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Agent Experience (AX): The Next Frontier for Elevating the Customer Experience (CX)

CCNG

One manager said it feels like efforts at improving these satisfaction metrics have “hit a wall.” Agents who are unsupported by “the cubicle next door” and by their knowledge systems are clearly going to provide lower-quality and slower service – and will suffer in terms of morale themselves. would save $500,000.

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Redefining Contact Center Productivity for the Modern Associate

The Northridge Group

However, as AI and other emerging technologies evolve to support associates and handle the more transactional issues, traditional productivity metrics have evolved as well. Even Some of the Best KPIs Can Be Misleading Cost-per-contact and Average Handle Time (AHT) are two metrics that may present misleading information.

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Insights Utilization Rate Drives Growth Through Customer-Centric Organizations

ClearAction

Lower productivity as value-rescuing dominates precious time, resources, morale, and tenure. Re-align out-of-sync policies, processes, agendas, reviews, metrics, approvals, rewards, recognition, and succession. Higher costs to serve: customer service, returned materials, remedies, etc. Business as usual is not ROI-generating!

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8 Proof Points that Buddy the Elf is a Contact Center Expert

Customer Service Life

This place reminds me of Santa’s Workshop. It’s the sort of contact center where agent morale is low and the culture is negative, and managers don’t bother to empower employees, requiring them to hit unreasonable goals on metrics. I love contact center leaders that plan events to bring the team together and boost morale.

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How to Train Sales Agents to Work Collaboratively (and Productively)?

JustCall

Additionally, a collaborative environment fosters trust and camaraderie among team members, boosting morale and overall job satisfaction. Regular team meetings and workshops provide opportunities to discuss industry trends, new strategies, and techniques to enhance sales performance.

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ALERT: Leadership Training for Supervisors Is Being Disrupted

CX Global Media

If leadership training is provided, it’s typically provided via traditional classroom workshops or seminars that are known to deliver very low return on investment for leadership development, impact and learner interest. Know Your Metrics. Being a good agent does not translate to being a good supervisor. Experiential Learning.

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21 Call Center Managers Share Their Favorite Call Center Leadership Activities

Callminer

Call center managers may be involved with hiring and training call center agents , monitoring call center metrics tied to agent performance , using speech analytics tools for ongoing quality monitoring , providing ongoing feedback and coaching, and more. What I liked the most are the seminars and workshops we did all year round.