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Fix-It Friday: How to Keep Remote Agents Engaged

Balto

Studies show that creating a sense of community boosts retention. Investing in a solution that supports gamification elements like badges, challenges, and leaderboards can do wonders for engagement. In fact, almost 90% of employees say that gamification makes them happier and more productive at work.

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KPI Series: 5 Actionable Steps to Improve Agent Satisfaction Scores in Contact Centers

Balto

Guided playbooks can help build confidence for agents because they don’t have to memorize scripts or try to retain vast amounts of information. Gamification. Gamification can make things a bit more fun. Gamification can range from leaderboards and point contests for hitting benchmarks to progress bars that track performance.

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Call center cost reduction strategies

TechSee

A recent study on this topic found that customer satisfaction (CSAT) ratings are 35-45% lower for customers who must make a second call about the same issue. Monotony can be alleviated by changing scripts or desk placement, for example. Reduce the need for followup with next issue avoidance.

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Why Should Contact Centers Care About Employee Engagement?

Noble Systems

Gamification is an enabling technology that can help. Next we’ll look at how gamification, which uses game mechanics to encourage desired behaviors and provides a way to reward agents for meeting and exceeding expectations, can be used to start your contact center agent engagement effort. Reinforce corporate vision, mission and brand.

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Call Center Training: The Complete Guide for 2020 (with Practical Tips)

Serenova

Scripting to facilitate conversations. Guiding agents through each conversation with real-time scripting helps reduce first-call-resolution times. You can pair this with gamification that encourages learning. The most skilled agents are equipped with more than a script and access to relevant customer data.

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Why Should Contact Centers Care About Employee Engagement?

Noble Systems

Gamification is an enabling technology that can help. Next we’ll look at how gamification, which uses game mechanics to encourage desired behaviors and provides a way to reward agents for meeting and exceeding expectations, can be used to start your contact center agent engagement effort. Reinforce corporate vision, mission and brand.

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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

Storyline: Gamification. The Temkin Group’s 2017 Customer Experience study showed a severe decline in customer experience ratings from 2015 to 2016. A study by NewVoice says 59% of 25-34-year-olds share poor customer experiences online. Why Gamification Matters. Managing a contact center has a unique set of challenges.