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Adapting to a Global Workforce: Managing Remote Teams Effectively

Playvox

Not only do contact center agents want additional flexibility in their work schedules, but many leaders saw that agents did not need to be in a defined office space to get their jobs done well. However, managing remote teams effectively comes with its own set of challenges. First, let’s define remote work.

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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

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). What is Workforce Management for Call Centers?

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Building Your Best Culture in 2019

CX Accelerator

one day, you need to talk to someone about schedule adherence b/c service levels are rough but the next day they are being told to take it easy…) For some leaders, finding an appropriate balance is really hard. Mary generally has good schedule adherence, time management, and can be trusted to stay on task and get stuff done.

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Schedule like a Boss

Monet Software

Many contact center managers, however, don’t realize how much more value their scheduling activity can deliver to employees, beyond letting agents know when to show up for shifts. Better schedules make for better shifts, too, because agents neither feel overwhelmed nor underutilized. Getting a little extra can be amazing.

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Workforce Optimization: What It is and Why You Need It

Playvox

Are you taking the right steps to evolve toward workforce engagement management? Schedule adherence – When agents don’t adhere to schedules, they aren’t available to service customers as planned. However, the two main components are Quality Management and Workforce Management.

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What is Call Center Performance Management?

Talkdesk

What is Performance Management? Call Center Performance Management is a program, generally led by a contact center operations manager, dedicated to calculating and improving the performance of contact center agents. That’s where leveraging contact center performance management software can help. The answer is both.

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A Beginner’s Guide On An Effective Inbound Call Strategy

OctopusTech

Additionally, organizations should regularly seek customer opinions about call center experiences by administering surveys that measure: Net Promoter Score (NPS) Customer satisfaction (CSAT) Customer effort score (CES) 2. Engage your agents by recognizing outstanding performance and providing frequent, effective communication.