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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of February 26, 2024

ShepHyken

BONUS 16 Ways to Reduce AHT – Without Damaging the Customer Experience by Call Centre Helper (Call Centre Helper) Looking to reduce Average Handling Time (AHT) but worried about damaging the customer experience in the process? There are ways around this! Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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How Agent Stress Can Tank Your Customer Service Scores

Vistio

See how ServiceSim works in 90 seconds: Building Stress-Resistant Teams with Smart Training The good news is that there are training techniques that can help agents build resilience and handle high-stress situations effectively.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of October 2, 2023

ShepHyken

AHT, as in average handle time, is a metric used to measure the average length of time for a customer support call. Some companies look for low AHTs, hoping to manage more calls per hour or shift with a lower time. My Comment: For those in the customer support world, this article is for you.

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Agent Experience (AX): The Next Frontier for Elevating the Customer Experience (CX)

CCNG

Think of carpenters with well-ordered workshops, who know exactly where to find the tools needed to complete their tasks. Consider a knowledge management {KM} system that reduces your Average Handle Time metric from 5 minutes to 4.5 A center with 1,000,000 calls per year could save 10% of time spent on calls.

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How to Improve Call Center Customer Service

TechSee

Similarly, call center agents are measured on their average handle times. These two metrics are closely related, as longer handle times will naturally result in longer wait times for customers. This can result in multiple follow-up calls and longer average handle times, exacerbating customer frustration.

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Call center training time comes down with these 7 technologies

TechSee

Its flexible public channels, along with small private groups, can facilitate group learning as well as smaller workshops where ideas can be shared in real time. Competition can be based on any activity tracked by the platform, such as resolved cases, average handle times, or timesheet submissions. Get in the game.

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Redefining Contact Center Productivity for the Modern Associate

The Northridge Group

Even Some of the Best KPIs Can Be Misleading Cost-per-contact and Average Handle Time (AHT) are two metrics that may present misleading information. Cost-per-contact measures the average cost of each issue interaction and has historically been used to determine how much is being spent on customer support.