Playvox

DECEMBER 13, 2022

When some agents avoid working with customers, that puts pressure on other team members to pick up the slack. This can lead to burnout, creating additional increases in agent stress that lead to high call-outs or high attrition rates. What To Do if Contact Center Agents Are Participating in Interaction Avoidance.

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Monet Software

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

How to treat employee burnout and reinvigorate call center engagement for the long haul. That sense of ennui, stagnation or general “blah” that creeps up on agents and saps their energy and enthusiasm? Use the conversation to learn how the agent is feeling and allow them to talk about any difficulties they’re facing.

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JustCall

APRIL 15, 2024

As a sales or customer support manager, you’ve likely noticed some agents seem disengaged, burned out, or stressed. Call center agent burnout is a real problem, and the job demands can take a toll on even the most resilient employees. Burnout disturbs the agent’s focus and motivation.

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Fonolo

MAY 31, 2022

Many contact center systems will report AT for an agent, which counts when an agent was logged-in but not on a call. TIP: For a more detailed breakdown of this calculation, check out our post How to Calculate Occupancy Rate in a Call Center. Coaching one-on-ones. The Ins and Outs of Utilization Rate. Team meetings.

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Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

But the gap between how managers view feedback and how employees see it simply isn’t good for agent morale and mindset. To keep engagement up, feedback should be focused on coaching rather than micromanaging. Remember that understanding their role and goals was the most important factor in agent engagement.

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SharpenCX

APRIL 29, 2020

And, you shouldn’t have to worry that running a lean contact center puts agents at risk for burnout and disengagement. Download Now: How to put your contact center data to work for a better customer experience. Build in time for agent coaching. Coaching builds confidence in your agents.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2023

Magnus Geverts shares his top tips for beating agent burnout—and the competition—in 2023. Great news for businesses that rely on the festive season to tide them over during the leaner months but extremely stressful for agents in contact centres.

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SharpenCX

APRIL 1, 2020

When agents can’t measure progress toward their objectives and goals, productivity stalls and performance plateaus. Customer experience expert Jeff Toister found that agents who don’t have visibility into daily performance sit at a severe risk for agent burnout.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Where would you be without your agents in the first place? It’s vital that you know where your team’s strengths and weaknesses lie, so you know how to coach to better performance. Use the DISC Assessment or the StrengthsFinder Test to identify how your agents thrive and collaborate.

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Fonolo

MAY 31, 2022

Many contact center systems will report AT for an agent, which counts when an agent was logged-in but not on a call. TIP: For a more detailed breakdown of this calculation, check out our post How to Calculate Occupancy Rate in a Call Center. Coaching one-on-ones. The Ins and Outs of Utilization Rate. Team meetings.

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Playvox

JULY 31, 2023

Much of a team leader’s time is taken away from their key role of providing coaching and development to their people when they have to get involved in manual, immediate, repetitive, and cumbersome tasks like leave approval and shift swaps. Transitioning some responsibility to agents helps team leaders as well.

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Balto

JANUARY 14, 2025

Operational Efficiency Analytics streamlines operations, reducing costs while maintaining high service levels through effective workforce management: Dynamic Scheduling : Predictive analytics ensures the right number of agents are on hand, reducing downtime or wait times. Key Issues: Lack of training programs for supervisors and agents.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Back in the contact centre, supervisors might not even care about the overall average handle time focusing instead on how to improve individual team member scores through better training or systems. While leaders often ask agents to ‘walk in the customer’s shoes’, such advice usually exacerbates these negative consequences.

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SharpenCX

AUGUST 4, 2020

Rather than send the customer straight to an agent, you set conversation triggers for words related to your most common questions, like “password.” Then, when your system picks up on those trigger words, it directs your customer to helpful articles with matching keywords (read: the article your team wrote on “how to reset my password”).

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Babelforce

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

How to Calculate Occupancy. · How does Utilization Differ from Occupancy? Utilization measures how much of an agent’s paid time is spent on the contact center floor, handling contacts and waiting for them to arrive. These include paid breaks, restroom visits, and coaching sessions. How to Calculate Utilization.

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JustCall

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The leaders need to re-evaluate how to foster a positive experience and build a productive team. So how do you encourage remote call center agents? How To Inspire And Motivate Remote call center Agents. Remote call center agents need to succeed every day. Provide Regular Feedback And Coaching.

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aircall

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Here’s a look at it’s advantages, its pitfalls, and how to make the practice work for your business. This leaves you with decisions to make on how to set up the most efficient omnichannel strategy for your own specific situation. This is a recipe for agent burnout , and for an unsuccessful and unsustainable strategy.

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Aria Solutions

MARCH 31, 2020

Advanced Tools for Agents to Provide Better Support. For most companies, a major concern in providing exceptional customer support are agent burnout and turnover. Support tools to manage, monitor, and coach support teams. Investing in this technology and resources provides a better customer experience.

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Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

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. Performance Management generally requires a number of tools like call recording , quality monitoring , coaching , and gamification.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2023

Boost engagement for your remote agents. Why not issue a DIY wellbeing kit including practical tips on how to reduce stress levels? While chatbots and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) help by automating simple or mundane activities, agents increasingly face a barrage of more complex and/or emotional interactions.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 15, 2023

Agents need time to take a breath and collect their thoughts between calls; If they don't get it, their performance suffers, followed by higher absenteeism and, eventually, agent attrition. How to Calculate Occupancy Rate Calculating occupancy rate isn’t as simple as it might seem.

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Balto

JANUARY 21, 2025

Lets explore how these performance metrics provide the foundation for a thriving call center and set you up to exceed both customer and business goals. Average After-Call Work (ACW) ACW measures the time agents spend logging notes, updating systems, or completing tasks after customer interactions.

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Balto

JANUARY 2, 2025

Lets explore how these performance metrics provide the foundation for a thriving call center and set you up to exceed both customer and business goals. High ACW reduces agent productivity and limits how many customer calls your team can handle, impacting the call center’s overall performance.

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JustCall

MAY 23, 2023

During this session, you will learn how AI-powered coaching, guidance, and sentiment analysis along with integration and analytics, can help engineer better conversations. With 100+ phone system integrations, JustCall ends agent burnout and initiates smarter workflows.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Technology plays a key role here – by integrating different solutions, contact centers can seamlessly handle multichannel interactions, as well as collect and analyze data efficiently, all while ensuring that their agents’ efforts are directed efficiently while technology automates redundant tasks for them.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 6, 2023

How to Plan and Launch a Winning Predictive Dialer Campaign Setting Up Your Predictive Dialer Campaign: A Step-by-Step Guide Planning and launching a successful predictive dialer campaign requires a strategic approach. It is a must to ensure that agents are adequately trained and equipped to effectively manage the volume of calls.

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Balto

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Figure 12: Satisfaction Metrics by Mentor Another facet of mentorship that we looked at was coaching type and frequency. The takeaway here is that agents appreciate coaching, training, and feedback — and for the most part, more is better. 2021 Contact Center Agent Survey Report – Balto Ai. Sources Balto.

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Playvox

APRIL 27, 2023

Agents won’t burn out trying to channel jump to satisfy needs. Related Article: How Contact Center Agent Burnout Decreases Productivity (And What You Can Do About It) Trend 3: Prioritization Of Employee Experience And Employee Engagement Your help desk is the relationship hub for your brand. Be clear about how to succeed.

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NobelBiz

JUNE 4, 2024

Equipped with skilled agents, cutting-edge technology, and streamlined processes, these centers resolve customer issues swiftly and effectively, fostering greater customer satisfaction and loyalty.” This not only helps in maintaining optimal staffing levels but also in reducing operational costs and minimizing agent burnout.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And the best practices and tips for managing callbacks Agents proposing the best product or service is no longer a sure bet for success. It is essential to understand how to stand out in a market where competition is becoming increasingly fierce and how to provide a memorable customer experience.

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Noble Systems

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Evaluate and improve agent performance – The ACD can let you listen to live agent calls and record them to review later. You can also use coaching and barge modes to listen to conversations and help guide agents, or even to take over a call and speak directly with the customer. Is the ACD interface easy to learn and use?

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Balto

JANUARY 17, 2025

Todays call center operates in layers: Frontline Agents Handling inbound and outbound calls, emails, and chats. Supervisors Monitoring performance and coaching agents in real-time. Workforce Management (WFM) Forecasting, scheduling, and making sure the right number of agents are on hand during peak hours.

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Balto

JANUARY 18, 2025

Todays call center operates in layers: Frontline Agents Handling inbound and outbound calls, emails, and chats. Supervisors Monitoring performance and coaching agents in real-time. Workforce Management (WFM) Forecasting, scheduling, and making sure the right number of agents are on hand during peak hours.

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