TeleDirect

MARCH 13, 2025

Develop a Comprehensive Training Program A structured training program should cover: Company policies and procedures Product and service knowledge Customer service skills (active listening, empathy, and problem-solving) Technical training (CRM systems, call routing, and software tools) 2. Q3: How can we make training sessions more engaging?

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Best practices Call Center Customer Service Average Handle Time 62

Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Agent burnout directly harms the quality of customer service your business provides and significantly hurts your company’s bottom line. It’s hard to ignore the fact that contact centers are plagued with high agent burnout and turnover rates. What Causes Agent Burnout? The Consequences of Agent Burnout.

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Agent burnout Contact Center Gamification Agent Empowerment 68

Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

So, let’s dive into the top five causes of agent burnout and look into what you can do to combat them. Overworking agents. Training bolsters agent confidence and keeps them engaged which increases job satisfaction. Friendly competition engages agents and motivates them to continually improve. Gamification.

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Agent burnout Contact Center Gamification Interactive Voice Response 53

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. Next, rethink flexibility—what does it mean for your agents in 2023?

Agent burnout 52

Agent burnout Analytics Gamification Coaching 52

Playvox

APRIL 27, 2023

Ensure every customer service representative is well-trained on new engagement tools. Address all challenges that come up — for customers and agents. Trend 2: AI-Driven Forecasting And Scheduling Tools Overstaffing and understaffing due to inaccurate forecasting models are both costly in dollars and CX.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Gamification Agent burnout Employee engagement 52

CSM Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2023

It’s a welcome shift because for most contact centre managers, agent stress is the biggest labour issue on their minds and it’s diminishing the customer experience (CX). 93% of contact centre managers say agent stress has impacted CSAT scores and they have nowhere to hide. It is a really simple thing but it doesn’t always happen.

Employee engagement 52

Employee engagement Agent burnout Gamification Analytics 52

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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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Schedule adherence 43