ShepHyken

APRIL 13, 2018

As has been widely noted in today’s marketplace, your customers’ opinions and expectations – for good or bad, reasonable or not – are your company’s new benchmark. The post Guest Blog: Is Your Contact Center Using the Right Customer Feedback Tool? appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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Feedback Contact Center Journey mapping Surveys 206

Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Contact center success is heavily dependent on the agents working the frontlines to service customers every single day. Contact center agent happiness and engagement go hand-in-hand with customer happiness and satisfaction. According to ICMI , contact centers have a fairly high turnover rate of 33%.

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Contact Center Benchmark contact center solutions Coaching 148

Fonolo

DECEMBER 8, 2020

AI has been making a relentless assault on the contact center for several years. Read All the Contact Center Trends Here: Contact Center Trends 2021. Contact Center Execs Had Been ‘Back-Burnering’ Upgrades. Read All the Contact Center Trends Here: Contact Center Trends 2021.

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Contact Center Benchmark Technology Wait times 154

Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

Best Practices Contact Center Management: Best Practices & Strategies for Peak Performance Share The modern contact center is no longer seen as a mere service function at the periphery of the business. At the same time, contact center operations have also taken on a new level complexity.

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Best practices Contact Center Management Call Center 52

3CLogic

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The contact center industry is constantly evolving. Trends and predictions shaping the contact center of tomorrow 1. AI-powered self-service to become a key pillar of CX Self-service isnt optional anymore its a requirement for any contact center organization. digital, voice, etc.),

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Contact Center Self service Coaching Benchmark 98

Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Achieving Excellence: Best Practices for Contact Center Performance and Quality Assurance Whether you are an entrepreneur or a professional in the contact center industry or any other sector, you know that implementing best practices can enhance performance by leaps and bounds and drive success.

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Best practices Contact Center Contact center software Abandon rate 52

CX Global Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

I’ve been very fortunate to have gained different perspectives in the contact center industry. Your solution provider can be a key source for discovering the contact center best practices , so make sure their activity in contact center learning opportunities like networking events and education are part of your decision criteria.

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Best practices Contact Center CCNG Coaching 174

Contact Center Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2019

According to Benchmark Portal, absenteeism equates to 6.48% of all scheduled hours in a contact center. Absenteeism is a pain, we all know that. Everyone is looking for a silver bullet to stop absenteeism. A quick Google search brings up thousands of articles with countless ideas for reducing absenteeism.

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Benchmark Contact Center Schedule adherence Morale 224

Fonolo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve decided up your contact center game. Picking an effective contact center strategy is a process that requires thought, evaluation, and preparation. We’ve got eight essential tips so you can start improving your contact center today.

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Contact Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time First call resolution 148

Contact Center Pipeline

JULY 7, 2017

Our latest webinar, Bringing Quality Monitoring into the heart of the Contact Center, was packed with an array of knowledge and best practice techniques on the topic of quality monitoring (QM). On the back of this, here is a bite-sized version of the most valuable takeaways from the day.

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Contact Center Best practices Benchmark Coaching 174

Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

Workforce Management 9 Contact Center Quality Assurance Best Practices: Modernize Your Approach, Optimize Your Performance Share Even as AI enters the picture, the human interaction between agent and customer is, and will remain, at the core of customer service operations. What is call center quality assurance?

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Best practices Contact Center Chatbots Call Center 52

Toister Performance Solutions

MARCH 11, 2021

This past year has been tough on contact center agents. Some contact centers endured unimaginable spikes in volume. A report from Benchmark Portal found that agent satisfaction has remained fairly high. Benchmark Portal's last Agent Voices Report was released in 2015. The survey was conducted in 2020.

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Contact Center Benchmark Surveys Feedback 121

HGS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Adapting Value-Based Principles to the Patient Contact Center. However, many healthcare leaders are overlooking one critical department in need of investment: the patient contact center. However, many healthcare leaders are overlooking one critical department in need of investment: the patient contact center.

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Contact Center Healthcare Benchmark Airlines 113

Calabrio

MARCH 31, 2025

Workforce Management Contact Center Gamification: What You Need to Know to Use Games for Improved Engagement and Performance Share Did you know that low employee engagement costs the global economy about $8.9 Luckily, there is: its called contact center gamification. Table of Contents: What is Contact Center Gamification?

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Gamification Contact Center Call Center Metrics 52

Calabrio

APRIL 8, 2025

Analytics A Guide to Contact Center Sentiment Analysis & Measurement Jump ahead What is Contact Center Sentiment Analysis? How Does Contact Center Sentiment Analysis Work? In the contact center, customer interaction analytics can run into the same issue when analyzing a voice call.

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Contact Center Best practices Coaching Analytics 52

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We thought we were bold when we said more than 65% of contact centers would move to the cloud in 2020. Read the Full Industry Report Here: The State of the Contact Center in 2020. We’ve spoken to the experts for our State of the Contact Center 2020 report. It happened even faster than we thought.

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Contact Center Consulting Consulting call center association 135

LiveVox

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

AI benchmarks stand as the North Star for contact center operators, leading the way towards excellence and best practices that will set the next standard. The post AI Benchmarks in Customer Service: Prepping For the Enhanced Contact Center appeared first on LiveVox.

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Benchmark Contact Center Customer Service Best practices 74

The Northridge Group

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Contact Center is increasingly serving as the face of a company for customers. Contact center associates are often the only people within a company that most customers will ever get the chance to interact with. Download Northridge’s 2021 State of the Customer Service Experience Report for additional CX insights.

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Healthcare Contact Center outsourcing contact center associations 128

Spearline

JANUARY 25, 2022

While reducing customer churn is not the sole responsibility of the contact center in an organization, there are techniques that can be applied to reduce the rate. Identify low volume times at your contact center and put this time to good use. The test allows you to proactively measure and benchmark any delay.

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Contact Center Telecommunications Call flow Benchmark 132

Calabrio

MARCH 27, 2025

Analytics What Is Average Handle Time (AHT) in the Contact Center? 5 Best Practices to Improve AHT Share Every conversation in a contact centerfrom start to finishholds helpful insights about the customer experience and service performance. What Is Average Handle Time (AHT)?

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Average Handle Time Best practices Contact Center Metrics 52

3CLogic

MARCH 27, 2025

Meanwhile, 3CLogics Voice AI and contact center solutions optimize live interactions by intelligently routing calls, deflecting routine inquiries to Conversational AI, and enabling real-time self-service through voice automation.

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Government Self service contact center solutions Contact Center 96

CX Global Media

AUGUST 28, 2018

Contact centers around the world face similar challenges, yet so many continue to work in silos. Many contact center leaders have an opportunity to accelerate their success by collaborating with others. Jim Rembach : Hey this is Jim with Fast Leader Show and Call Center Coach and I’m here with David Hadabos of CCNG.

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CCNG Contact Center Chief Customer Officer Coaching 136

Talkdesk

MAY 12, 2020

The latest trend in at-home agent training centers around online, specialized tools that offer hands-on practice with a contact center interface, testing employees’ ability to learn and adapt to a technology they’ll be using daily. Encourage them to introduce their role on the team as well as how the agents can contact them.

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Contact Center Schedule adherence At home agents Scripts 119

SharpenCX

OCTOBER 6, 2021

If your contact center is filled with tired, stressed, irritable employees, your customers will notice. So, step one to running a more effective contact center is focusing on your agents, first. So, step one to running a more effective contact center is focusing on your agents, first.

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Contact Center Coaching Metrics Employee engagement 128

Taylor Reach Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There are a lot of smart — very smart — individuals managing and directing Call and Contact Centers today. This is my top ten list of really dumb things that smart call and contact center executives do. Contact Center staff is one of the most expensive and important assets within the Contact Center.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time At home agents First call resolution 111

TechSee

MAY 18, 2022

In today’s age of customer-centric service, call centers must deliver quick answers, short hold times, and the ability to speak to a live representative on demand. How can Management ensure their call centers are up to par? They can either staff up significantly or improve their call center occupancy. Telephone 80-90%.

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Call Center Contact Center Benchmark Agent burnout 109

Fonolo

APRIL 14, 2022

The best strategy is to use a combination of data reports and benchmarking to ensure your findings reflect “the big picture” Creating a Customer Service Strategy That Drives Business Growth. The best way to leverage NPS is to measure it over time and use the historical data to guide your contact center strategies.

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Benchmark Call Center Surveys Interactive Voice Response 91

ShepHyken

JUNE 30, 2017

This week we feature an article by Shaista Haque who writes about the top technology trends of 2017 that she believes will disrupt customer experience benchmarks. Shep Hyken. Consistent innovation is the greatest invention for all generations.”.

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Government Technology Benchmark call center software 236

CX Global Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Empathy training is a waste of time and will have little to no effect on the customer experience in your contact center. Many, if not all of these 7 elements can be found in contact centers where empathy is part of the customer experience. High-performing contact centers avoid this pitfall.

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Contact Center Benchmark Surveys Coaching 113

CCNG

JULY 12, 2020

The contact center industry has never experienced anything like the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we are now faced with new questions: Are you trying to decide if you should keep contact center agents at home after the COVID-19 global pandemic? The opportunity to benchmark yourself against other participating companies.

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CCNG Benchmark Contact Center Employee engagement 195

ShepHyken

AUGUST 28, 2017

The Contact Center Playbook for Improving Customer Satisfaction [Whitepaper] by Nicolina Savelli. Fonolo) In this handy playbook, contact center leaders will learn the ins and outs of improving customer satisfaction, otherwise known as CSat. Ideas like understanding industry benchmarks and using feedback are for everyone.

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Customer Service Contact Center Benchmark Big data 207

Fonolo

JULY 8, 2021

Contact centers use a few different metrics to measure customer experience. Floor-level metrics assess the efficiency of the contact center’s operations, and include Average Speed to Answer (ASA), Auxiliary Time, Handle Time, and more. Net Promoter Score is the most common customer satisfaction metric for contact centers.

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Benchmark Contact Center Airlines Metrics 142

Taylor Reach Group

APRIL 9, 2019

In much the same way as your doctor will administer blood tests, X-rays, EEG and EKG tests to determine your relative state of health, the Audit or Assessment conducts numerous tests to determine the health of you contact center. Your doctor then makes recommendations to improve your health: get more exercise, watch what you eat etc.

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Contact Center Call Center Consulting Consulting 126

CCNG

JULY 11, 2020

However, for many contact centers it’s now time to focus on the new path forward. Industry benchmarks, trend analysis, and accepted best practices all help shape your strategic decisions. Tapping into these shared experiences and professional relationships is how good contact centers get better!

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CCNG Benchmark Contact Center Customer Care 195

Callminer

OCTOBER 11, 2018

She has a wealth of experience working alongside contact centers, improving processes and delivering engaging, effective and fun learning and development solutions. First contact resolution (FCR) measures might be…”. The single most undervalued/overlooked call center metric which is not tracked by most contact centers is…”.

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Call Center Metrics Contact Center Wait times 561

Talkdesk

DECEMBER 1, 2020

To develop a transformation strategy, look beyond traditional contact center key performance indicators (KPIs) and instead use a holistic view of your CX to evaluate, prioritize and enhance areas in need of improvement. The Talkdesk CX Maturity Model evaluates CX based on nine core areas: .

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Contact Center Benchmark Enterprise Customer centricity 104