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Effective Time Management Techniques for Contact Center Agents

Playvox

Excellent time management is crucial in a contact center. Being able to strategically plan and prioritize tasks not only ensures your customers get the service and support they need in a timely manner, but it also increases agent productivity, decreases overall stress, and improves job satisfaction. What Is Time Management?

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Building Your Best Culture in 2019

CX Accelerator

This gave them skills to better communicate their developmental needs to their boss.Each team held a meeting to establish norms for development. This is where I fit into the project—I facilitated each meeting as a neutral party. They feel the pressure of meeting metrics but don’t know how and when to strike a balance.

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WFM ROI: Why You Need Workforce Management Software Now

Playvox

Time is money” is a phrase attributed to Benjamin Franklin, first appearing in The American Instructor , a book published in 1748. For contact center managers, this phrase rings in their heads each time they create a forecast, build a schedule, or track schedule adherence. .

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How to Take Your WFM to the Next Level

Call Design

If you’ve been in the contact centre space for more than a few hours, you’ve likely heard some version of the unofficial motto “Connecting the right interaction, to the right agent, at the right time.” Or we could focus on “right time”, concentrating on our forecast accuracy and schedule adherence.

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Adapting to a Global Workforce: Managing Remote Teams Effectively

Playvox

That’s where a Workforce Management solution moves from a “nice to have” to a “must have.” With five separate WFM schedulers handling schedules for different regions, scheduling for things such as daylight savings changes was difficult since not all regions changed time simultaneously.

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Workforce Management Guide for Contact Center Leaders (& Why it’s Important)

Serenova

However, a recent study highlighted that more than 69% of businesses still have no cross-channel workforce management solution in place. Such a disconnect leads to the following questions: How can organizations best support agents’ productivity so they not only meet but exceed their goals? Supports schedule compliance.

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The Intraday Story – Four Reasons to Think Again about Real-Time

CSM Magazine

Using intraday automation for daily re-forecasting means quiet time can be identified in advance so it can be better utilised for all important one-to-one coaching sessions, team meetings or additional training etc. They can identify potential service level risks or staffing problems and recommend in advance how to fix things.