Brad Cleveland Blog

MARCH 5, 2020

Once I worked with a technical support center that had a fairly wide range of average handling times (AHTs). Most of the agents had AHTs somewhere from 8 to 12 minutes, but the AHT for one agent in the group was over 20 minutes.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Janeen Ansell is the Operations Manager at TeleDirect , a leader in business process outsourcing (BPO) with a multi-tier menu of solutions for a variety of commerce requirements. If you manage a call center and are looking for a solution to monitor, whisper and barge on calls, you may find some confusing results when searching online…”.

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Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Infusing artificial intelligence (AI) into processes is top of mind for business leaders and managers in all industries and across all job functions. These “cutting-edge” technologies at the time helped managers better distribute and manage voice calls more efficiently. But it goes beyond enabling automation.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 4, 2020

To build call center improvement strategies for a better CX, put coaching and quality management into your daily routine. Daily quality management drives better performance and experiences for agents (and customers). How can you move toward improvement when you barely have time to maintain the status quo?

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Aspect

JULY 15, 2020

On July 14, Aspect released a new version of the Aspect Workforce Optimization Suite including Workforce Management (WFM) , Quality Management (AQM) and Performance Management (APM). Aspect delivers on that need in W orkforce Optimization Version 20. .

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

And the only way to succeed is through an effective contact center management system. This blog will look at the tips and best practices for contact center management. What is Contact Center Management? Contact center management is how managers run their contact center’s daily operations.

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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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Global Response

MARCH 26, 2024

It streamlines processes, saves money, and improves the overall quality of customer service. While outsourcing BPO services provides a host of benefits, it also comes with the challenges of managing a third-party relationship. It also shows they have successfully managed similar processes and functions you intend to outsource.

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Fonolo

APRIL 7, 2022

Call quality monitoring is an essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to increasing and maintaining high customer satisfaction (CSat) scores. Quality management is also a great way to find holes in a call center agent’s skill set and address them head on with specific training. What is Call Center Quality Monitoring?

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Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

Management and motivational techniques are also required to overcome these new challenges. And they should take into account that remote work generally requires more independent time management skill and tech savvy than on-site employment. Manage to the Metrics. So let’s get started! The Rules Still Apply.

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Playvox

DECEMBER 13, 2022

During my career in workforce management, call avoidance was always an issue — regardless of the location of the business, the nature of the business, or the location of the agent. Call avoidance , now known as interaction avoidance, denotes the steps an agent takes to avoid handling a customer interaction. And Why it Matters).

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NICE inContact

JUNE 5, 2019

However, every day in the contact center, supervisors and managers send incomplete messages to their agents, failing to prescribe what “medicine” is needed to correct their performance problems. In the contact center, we might tell an agent “your average handle time is too high.” Select the Right QM Platform.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

To properly manage your teams and fulfill your customers and business objectives, you must monitor many KPIs. However, with the volume of calls and data generated on a daily basis in contact centers, managers and supervisors frequently feel overwhelmed. The metrics that are appropriate for your organization will serve as your compass.

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Monet Software

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Frequently when the outward signs of burnout finally appear, call center managers have only a short window of opportunity to prevent the worst outcomes. Burnout is a common job issue, and it’s associated with stress that hasn’t been sufficiently managed or mitigated. Unusually negative reactions to managers and coworkers.

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Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

What is Performance Management? Call Center Performance Management is a program, generally led by a contact center operations manager, dedicated to calculating and improving the performance of contact center agents. That’s where leveraging contact center performance management software can help. The answer is both.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Setting goals can also help managers monitor agent performance and identify areas where additional training or coaching may be needed. By regularly reviewing progress toward these goals, managers can provide feedback and support to help agents achieve their targets.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here are some standout features: Hold Queues and Smart Call Routing: Efficiently managing incoming call volumes is fundamental. Hold Queues : Ensures calls are answered promptly, minimizing wait times. WFO encompasses a range of practices, from forecasting and scheduling to performance management and agent training.

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Taylor Reach Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Learning Management System (LMS). Workforce Management (WFM). Quality Management (QM). The communication platform is the hub that manages all incoming/outgoing interaction between the business and its customers. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT.

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Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, so you need to capture customer experience metrics to understand how they evaluate their interactions with your brand. Related Article: How Quality Management Can Help Improve Your Customer Experience. A few examples can be found here. ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? Sign up for our newsletter.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Our Playbook for the Transformational BPO details how conversational AI and automation can optimize customer interactions and deliver: Better average handle times (AHT) and first call resolution (FCR) rates. Fewer time-consuming manual tasks and less after-call work (ACW).

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Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. To keep turnover under control, you have to make sure your managers are trained to keep engagement up and morale high. Gallup reports that low-effort managers engaging in “quiet firing” is a big issue.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Quality monitoring should also involve every part of your party that leads to customer engagement; think online chat messages (live or automated), social media interactions, and emails. Keeping tabs on customer interaction quality can help you determine where your business stands. High AHTs generally point to low-quality interactions.

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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? Calabrio is a trusted ally to leading brands.

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Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

Fortunately, there is a way forward: leveraging the right workforce engagement management (WEM) tools. Related Article: What is Workforce Engagement Management (And Why It Matters). These include cost and efficiency metrics, such as first contact resolution (FCR) and average handle time (AHT). Perhaps not.

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Monet Software

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Not enough time. Mandatory, regularly scheduled sessions for every agent are a must if you expect to see steady improvement in average handle time, first-call resolution and other key metrics. Call recording is an integral part of coaching – that’s why it’s an integral part of our quality management solution.

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Connect

APRIL 18, 2024

In contact centres, the technology holds the potential to turn clunky chatbots into super-agents that deliver exceptional customer experiences 24×7, boost agent productivity, and drive business success by managing frontline engagement, offloading basic tasks from agents to boost contact centre capacity and first contact resolution (FCR) rates.

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Global Response

MARCH 1, 2022

After all, when you’re managing a call center, whether it’s in-house or outsourced, there’s a long list of KPIs (key performance indicators) that you could be measuring. Handle time, CSAT, FCR, abandonment rate—the list is nearly endless. Then you may want to look at average handle time and first contact resolution.

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Fonolo

APRIL 7, 2022

Call quality monitoring is an essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to increasing and maintaining high customer satisfaction (CSat) scores. Quality management is also a great way to find holes in a call center agent’s skill set and address them head on with specific training. What is Call Center Quality Monitoring?

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 25, 2022

This desktop should be fully loaded with consistent productivity and collaboration tools and knowledge management, making it easy for agents to access the information and resources they need to achieve successful resolutions.

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teleopti

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Advances in analytics and AI are pushing the barriers for Workforce Management (WFM) and Magnus Geverts at Teleopti, a Calabrio Company says it’s time to act now to take advantage of new initiatives, starting with a data-infused WFM strategy for better human interactions and superior customer experiences. Maximize human capital.

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Monet Software

MAY 29, 2018

Often, average handle time drops – which sounds good until you realize that it’s happening not because agents are being more efficient, but because they have one foot out the door already and are rushing through their last few calls. Would your new agents benefit from a better quality management solution?

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We’re making it easier than ever for contact center managers to bring together the most powerful solution to operate your contact center, to drive efficiency and productivity, and to give your agent a streamlined desktop with everything they need in one place. Easy-to-use, integrated agent desktop delivers productivity.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 10, 2023

Fortunately, many innovations that have been under development during the past few years are ready to be rolled out and are positioned to help contact center managers achieve their departmental and corporate objectives. Analytics-enabled quality management (AQM) (a.k.a. automated quality management).

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Taylor Reach Group

AUGUST 23, 2017

We are all familiar with the maxim that “you can’t manage what you don’t measure”, and it is certainly true. Management and their immediate Team Leaders define what those performance standards are. Best practice is for management to be transparent regarding what the performance standards are and why they are important.

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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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Outsource Consultants

MARCH 9, 2018

This includes ensuring the agents receive the proper training, quality management, and calibrations to drive high-level performance. The following are six major KPIs to use as a starting point to effectively manage your outsource call center. 5) Call Quality. 6) Average Handling Time.

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