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Declaring Victory in the War on Contact Center Agent Performance

CX Global Media

When you’re referring to agent performance, that can be referenced in numerous and very different categories – attendance, absenteeism, call metrics, sales metrics, customer satisfaction metrics, schedule adherence, utilization, customer satisfaction, tickets closed, first contact resolution, and so much more. Foreword Thinking.

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Building Your Best Culture in 2019

CX Accelerator

We have the very best and newest technology, hire the perfect “on-paper” resumes, and have the budget of King Tut, but without a healthy, positive working culture…these things are essentially meaningless. From Jeremy Hyde: How do your leaders calibrate on what they “coach” on and how/when they approach it? "Hey, get back to work!

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How to Measure Contact Center Agent Productivity and Five Ways to Boost It

Playvox

To ensure your contact center agents spend a vast majority of their time with customers resolving issues and as little time as possible on administrative tasks and after-call work, agents need the right kind of tools, processes, coaching, motivation, and goals in place. Are agents working on what they are scheduled to do?

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WFM ROI: Why You Need Workforce Management Software Now

Playvox

For contact center managers, this phrase rings in their heads each time they create a forecast, build a schedule, or track schedule adherence. . Coach And Develop Your Customer Service And Support Team. This type of work takes people who are supposed to be coaches and mentors away from their key role of developing teams.

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Why Your Contact Center Needs A Remote Work Policy?

Playvox

According to a 2021 survey by ICMI , the top 10 metrics for employee performance in service centers are: Customer Satisfaction Agent Productivity Accuracy Average Handle Time Average Speed of Answer Quality Score Abandonment Rate Schedule Adherence Service Level Average Response Time. Coach And Motivate.

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The Ultimate Guide to Call Center Agent Performance

Fonolo

Schedule Adherence Schedule Adherence is another older metric that can still be a useful measure of agent attendance. Set a lower bar for schedule adherence, ensure everyone on the team knows what it is, and then determine why agents are missing the mark.

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Workforce Optimization: What It is and Why You Need It

Playvox

It is through this lens that workforce optimization has evolved to mean the business strategies, processes, and supporting automation technologies that maximize contact center and agent productivity and efficiency to allow organizations to deliver outstanding customer experience (CX).