NICE inContact

DECEMBER 12, 2016

I would argue that the outcome of the customer interaction – specifically the level of effort and the resolution – has very little to do with the agent, and everything to do with the processes and empowerment culture of the contact center. Agents Want to Solve Customer Issues – But Can They? Reflect and move the needle.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This granular understanding allows businesses to proactively address negative experiences, capitalize on positive feedback, and tailor agent coaching to improve future interactions. Agent Coaching and Performance Management: Get automated insights into agent performance, identify training needs, and personalize coaching.

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Global Response

AUGUST 7, 2023

What does empowerment look like when it comes to their role? Agent empowerment is key for increasing retention and job satisfaction, but it also plays a large role in effective customer service and customer satisfaction. So, how do you create empowered call center agents who can deliver great service day-in and day-out?

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Calabrio

MARCH 5, 2025

Improved performance management and agent empowerment. In the process, they equip leaders to identify skill gaps, deliver targeted coaching, and develop effective ongoing training programs. With CX analytics, you create offers tailored to customer preferences, increasing conversions and driving higher sales performance.

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Customer Service Life

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Like other KPIs, this is a metric that’s tracked and improved upon from the organizational level all the way down to each individual agent. The idea is that through consistent monitoring and coaching, agents will improve these scores and the quality of their customer service over time. Batting around an alternative. What’s next?

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 10, 2025

As you harness these powerful technologies, the next step is to equip your agents with the right tools and training to maximize these technological advancements. How to Empower Your Contact Center Agents Implement a Robust Knowledge Management System A comprehensive knowledge management system serves as the foundation for agent empowerment.

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Balto

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Agent Empowerment. Agent empowerment is one of the top trends in the contact center space for 2023. Empowering your agents means equipping your teams with the tools, trust, information, and freedom they need to make decisions when customers need it the most. Agent Experience.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Idaho Central continuously improves frontline engagement and performance and encourages agent empowerment—all backed by Calabrio’s integrated workforce management (WFM) platform. THE ONE AWARDS WINNERS. The Leader – Idaho Central Credit Union. Runner Up – Bluegrass Cellular.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 9, 2019

Agent coaching and development. Beyond monitoring agents, many contact centers use QM to gain an understanding of their customer’s experience. For example, data from evaluated calls can be used within a performance improvement process to improve agent development and engagement. Legal and compliance reasons.

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Tethr

JUNE 30, 2021

Especially in a world where callers are bringing more complicated issues to call center representatives and expecting higher levels of critical thinking and problem-solving skills, it’s essential to focus on agent empowerment.

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SharpenCX

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Truth be told, how you manage and coach your team has a massive impact on customer happiness. Because it determines your agents’ empowerment, productivity, and happiness at work. What does my relationship with my direct reports have to do with my customers’ happiness?

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SharpenCX

APRIL 29, 2020

Build in time for agent coaching. 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. Coaching builds confidence in your agents.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Emphasis on agent empowerment: Features like mobile self-scheduling, automated quality management, and intuitive AI-powered BI tools empower agents, boosting engagement and job satisfaction. Strong learning and coaching support: Talkdesk is known for its strong support team.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 30, 2021

And if you use a platform like Sharpen’s , you can pair your omnichannel service with training and coaching all in the same platform. Project 2: Create a Compelling Coaching and Training Program (& Make Use of These Resources!). Productive coaching and training doesn’t just happen organically. Train agents as a team.

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SharpenCX

MAY 6, 2021

Transferring a customer to another department, agent, or supervisor is one of the top issues plaguing your customers’ satisfaction. Customers cited a lack of agent empowerment as one of their main sources of customer rage in 2020. That’s right. When you measure ACR, you get the insight you need to improve it.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Preventing Agent Burnout. Most fundamentally you need to promote a culture of agent empowerment. When you hire and onboard agents and managers with intention and care, you increase your chances of creating a positive and empowering culture. There are a number of steps you can take to prevent burnout.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Real-Time Agent Assist uses AI and Machine Learning to analyze customer needs and emotions, then deliver real-time coaching so contact center agents can take the best next step for customers. Real-Time Agent Assist. Automated Call Summaries .

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

Agent Empowerment and Scheduling: Grant is Calabrio ONE’s AI-enabled virtual assistant who has revolutionised scheduling for agents and managers alike. Grant liberates agents from mundane tasks empowering them to maximise their time.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

It lives in how you use your insights to fuel positive changes that improve your customer and agent experience. Your data is a powerhouse of information that lets you spot operational inefficiencies, agent empowerment issues, or inaccuracies that make your customer interactions difficult. It’s time to use it. We’re here to help.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

It lives in how you use your insights to fuel positive changes that improve your customer and agent experience. Your data is a powerhouse of information that lets you spot operational inefficiencies, agent empowerment issues, or inaccuracies that make your customer interactions difficult. It’s time to use it. We’re here to help.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 14, 2022

Agent empowerment technologies like AI-powered Chatbots and self-scheduling facilitate a healthy work-life balance, helping remote employees to mark a clear distinction between being ‘on’ and ‘off’ duty.

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Balto

AUGUST 23, 2024

Insightful Data-Driven Reports: Track long-term quality trends and assess coaching effectiveness through comprehensive reports. Side-Screen Guidance: Agents receive guidance directly on their screens, ensuring they stay on track during interactions. Key Highlights: AI-driven Insights: Convin.ai Seamless Integration: Convin.ai

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Tethr

AUGUST 4, 2020

Empower your agents. Effective coaching should reflect the common purpose of meeting customer needs and advising employees on certain criteria they can utilize to handle customer interactions on their own. Messages of support, trust and empowerment help keep individual ownership front and center.

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Balto

JANUARY 3, 2025

Modern platforms provide real-time guidance , allowing agents to receive in-the-moment coaching while maintaining compliance and efficiency. Close the Feedback Loop: Regularly share insights with agents, supervisors, and leadership, creating a culture of continuous learning.

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Balto

JANUARY 2, 2025

From optimizing call center agent performance metrics to empowering call center managers, this guide breaks down how to achieve operational excellence while keeping your team engaged and motivated. A call center employee seated at a desk wearing a headset, while receiving coaching from a manager standing next to the desk.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 2, 2018

Agent performance is, itself, a major challenge for contact centers. Even if all the strategic and systemic stars align, there is no guarantee the agents will actually be able to achieve optimal results. Quickly, yet meaningfully connecting with a customer is difficult enough for agents who have the information they need.

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teleopti

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Once everyone is confident with the new system, discuss ways to utilize the latest WFM training planner capabilities for coaching sessions. If necessary, enlist help from seasoned users in the WFM team.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For 48% of businesses, improving agent training and coaching is the number one strategy for creating a better agent experience in 2018. Companies across the board believe that greater empowerment makes for a greater agent experience. Improved training doesn’t only help agents: It helps customers as well.

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DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Some recordings are reviewed by a quality management team who evaluate, score, and coach agents on their performance. While DMG does not have any insight into the specifics of Wells Fargo’s contact centers, it’s likely that agents were given sales and up-sell goals that were closely monitored by management.

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Balto

JANUARY 17, 2025

You should also consider the expected demand for each channel based on accurate data-based forecasts channels that expect the highest levels of demand should have more agents readily available to support customers. Adopting skill-based agent scheduling also means that youll need to fine-tune your coaching and training strategies.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

Make onboarding & ongoing coaching as stellar as possible. James Pollard is a marketing consultant who works specifically with financial advisors over at The Advisor Coach. If someone is making a mistake for two months waiting for his/her quarterly coaching session, thousands of dollars can be lost. James Pollard.

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3CLogic

JANUARY 5, 2022

Perhaps the reason why is because agents have made it clear that they prefer a remote environment. This leads right into another top trend from 2021: a move toward leveraging analytics to promote agent empowerment. Giving agents the tools they need to deliver exceptional experiences. Providing individualized coaching.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 29, 2019

But if you can tie consistently low CSAT scores to specific agents, chances are high it’s a behavioral pattern or empowerment issue you can jump in and fix. Coach and train your agents for empowerment to improve your customers’ satisfaction. Get the tactics and methods you need to be a better coach.

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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.

Best practices 52

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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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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

You’re actively involved with your agents rather than operating hands-off. The Experience Coach. The experience coach focuses on individualism. You know that providing relevant feedback often will improve your agents’ well-being and your customer satisfaction. Read Next] How agent empowerment impacts customer service.

Call Center 67

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Calabrio

MARCH 10, 2025

Here’s how a QA scorecard empowers your contact center: Pinpoint Performance Gaps: Unlike broad surveys, a QA scorecard allows you to identify specific areas where agents excel or fall short. This granular data enables targeted coaching and training, addressing individual needs and boosting overall team performance.

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