Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

A satisfied employee can pretty much be described as one who is relatively happy or more than complacent about their day-to-day job experience: the work, pay, benefits, possibilities for growth, promotions and possibly more – – like training, work environment, and reward and recognition.

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Employee engagement Consulting Consulting Enterprise 170

Call Design

AUGUST 25, 2021

This new type of technology has completely revolutionised the way training and management is conducted throughout the professional careers of your agents. Here are some reasons why companies worldwide are choosing to invest in gamification and incorporating them into their training and development programs: Encourages Ongoing Development.

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Gamification Employee engagement Surveys Consulting 145

Call Center Weekly

OCTOBER 30, 2017

By Sean Hawkins Two of the common reasons I hear regarding a lack of agent training, are no money and no time. This answer is unacceptable simply because there are many alternative methods of training and development available. Understanding how your staff prefers training, will aid in the success of your development program.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2015

A recent article by a major employee research and engagement consulting organization led with the above headline. They were reporting on results of their national workforce tracking poll, the highlight of which was that employee engagement had risen 1.2% Those question are: 1) Really? correlation.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2021

takes an in-depth look at how leaders can improve employee engagement to drive a better customer experience and achieve greater customer loyalty. You know the old adage, “happy employees = happy customers.” That is where employee engagement comes into the picture. What employee engagement is and what it is not?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 12, 2016

Going the next step, beyond employee satisfaction, does their engagement profitably drive customer behavior? First, what does employee engagement, which has been around for over twenty years, actually mean? You Also Might Like… Employee Engagement: Putting the Cart Before the Horse?

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Taylor Reach Group

MARCH 13, 2018

Customer Experience and Contact Center consulting firm, The Taylor Reach Group , Inc., is designing an Agent On-Boarding Training Curriculum. Effective agent training programs ensure your frontline staff is well-prepared to meet increasing customer expectations. TORONTO (PRWEB)March 13, 2018. The Taylor Reach Group, Inc.,

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

These companies, and their employees, are also invariably quite disciplined and well-trained in the why’s and how’s of customer experience. We believe, and have demonstrated for our clients, that focused instruction and certification in contemporary customer experience methods can go far in making employees and companies world-class.

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Call Experts

MAY 30, 2019

Employee engagement is the passionate communication and management of operational goals and company mission. Participation is the focus of many employee engagement models. In practice, it may appear like a complicated process to manage and optimize employee engagement. Technology influences employees.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Top Takeaways: There is a gap between how leaders perceive employee engagement and how employees actually feel. According to Gallup research , 70% of employees are disengaged at work. Giving credit and acknowledging the team’s efforts along the way, not just when a project is completed, boosts engagement.

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Employee engagement Surveys Consulting Consulting 207

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 7, 2016

It would be wise to review these three elements in your employee engagement strategy. Train them a lot more than you do now. Hiring well and presenting a comprehensive orientation are two critical parts of starting off with a great employee experience. Training can include new skills, new certifications, or new concepts.

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Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Customer emotions 418

Talkdesk

OCTOBER 29, 2018

You do your best to ensure that your products and processes meet customer needs but, when it comes to your call center agents, ensuring that you’re hiring and training for the right skills can be difficult.

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Employee engagement Call Center Consulting Consulting 77

Taylor Reach Group

MAY 14, 2020

According to the Gallup Organization, you could do all this and more by making your way to the top quartile of employee engagement. Gallup defines engaged employees as those who are involved in, enthusiastic about and committed to their work and workplace. Connecting with employees is always step one.

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CCNG

MAY 11, 2021

A recent CCNG panel webinar, Why Performance-Based Training Requires Automation , featuring Mike Roberts, Technology Leader for Learning at Citibank, who adopted simulations to automate role play and coaching exercises in 2020 and Trey Fischer, an industry-leading consultant, discussed today’s impact of automation on performance-based training.

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CCNG Coaching Contact Center Employee engagement 195

COPC

APRIL 1, 2024

Contact Center Training: A Digital Leap Forward The way we train new hires at contact centers has changed drastically. Tech innovators use AI to minimize the financial burden of training new agents and significantly improve training quality. This method offers a more personalized and adaptable training experience.

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Customer Experience Gamification Benchmark Chatbots 89

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 24, 2018

Statements such as the assumption that positive employees feel satisfied; and, when satisfied, may recommend the company to others, are often cited. It’s time to re-think the assumptions of how both employee satisfaction and engagement impact customer behavior. Employee experience has evolved, but not quickly enough.

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Enterprise Consulting Consulting Employee engagement 250

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 21, 2016

Employee engagement is critical to your organization’s hiring efforts. As the Fortune article points out, the Generation Z, fun-workplace-seeking employees will comprise at least 20% of the workforce by 2019, just three short years from now. Our four-part online Employee Engagement course covers the employee ambassador concept.

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Employee engagement Airlines Consulting Consulting 282

Taylor Reach Group

JANUARY 18, 2019

an industry-leading Customer Experience (CX) and Contact Center consulting firm, is starting 2019 on a continued upward trajectory, adding Senior Consultant Patricia Ballantyne to its team of contact center operational experts. this week announced the addition of Patricia Ballantyne to the globally recognized consulting firm.

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Consulting Consulting Customer Experience Business Process Outsourcing 64

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 13, 2019

What we know from early research on employee engagement is that if you have happy employees, chances are you’re going to have satisfied customers. My new ebook, Happy Employees Make Happy Customers , explores this concept in great detail. However, in reality, employees were not anymore.

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Customer Experience Consulting Consulting Employee engagement 413

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 31, 2017

Branding agencies and consultants are embracing the notion that storytelling creates an authentic connection with your customers. As a customer experience consultant, I think this is good. How Storytelling Creates Engaged Employees. This is important because employee engagement overall is abysmal.

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Entertainment Coaching Consulting Consulting 314

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

While I believe there are several factors at work here that make the difference between the two organizations, employee engagement is a big part it. How employee engagement affects their rank: A recent article on BusinessInsider.com points out that Amazon’s cloud computing business earned $3.8 They communicate well.

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Banking Employee engagement Customer centricity Consulting 347

Fonolo

JULY 4, 2019

Good training teaches employees in the customer service realm how to handle complex customer issues in the most efficient and customer-friendly way possible. In training CS representatives, it’s crucial to help them understand a) what they are doing; and b) why they doing the job. This is why consulting is so important.

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Best practices Customer Service Brand ambassadors Call Center 83

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Busting 3 Massive Myths About Employee Engagement by Christine Comaford. Forbes) There’s a lot of buzz about employee engagement these days. But the sad truth is that engagement stats worldwide are still dreadfully low. Here are my top five picks from last week. That’s a bold statement, but it’s true.

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Customer Service Airlines Employee engagement Morale 200

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 25, 2016

Nearly 40,000 employees from two unions contracting with Verizon have been on strike for a little over a month. Now, Verizon is learning firsthand the cost of not having a strong culture of employee engagement—in actual dollars and sense. Employee Engagement and Customer Experience Are Linked.

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Wireless outsourcing Employee engagement Call Center 283

CCNG

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Our business requires us to be an expert in not just running a contact center but also recruitment, logistics, employee engagement, budgets and the evolving technology marketplace. Take time to listen before investing time or effort in evolving channels, quality, or training programs. Where do you start?

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Contact Center CCNG Employee engagement Consulting 195

Taylor Reach Group

JANUARY 17, 2020

And with attrition rates highest at the start of the year –80 percent in some centers – now is the time to make employee engagement a focal point for the overall health of your contact center operations. Revitalize your contact center training program.

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Contact Center Employee engagement Consulting Consulting 111

Taylor Reach Group

JUNE 12, 2020

I met the new classes to help them begin to understand our culture, the importance of their jobs, our open-door policy, the growth opportunities and the need to focus on their training. I did it like a seating chart, so as I pictured the training room later, I knew who was in each seat. Just CLICK HERE to schedule a free consultation.

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Employee engagement Consulting Consulting Personalization 134

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Monty Python’s Flying Circus demonstrates what not to do as a Customer-Facing employee: ( Be warned: there are some insensitivities references to gender orientation in here). While you can train your employees how to respond to rude employees, there isn’t that much you can do about the Customers. https://youtu.be/CvqYDjyQSvE.

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Consulting Consulting Employee engagement Customer Experience 368

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Career Development : In this stage, the employee matures in his/her role in the organization. Professional development frequently involves additional training and/or exposure. The challenges in this stage are employee engagement and retention.

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Banking Enterprise Consulting Consulting 225

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Here is the reality: As demonstrated again and again, if all employees are not committed to, and supportive of, CX initiatives, the enterprise – in any industry, in any locale – will suffer. HR execs and consultants would say that what is needed is a higher level of employee engagement.

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Employee engagement Customer advocacy Consulting Consulting 171

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 17, 2016

In our customer experience consultancy, we see employee stress and burnout as barriers to providing an exceptional customer experience. Our customer experience consultancy recognizes that employee attitudes are a key component of a successful customer experience. How Not to Engage Employees: Telecoms Lead the Way Again.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 10, 2018

Most organizations do not fully understand, or leverage, the key linkages between customer experience and employee experience/behavior. Enterprises typically focus on employee satisfaction or engagement, in the belief that high levels in either area will directly drive customer loyalty.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In all of these moments, an employee can make or break a Customer Experience. This is why training and employee engagement are so key to its success. This important training takes time and money, two things on which most leaders have a lot of opinions, especially about how they will be spent.

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Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Employee engagement 355

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 17, 2017

In our customer experience consultancy, we spend a lot of time educating people about the components of a great customer experience. Employees who deal with the public must have support from management, and the training, ability and incentives to go above and beyond. But many others look to technology. What about your company?

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2016

Employees are capable of directly contributing to both customer disappointment and customer delight. It is essential that companies have a research and analysis method that links staff experience and performance directly to customer behavior, so they can hire, train, recognize and reward employees for how they contribute to customer value.

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Customer advocacy Chief Customer Officer Employee engagement Consulting 279

Contact Center Pipeline

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Universities, consultants, authors and experts all have a lot to say about employee engagement. It comes right from the source—the employees themselves. The attention paid to this topic is encouraging, as it is a critical ingredient in a high-performing company. The best insight, though, does not come from the experts.

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Employee engagement Contact Center Consulting Consulting 186

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 12, 2015

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