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This has created improvements to team efficiency, bottom-line revenue, and agentmorale. This model allows for agents to work comfortably from home but within a proximal distance for occasional in-person visits. Consider LMS or gamification platforms to help raise morale around ongoing remote training and work.
After all why would we want homeagents, speech recognition, higher quality or better staff morale and management? Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week , famously told his outsourcedagents that if a problem cost less than $100 they should fix it themselves. I hope you can sense my sarcasm here.
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At Outsource Consultants, we’ve seen firsthand how companies can thrive with distributed customer service teams. Regular one-on-one check-ins between managers and agents foster personal connections and provide opportunities for feedback and career development discussions. Celebrate wins, both big and small.
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