Fonolo

APRIL 15, 2020

Managers and business owners spend countless hours analyzing data and/or speaking with customers to be able to produce at least that: a script. While training is vital, it isn’t enough to help employees grow professionally at your company or in their careers. Even the simplest training manual can be complex. Training Tools.

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Peter Lavers

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Amongst all the hype of customer experience, AI, chatbots and real-time personalisation, don’t forget that staff still need excellent customer service training – no matter how successful your company is right now! When customer support representatives start at a company, they usually get a bit of training upfront.

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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. Instead, it’s helpful to think of it as regular part of your workforce management. Still have questions about call center training?

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CX Global Media

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Join her as she leads a seminar with Call Center Coach titled: How Do Your Call Center Supervisors Measure Up ? By participating in this training with Penny, you’ll be best prepared to turn frontline leadership development into your strength. What Penny will cover in this free training seminar…. Seminar Leaders.

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And higher attrition means higher sourcing, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, and nesting dollars, not to mention the time—usually three to six months—for the agent to reach the desired speed to competency. DO MORE WITH LESS There is a difference between a knowledge base and knowledge management systems.

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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. Zenarate uses leading NLP and NLU to provide agents a life-like simulation training experience.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 22, 2020

I asked a manager about this and he gave me a great explanation. The short version is that when someone comes to work at Brio, they are taught to manage a number of these small details. This sets the tone for them to manage other details, even the ones they aren’t officially trained to manage.

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COPC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Moreover, many training programs use impressive yet daunting terminology and equations that don’t resonate with the majority. This series will cover a variety of topics, including key driver analyses, managing variation, hypothesis testing, and more! So, why do we care, or what does this have to do with coaching CSAT?

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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. Mental Health Training.

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Integrity Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While investing in sales training can produce a range of benefits, all of us in sales know it all boils down to the bottom line. Here are the sales training metrics you should be using to measure your success. How to Determine Sales Training Metrics. How to Determine Sales Training Metrics.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken. Customers service training ideas for better brand advocacy.

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Expivia

MAY 28, 2021

Good managers and supervisors are the best at guiding and motivating agents. And call center management training is how you can ensure that your leadership team is up for the task. Good Managers Aren’t Born. Just because you were a great football or basketball player does not guarantee you’d be a great coach.

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Calltools

JUNE 10, 2020

Training call center agents in-person can be challenging and mentally draining. However remote training can make you feel like a poorly equipped manager at times. What is whisper coaching? The prospect on the other end does not hear anything the sales manager is saying.

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Vistio

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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. Traditional training methods often fall short in preparing agents for the dynamic and unpredictable nature of customer interactions.

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CCNG

MARCH 4, 2021

The survey of managers and executives responsible for training revealed a mad rush to deploy technology, with 68% of respondents investing in better training delivery via virtual and collaboration meeting tools and 30% investing in better eLearning utilization.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

By coaching to handle every situation amazingly well, you can improve reputation and get more sales/. Before you train your employees on how to provide amazing customer service, you need to clearly define what it means. Here are some great examples: Shepard virtual training course. Decide What “Amazing Customer Service” Means.

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SharpenCX

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As a manager, your executive team is consistently pushing you to keep employees engaged, reduce turnover, increase profitability and efficiency. We’ve compiled four employee training templates to give you practical strategies to increase learning and training in your contact center. Use Quarterly Trainings for Team Building.

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Myra Golden Media

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Customers will put their “get me a manager” card on the table in a hair’s breadth. And managers get frustrated with this, but it’s your fault, managers. They’re going to go straight to the manager. So, I asked for a manager. Coach employees to apologize.

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 22, 2021

When your people feel understood and appreciated, they will be intensely loyal to the manager who has demonstrated care and interest in their development. When you hear the word “coach”, what comes to mind? We often associate “coach” with a sports analogy. Isn’t that what you want to do when coaching? They leave managers.

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Outsource Consultants

APRIL 12, 2021

In part two, we’re focusing on how business leaders can work with their BPO partners to set more ambitious training targets. In the last year, organizations with rock-solid training processes were handsomely rewarded, quickly scaling their teams remotely as the need for work-from-home agents skyrocketed. What gets you over the hump?

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Call Center Weekly

AUGUST 28, 2017

By Jennifer Boston During my last transition over a tenured training team, one of my initial interactions with a member of my new team really struck a chord. The coaching session has yet to even begin and their defenses are already up. I expected to see her in a few hours or when the class was over for the day.

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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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Integrity Solutions

AUGUST 24, 2022

If you’ve implemented sales training this year, you’re not alone. Studies have shown that upwards of $15 billion is spent annually on sales training in the United States alone. And are there specific sales training strategies behind that critical investment to help ensure its success and strong ROI?

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Integrity Solutions

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Effective sales coaching yields results, and sales leaders intuitively seem to understand this. You don’t have to look far to find another article or blog post talking about the importance of coaching in the workplace. In the world of sales, coaching is seen as critical for driving growth and developing excellence within sales teams.

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Integrity Solutions

AUGUST 13, 2021

Great sales team coaching takes specific knowledge and functional expertise to build a successful team. By adding Emotional and Social Intelligence to the coaching model, sales team coaches can discover amazing success. And this is particularly applicable when we’re talking about the effectiveness of team coaches.

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Call Design

JUNE 29, 2020

The management of your contact centre is an essential element to operating successfully and providing your customers with the very best customer service. The success of your contact centre relies on the strength of your agents and management teams. Without the right management, even the best contact centres will suffer.

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Integrity Solutions

JUNE 14, 2021

Saying there’s no time for coaching or that someone has already reached their potential are just two of the prominent misconceptions around sales coaching. Whether in sports, in sales or in life, a great coach helps people reach their full potential. Sales Coaching Myths Debunked. Fact: Coaching benefits all performers.

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Kayako

AUGUST 20, 2015

Who loves training sessions? Support reps get a lot of training sessions from the moment they start their job: for product training, new feature launches, soft skills and communication. But at some point, training starts to become less and less effective. These can’t improve through training alone. This is great.

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CX Global Media

OCTOBER 15, 2018

To be intentional and proactive in their response, executives are investing in the transformation of their training courses in leadership for supervisors because the frontline is where the customer-centric battle will be won. Supervisor Training Reset. Being a good agent does not translate to being a good supervisor.

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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. How do contact centers not only survive but thrive in this new era?

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

Simulation training is one of the fastest-growing training approaches for customer service agents. Many of the leading contact centers in the world are leveraging simulation training to provide customer service agents with an automated role-play partner. Simulation Training for Better Human Engagement and Performance.

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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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Call Center Weekly

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

By Celia Pagliughi Let us first define who coaches are and what coaching is. W ho is a coach? It is very simple; we are all coaches. When we walk into our call centers we are all coaches. W hat do coaches do? A good way to start the coaching relationship is to set up a team meeting and do a quick exercise.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 27, 2019

The post How In-Line Training and Coaching are the Ultimate Customer Experience Management Tools appeared first on Sharpen Contact Center Software. You have a meeting in five minutes, but you see a window of time cracked open juussst enough to peek at interactions.

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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! Like any successful plan of attack, call center coaching and effective call center strategies demand excellence from management and agents. Ensure training is up to date.

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