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Agents Will Be Empowered Only If They Feel Valued — And You Must Continuously Prove It to Them

CCNG

One of the major initiatives abuzz in the Contact Center industry is agent empowerment and how it will improve performance and CX. Agents who feel empowered are comfortable making decisions on their own, which gives them a keen sense of ownership with every customer interaction. The concept is simple.

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Boost Agent Satisfaction in Your Contact Center with These 9 Inclusive Practices

Fonolo

If you haven’t been paying attention, agent attrition has continued to rise, according to our State of the Contact Center 2020 report. And high turnover rates won’t just hit you in the wallet — it also impacts morale, which will affect any new hires. Create opportunities for agents to voice their suggestions and concerns.

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Six Expert Insights: How AI Will Shape the Future of Home Services

Balto

This blog captures the key takeaways from our recent webinar, “ The Future of Home Services: Merging Lead Intake Automation with Agent Empowerment.” The bottom line is that when agents feel supported with the right tools, they’re more likely to stay. Reducing turnover isn’t just good for morale—it’s a competitive advantage.

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Contact Center Workforce Management Best Practices

Fonolo

These resources include time, staff, technology, and processes. Real-time monitoring lets supervisors follow agent activity, track schedule adherence and make adjustments on the spot if needed. Promoting agent empowerment through self-service WFM tools often include self-service capabilities that are empowering for agents.

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Buddying Up – Putting Virtual Employee Assistants at the Heart of Agent Development

TechSee

The contact center industry continues to face extremely high agent turnover, with some outbound and telemarketing centers experiencing attrition rates as high as 27% annually. Virtual Employee Assistants (VEA) – or digital buddies – have been tapped as an effective solution to help contact centers both support and motivate their agents.

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Contact Center Management: Best Practices & Strategies for Peak Performance

Calabrio

How do you ensure all those layers of teams, policies, processes, and technologies are pulling in the same direction? Managing Technology: The contemporary contact center is an increasingly digital place. The right technology is key to facilitating contact center activity and accelerating improvement.

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Meet Customer Needs Without Overwhelming Your Agents: 6 Workforce Management Strategies to Engage your Team and Still Surpass High Customer Expectations

SharpenCX

We harbored some customer goodwill and boosted agent morale and inclusion in the process. Remember – agents are an integral part of your company, too. Instead, manage shifts and stagger breaks, making sure each agent gets time for breaks, but customers still get the help they need. Plan for downtime, ahead of time.