Calabrio

APRIL 24, 2025

AI-Powered, Automated Quality Management Manual quality assurance, typically covering only 1-3% of interactions, is being revolutionized by automated quality management. This identifies coaching opportunities and ensures compliance adherence far more comprehensively than manual methods.

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Playvox

JUNE 10, 2022

Coaching your contact center agents on their performance can either fill everyone with dread or be a productive activity that you and your agents look forward to. Either way, it needs to be done, and arming yourself with a full set of coaching tips for contact center agents will ensure the sessions are productive.

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Monet Software

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The college and pro football regular seasons are wrapping up, and every year that means one thing – some coaches will be out of a job. Coaching is important, whether you run a football team or a contact center. And if you’re not getting the most out of your coaching efforts, it will impact customer service. Not enough time.

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Calabrio

APRIL 8, 2025

Optimize Agent Performance, Coaching, and Quality Management Traditional KPIs like average handle time (AHT) or first-call resolution (FCR) don’t always paint a complete picture. Sentiment analysis identifies agents who consistently generate positive outcomes, revealing best practices worth sharing.

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Contact Center Best practices Coaching Analytics 52

SharpenCX

MARCH 4, 2020

This fleeting access to memory is why in-the-moment coaching is so impactful. Download Now: Get real about coaching and training your agents with these 7 techniques. A typical call center coaches and trains agents in a few different ways. And, they cram months (and months) of feedback into a single coaching session.

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Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

Automate performance evaluation: AI-driven QA scorecards and analytics streamline the evaluation process, freeing up managers to focus on coaching and development. It directly impacts: Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty: By ensuring consistent, high-quality interactions, QA drives customer satisfaction and fosters long-term loyalty.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Analytics Why Manual Quality Management is Falling Behind (and what to do about it) Share The Quality Management (QM) landscape is undergoing a rapid transformation as delivering exceptional customer experiences (CX) has become a defining factor of business success. Contact centers are at the heart of this challenge.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Call center quality management can present numerous challenges for your business. More often than not, you’ll find yourself dealing with one of the following two issues: a lack of data for accurate quality management, or an abundance of data with limited ability to transform it into useful insights.

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Monet Software

AUGUST 29, 2018

Do you have a quality management program? If you’re not sure where you stand on quality management, here are five signs that a fresh start might be recommended. If you’re not sure where you stand on quality management, here are five signs that a fresh start might be recommended. Normal.dotm.

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Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

According to a recent Gartner survey , 62% of millennials and 75% of Gen-Z customers prefer self-service almost all the time, even when they have an option of contacting customer support. AI-powered solutions and tools are shaping the way organizations engage with and manage their workforce. But it goes beyond enabling automation.

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Calabrio

MARCH 7, 2025

Workforce Engagement How to Combat Call Center Agent Attrition Share You know the signs: increased average handle time (AHT), increased irritation, productivity decline. Lack of Support and Communication: Poor communication from management, inadequate support, and a lack of feedback can create a negative work environment.

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Calabrio

MARCH 5, 2025

Improved performance management and agent empowerment. Leading contact center quality management solutions provide comprehensive evaluations of 100% of interactions. In the process, they equip leaders to identify skill gaps, deliver targeted coaching, and develop effective ongoing training programs.

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Monet Software

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

You may want to start by putting the agent in touch with a trusted member of the team, perhaps a sensitive HR professional or their quality coach, whomever has the best rapport with the individual. Can you switch up the work, put them in charge of a project, have them coach a colleague or offer other opportunities?

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Others may baulk at the inordinate amount of time or effort to manage the process as well. If you want to see an uplift in the overall customer experience, a well-thought-out quality management procedure can work wonders. For managers, call center quality assurance is a way to identify trends in the quality of service.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Additionally, agents can benefit from coaching and mentoring programs that provide ongoing feedback and guidance to help them improve their performance. The Power Of Real-Time Support I’ve personally seen the impact that real-time support can have on customer service center productivity.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Contact center managers know that quality monitoring and management is necessary to maintain or improve Customer Satisfaction (CSAT). It can be difficult, however, to tie contact center contributions to CSAT and then to resulting dollars, making it even more difficult to justify needed quality management investments.

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Fonolo

MAY 7, 2015

This means being present for your teams to provide support and advice, for coaching and development, and to essentially guide them to success. For long term success, ensure your plans align with your wider organizational strategy, stay in touch with managers in other departments, and keep up to date with the latest news in the industry.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Average handle time is an important contact centre metric but it can be a double-edged sword that creates customer dissatisfaction. So, is Average Handle Time (AHT) still a relevant metric and what does it mean for contact centres today?

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 24, 2025

Essential KPIs include: Average Handle Time (AHT) Measures the time spent per interaction. Provide Consistent Feedback and Coaching Timely feedback accelerates agent development. Use a structured coaching approach, such as: Highlighting two strengths. Identifying one area for improvement.

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Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

But the gap between how managers view feedback and how employees see it simply isn’t good for agent morale and mindset. To keep engagement up, feedback should be focused on coaching rather than micromanaging. A coaching solution that automatically delivers feedback on how to improve can be very effective.

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Contact Center Agent burnout Morale Coaching 78

Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

These include cost and efficiency metrics, such as first contact resolution (FCR) and average handle time (AHT). The core of workforce engagement management (WEM) suites are workforce management (WFM) and quality management (QM) solutions. How to Select the Right WEM Solution for Your Contact Center.

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 16, 2025

Actionable Feedback Loops: Provide timely, constructive feedback to agents. The most effective QA programs offer immediate insights, allowing for real-time improvements. Targeted Training and Development: Use QA findings to inform personalized coaching sessions and broader training initiatives.

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Playvox

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Here are a few tips you can use to quickly spot this behavior: Review Average Handle Time (AHT) or First Answer Handle Time (FAHT). The right workforce engagement management solution will help you train, coach , and motivate agents to reduce interaction avoidance and help them stay on the right track.

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Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

Related Article: How Quality Management Can Help Improve Your Customer Experience. This requires going beyond traditional contact center metrics such as service level, average time to answer, and average handle time. 86% of buyers will pay more for a great customer experience. Take the first step.

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Outsource Consultants

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Advanced Analytics for Performance Tracking Performance tracking has evolved beyond basic metrics like average handling time. Predictive analytics tools forecast call volumes and optimize workforce management. This has resulted in reduced average handling times without compromising on quality.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Bottom line: You can lower cost while improving critical contact center KPIs such as customer satisfaction (CSAT), first call resolution (FCR), and average handle time (AHT). They can also handle up to 25 interactions concurrently, driving agent productivity up and customer wait times down.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This not only helps in ensuring compliance with protocols but also provides opportunities for coaching and feedback based on actual performance. By identifying areas for improvement, call centers can increase the quality of service and customer satisfaction.

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Connect

APRIL 18, 2024

The technology can also boost agent productivity with automation, real-time guidance, and performance coaching and enhance operational efficiency by reducing costs, optimising resources, and enabling data-driven decisions.

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Taylor Reach Group

AUGUST 23, 2017

Login time. Available time. Busy/Not ready time. Talk time. Warp time. Hold time. Status states (lunch, break, coaching, training, etc.). Average talk time. Average hold time. Average handle time. Quality/Compliance score. Quality Manager.

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teleopti

OCTOBER 18, 2019

McKinsey and Company found that companies that have already applied advanced analytics have reduced average handle time by up to 40 percent , cut employee costs and boosted the conversion rate on service-to-sales calls by nearly 50 percent—all while improving customer satisfaction and employee engagement.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 10, 2022

Contact centre solutions disruptor launches industry leading AI capabilities for quality management teams and performance improvement leaders. Across hundreds of customers globally, brands such as Jet2, DHL and Ubisoft are achieving real, tangible quality assurance benefits.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Like First Call Resolution and Average Handle Time. One study from Service Quality Management Group found that for every 1% improvement in FCR, there’s a 1 percent improvement in CSAT. While you have your agents top-of-mind, get actionable tactics to coach and develop your team.

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 2, 2022

These AI-based assistants function as virtual coaches, providing agents with context-based guidance obtained from knowledge bases, FAQs, intranets, and other sources as needed to improve agent efficiency, accuracy, and quality.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 10, 2023

Analytics-enabled quality management (AQM) (a.k.a. automated quality management). This application can fully or partially automate the quality management process and allow companies to evaluate up to 100 percent of interactions cost-effectively.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Gamification Quality management 48

DMG Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2024

This applies to historical and real-time conversation analytics as well as related applications built on its technology, including transcription, analytics-enabled quality management (AQM), real-time guidance (RTG), next best action, real-time coaching, automated post-interaction summarization, and more.

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Analytics Contact Center Quality management Calibration 48

Verint

APRIL 12, 2018

These calls had the highest average handle time (AHT)—more than 19 minutes per call. The operational KPIs help drive efficiencies, but the revenue per hour KPI has helped increase sales booking conversions from 30% to 60%, because agents can see their own performance at any time—which often leads to higher goal attainment.

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Outsource Consultants

MARCH 9, 2018

This includes ensuring the agents receive the proper training, quality management, and calibrations to drive high-level performance. On a weekly basis, schedule call calibration sessions to determine if the goals for call quality are in line with the execution and performance of the call center provider.

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