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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

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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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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Workforce Optimization: What It is and Why You Need It

Playvox

Schedule adherence – When agents don’t adhere to schedules, they aren’t available to service customers as planned. This results in long wait times and abandoned conversations. And 46% of customers will buy more when given a personalized experience.

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

Serenova

Regardless of role or department, maximizing productivity and impact begins with ensuring the right people are working on the right tasks at the right time, based on the priorities of the business. Supports schedule compliance. Schedule adherence assesses how closely a contact center agent follows their scheduled activities.

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Small Business Call Center Software Solutions

Noble Systems

The auto-attendant frees companies from needing to have a live person ready and waiting to answer every phone call. The IVR can also provide advanced features, such as self-service for items that don’t necessarily require a live person (ie, checking an account balance). Auto-Attendant and IVR. allow the number.

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International Contact Centre Operations Tips & Best Practices

Callminer

This forces the customer to get angry enough that he or she asks to speak to a person who has authority.” Let your operations team handle real-time management. “Effective real-time management is based on having the right reports that measure compliance and clear process for acting as you see variations.