Challenges can consistently be given through gamification tools. 5) Provide Coaching. Offering a mentor or coach is crucial to keeping your agents around.

Call Center 56

Call Center Gamification Coaching Surveys 56

Playvox

MARCH 12, 2023

If a new way to perform heart surgery was developed that ensured a 99.99% success rate, it would make sense for all practicing surgeons to study, learn, and implement this new operation. Ongoing feedback is crucial to ensuring that customer support teams are consistently giving exceptional CX.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Gamification Metrics Quality management 52

Serenova

JULY 7, 2020

Advanced contact center solutions can use the metrics and KPIs to dynamically prescribe tailored training courses and coaching sessions. You can pair this with gamification that encourages learning. Plus, it can help agents develop necessary skills by automatically generating coaching sessions triggered by your performance thresholds.

Call Center 96

Call Center Scripts contact center solutions Coaching 96

Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Leverage Gamification for Soft Skills Development. Effective agent training and coaching have been a top priority for contact centers for a long time. Gamification , the use of game mechanics to motivate and engage agents, has typically been used to improve productivity, compliance and call quality. Expand Digital Capabilities.

Contact Center 59

Contact Center Gamification Analytics Average Handle Time 59

Taylor Reach Group

AUGUST 29, 2017

Only 17% of workers strongly agree, according to a recent Gallup study. And only 27% strongly agree they’re getting feedback that helps them do their jobs better. Research indicates , more than one-third of managers (37%) say they are uncomfortable providing feedback to employees that might elicit a bad response.

Gamification 99

Gamification Contact Center Coaching Personalization 99

Callminer

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

If you’re looking for ways to boost your agents’ performance, check out our white paper, Using Gamification to Improve Contact Center Performance. A study from 2014 found that most people were not willing to stay on hold for longer than 13 minutes. Examples include measuring defects (issues) by agent, client, vendor, and call type.

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Contact Center Call Center Gamification Wait times 345

Noble Systems

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Gamification, which applies game mechanics to engage employees by tracking and rewarding desired behaviours, has made recent gains in popularity in the global financial industry due to its effectiveness in improving engagement, customer experience and customer loyalty. Secured customer feedback. Here is a list of some of these KPIs.

Banking 48

Banking Gamification Customer centricity Surveys 48

Serenova

JUNE 11, 2019

Adopt Continuous Two-way Feedback. The better approach is a continuous feedback process. A study on contact center performance by McKinsey showed satisfied contact center agents are: 5 Times more likely to stay with a company than leave within a year. Annual appraisal cycles can trigger agent stress.

Customer Experience 63

Customer Experience Gamification Contact Center Coaching 63

Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Leverage Gamification for Soft Skills Development. Effective agent training and coaching have been a top priority for contact centers for a long time. Gamification , the use of game mechanics to motivate and engage agents, has typically been used to improve productivity, compliance and call quality. Expand Digital Capabilities.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Gamification Analytics Average Handle Time 48

Serenova

JULY 7, 2020

Advanced contact center solutions can use the metrics and KPIs to dynamically prescribe tailored training courses and coaching sessions. You can pair this with gamification that encourages learning. Plus, it can help agents develop necessary skills by automatically generating coaching sessions triggered by your performance thresholds.

Call Center 52

Call Center Scripts contact center solutions Coaching 52

CSR Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Our core principles for coaching and incentive programs remain consistent. Provide positive feedback Receiving positive feedback generates an emotional high, and encourages repetition of the desired behavior. In addition, positive coaching techniques are critical to ensuring that any program is well-received by the front line.

Best practices 48

Best practices Gamification Coaching Benchmark 48

NICE inContact

MARCH 13, 2019

According to a 2017 ICMI research study , 47% of surveyed organizations listed “consolidating reports” as one of the top challenges with performance management processes. This experience might sound crazy, but there many contact center managers reading this and nodding their heads because they’ve been there! the answer is YES!

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Management Average Handle Time Gamification Contact Center 54

Fonolo

JUNE 17, 2015

Use incentives and gamification. Call center training is any course, seminar, video, coaching session or other activity that teaches the skills and behavior required for success in a call center. Mentoring or coaching. Use incentives and gamification. Use video conferencing. Incorporate storytelling. One-on-One.

Call Center 96

Call Center Gamification Coaching Contact Center 96

Hodusoft

AUGUST 9, 2023

As per a study conducted by Clutch, more than one-fourth of small businesses surveyed outsource their customer service to BPOs (business process outsourcing organizations). Business owners or senior management team access and study their data whenever they want just by logging into their computer system, without any interference from others.

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Contact center software Contact Center Customer Service Agent burnout 52