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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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Customer Engagement Center Capabilities: Agent Empowerment and Engagement

Aspect

Still, the majority of agents said they plan on staying with the company where they are currently employed. Turns out one of the key factors to keeping employees engaged is having the most up to date technology to service customers. But what makes an employee engaged? Click here.

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Workforce Innovation That Works for You: How Leading Contact Centers Are Staying Ahead in 2025

Calabrio

Thats one reason why, in the face of these headwinds, contact centers are looking to innovative technology to provide a breakthrough. Activity Request Taking Agent Empowerment to the next level What is it? Average handle times have continued to climb , while abandonment rates nearly doubled post-pandemic.

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Agents or AI? Why the future of contact centers needs both to thrive

Balto

As these technologies improve, these bots are getting better at recognizing context and intent, making them more useful in guiding humans through simple processes. However, their true strength lies in complementing human agents. What is agent empowerment?

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Agent Empowerment: Putting Firstline Employees First in the Contact Center

Noble Systems

Advancements in technology have contact centers light years ahead of where they were five – even two years ago. ” Dan Belmont, a senior consultant for WMP, writes that savvy executives will “swiftly and fully integrate tools, people, systems, information, and operational technology to align with serving the customer.”.

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Technology to Empower Agents: Intelligent Desktops

Contact Center Pipeline

An empowered work environment is one in which agents have a sense of ownership over their work and the right tools to do their job efficiently and effectively. While empowerment can be applied through processes and policies, technology can also empower frontline staff to increase their productivity, performance and engagement.

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The three areas to focus on to empower your agents

Eptica

Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager Empowering your customer service agents delivers a range of benefits from increased contact centre productivity and happier agents to an overall better customer experience. Read the full article on our parent company Enghouse Interactive’s site here.