Vistio

DECEMBER 12, 2023

High training costs, high attrition, agent burnout, and outdated systems get in the way of empowering agents to provide excellent customer service. So, how best to fix these issues to boost agent productivity and morale?

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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. Empower agents with autonomy 4. Provide ongoing training and feedback 7.

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Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Replacing agents lost to attrition is costly — averaging more than $14,000 per agent. To keep turnover under control, you have to make sure your managers are trained to keep engagement up and morale high. In service centers, the source of managers’ lack of connection with agents often stems from a lack of training.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The customer service profession is known for high turnover rates and agent burnout, however, some professionals greatly excel in this line of work, and show tremendous aptitude for delivering excellent customer care. Consultant, Beyond Morale. Twitter: @ CustomerIsFirst . Jim Rembach. Twitter: @ BeyondMorale.

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SharpenCX

APRIL 29, 2020

To keep your team engaged and performing at their best, your agents need to be coached daily. Because productivity without engagement is another key contributor to agent burnout – the Rube Goldberg Machine of bad outcomes. As you forecast for customer needs and plan agent schedules, build in time for coaching each agent.

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Global Response

AUGUST 7, 2023

If so, you should have a work environment that’s designed for easy collaboration, regular training and meetings where teams can work together, workflows that support cross-team collaboration, state-of-the-art communication tools so teams can easily communicate, and so on. Invest in training and development.

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Balto

JANUARY 2, 2025

A rising call transfer rate, for instance, signals gaps in agent training or routing systems, giving you a clear area for improvement. Its also essential to differentiate between customer-focused metrics and agent-focused metrics. Train agents to handle a wider range of customer interactions efficiently.

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SharpenCX

APRIL 1, 2020

You can create specific goals and benchmarks to help your agents reduce customer churn, like improving CSAT and positive customer outcomes. On the flipside, a corporate goal like improving workplace culture and manager training isn’t actionable to your customer service team. Give your team ownership over each goal.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We unite agents with AI to boost your contact center’s efficiency, guide agents with on-the-job training, proactively identify and solve customer needs, and automate the QA process with 100% call scoring. What’s more, Balto assists your agents during calls and alerts them when they deviate from the script.

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Babelforce

JULY 29, 2021

Low FCR is often the result of under-trained staff, complicated processes or too much focus on speed! #6 Reduce this figure by training agents to answer queries more efficiently or by automating time-consuming parts of the job. #15 Average idle time measures the time agents waiting for calls to come in. 6 Repeat calls.

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JustCall

MARCH 6, 2023

They reveal agent strengths and weaknesses, as well as customer satisfaction, and whether or not you have the right people and technology in place. Over time, they indicate the need for more training. Call center utilization can be defined as a measure of the agent’s productivity related to the capacity.

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Balto

JANUARY 14, 2025

Employee Engagement Analytics isnt just for customers; it benefits employee satisfaction too: Clear Feedback Loops : Metrics like average handle time (AHT) provide agents with clear performance benchmarks. Gamification : Tools turn performance goals into rewards, boosting morale. Misinterpretation of metrics leading to poor decisions.

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JustCall

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As the management, you must ensure that the agent’s work aligns with their team’s goals and your home-based call centers’ purpose. Help your employees invest more; give them an overview of the corporate culture and find ways to train them to connect with the bigger picture. Offer leadership training.

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Playvox

MAY 25, 2023

It can also help you identify the best areas to spend — whether it’s investment in additional resources, investment in training and development of your people, improving customer retention, or improving service channels. People sitting around and not being productive is bad for morale and customer experience.

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Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

These include staffing levels, employee experience, customer experience, agent workloads, team productivity, team morale, and the cost of labor. Effective scheduling not only ensures adequate coverage, but leverages agents’ skills and experience to maximize customer satisfaction and helps to avoid agent burnout.

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Voxjar

JANUARY 11, 2018

Agent Performance – Your reps are knowledgeable and trained well enough to resolve customer’s concerns on their first call. Less Agent Burnout – A first call resolution leads to less customer frustration directed towards reps and makes an inherently stressful job more enjoyable.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

We’ve previously discussed ways to combat agent burnout , but today we ask: What are the symptoms? Identifying the symptoms of burnout as soon as possible can significantly boost your service quality, workplace satisfaction, and bottom line. On top of this, a U.S. How do we properly make an early diagnosis?

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Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Solutions include reducing agent-assisted volume, maximizing the capacity you already have, and automating processes in order to relieve agent burdens. What happens when you don’t have enough contact center agents? When you have an agent shortage, it causes significant CX, operational, morale, and cost issues.

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