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5 Ways To Help Your Customer Care Agents Improve CX Performance

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It has softened customer expectations of some providers, while intensifying their frustrations with others. Yet, at the center of all of these shifting priorities, one thing has remained remarkably consistent: the power of a talented, engaged customer care agent to strengthen the bond between brand and customer.

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Stop Believing These 5 Common Myths About Working From Home

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Somehow, this erroneous assumption, (that, if left to their own devices at home, your customer care agents will be start slacking off) has been accepted as fact. It demands a continuous, long-term investment in monitoring best practices, technology upgrades, and ongoing agent and management training.

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The Rising Risk of Call Center Agent Burnout in the Age of COVID-19

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The truth is, while there had been a growing trend of call centers moving their staffs out of office buildings and into at-home workspaces, that trend was moving pretty slowly. How are your agents doing during this unprecedented, often confusing, sometimes painful time? Your at-home agents haven’t just been staying home for their jobs.

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COVID-19 Rapid Response: Switch To Work-At-Home 8 Critical Questions to Assess Your Technology Readiness

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In my most recent post, I talked about how COVID-19 has created a new urgency among customer care leaders. Many of you are looking for ways to accelerate current plans to transition from on-site to at-home agents. Many more are trying to determine the feasibility of a first-time, rapid deployment of at-home operations.

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5 Tricks to Treating Your Customers

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Personally, I have always believed that every customer who calls deserves to be heard with care, answered with speed and accuracy, and leave the call feeling cared about. This year, every customer’s need to experience empathy and feel trust in their brand has skyrocketed. Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

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6 CX Innovations That Have Advanced at Lightening Speed Since COVID-19

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I would add a 6 th one: Decentralized Call Centers Staffed with At-Home Agents. If you would like to know more about how Skybridge Americas can help you deliver superior customer experience with high performing teams of at-home agents, please reach out. Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

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The Future of Contact Centers: Is Your COVID-19 Solution a BandAid or The New Normal?

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Case in point: if your pre-pandemic customer care contact center was already fully transitioned to a remote workforce, comprised of high performing, at-home agents, you were in the lucky minority. Maybe you’ve been appealing to your customers’ understanding, “as we all go through this together.” Skybridge Americas.