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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

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Managing forecasting, scheduling, and agent productivity in a call center is a lot like searching for the fountain of youth. While we don’t have a roadmap to the proverbial fountain, we can help steer you in the right direction for better call center workforce management (WFM). WFM to the rescue.

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Remote Work: The Dangerous Disconnect Between Contact Center Management and Agents

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There’s a storm brewing in customer service centers, and the aftermath could create some big challenges for contact center management. In our 2022 study of customer support agents and managers, 68% of agent respondents said they didn’t want to return to an office. We also manage the team with the utmost respect.”.

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Optimizing Your Workforce with WFM

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When efficiency is your focus, many organizations implement strategies with the assumption that workforce management (WFM) should be entirely separate from customer-focused considerations. Download our latest eBook to get started and learn what i ndustry l eaders say they look for in a w orkforce m anagement s olution .

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Workforce Optimization: What It is and Why You Need It

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Does your contact center “talk the customer talk” but sometimes gets stuck when it comes to matching up customer expectations with service and support delivery by your agents? Are you taking the right steps to evolve toward workforce engagement management? What is Workforce Optimization?

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Time to Talk Seriously about Speech Analytics in the Contact Center

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Get ready for the next big thing in contact center workforce optimization: Speech Analytics. Even though speech analytics was introduced to the contact center industry back in 2003, Aberdeen Group reports that only about 15% of contact centers currently use speech analytics.

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How to Enhance the Agent Experience for Your Hybrid Contact Center Team

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While working from anywhere has its advantages, it also means leaders have the extra challenge of managing contact center agents in multiple locations. A great way to determine if your contact center team is engaged is to watch for behaviors commonly displayed by disengaged employees. What is Agent Experience?

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5 Powerful Benefits of Cloud Contact Center Solutions

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In a SaaS arrangement, the software vendor hosts the application(s) and the contact center staff accesses the software through a web browser or mobile application. SaaS providers are responsible for keeping software current, maintaining hardware, managing databases, and ensuring proper security measures are in place.