Myra Golden Media

JULY 12, 2019

The goal was to motivate customer service employees to deliver a better customer experience by monitoring calls and giving feedback on calls. Before you coach the call, ask, “How did that call feel to you?” Make It About Coaching Employees to Optimal Performance. So often I see management in companies coaching the numbers. “We

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Calibration sessions serve this purpose for call centers. This article decodes the function and best practices for call calibration. Key Points: Call Center Calibration measures how well the call center works as a whole. You must assist the call center in ensuring the accuracy of its quality measurement procedures.

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Call Design

JULY 6, 2021

This metric is very similar to the customer satisfaction number as feedback is provided back to the company through a survey form from the customer. As a result, the feedback could be biased and may not accurately represent a customer’s effort to obtain a solution. Advisor Satisfaction. Forecast Accuracy.

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Customer Service Life

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Not long ago I saw a demo of a cool product for gathering customer feedback called Stella Connect. This then led me to ask: Can and should customer feedback ever replace our own internal quality assurance efforts? Random quality audits aren’t dependent on customer feedback so they can review a more representative sample.

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Taylor Reach Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This point and the futility or calibrating a 5 to 6 on a 10-point scale are why most quality programs actually offer no insight into actual quality. The second side of that coin is the direct customer feedback related to the specific interaction in question. A better approach is to look at the quality process as two sides of the coin.

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Voxjar

JUNE 5, 2021

Two words: call calibration. In this guide, we’re going to cover everything you need to know about call calibration: what it is, why it matters, and how to do it to keep your customers—and call center agents—happy. What Is Call Calibration? What’s So Important About Call Calibration? Provide Feedback.

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CSR Inc.

MARCH 5, 2017

With QA, coaching and accountability are the diet and exercise. Call Center Agent Coaching ‘The more coaching, the better’ is a mantra we drive home with clients. Coaching touch points are critical to making progress. In such cases, a common way to provide coaching comments is on the evaluation.

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Customer Service Life

JANUARY 15, 2019

They believe that quality assurance is about coaching agents and making continuous improvement over time and that supersedes a score. Any seasoned coach has seen the look in an agent’s eye when they’re handed a quality review and they go straight to the score. Clearly verifying customers should be a priority when coaching Bob.

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BetterXperience

DECEMBER 24, 2015

I was on one of those dreaded calibration calls with an external client — you know, that conference call where you randomly listen to a phone call from a customer and critique how well the representative did. This skill is imparted via coaching and not training. Make it your goal to shorten training and increase coaching.

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Taylor Reach Group

DECEMBER 7, 2018

This is reflected in lower FCR, longer calls, the need for more coaching and QA resource support, and of course they achieve lower CSAT and NPS scores, costing the organization customers. Improving coaching processes. There needs to be a feedback loop between Nesting and Training, otherwise nothing gets fixed.

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Serenova

MAY 13, 2020

With this critical information, you can identify exactly where each agent is delivering great service while uncovering opportunities for additional training, coaching and tools. You can determine the coaching and training that will have the greatest impact on customer experience. Also, encourage their feedback in the process.

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Customer Relationship Metrics

JULY 26, 2017

A large part of that challenge comes from the need to hide your real emotions and continue to ‘grin and bear it,’ even when receiving negative or critical feedback. Think about the evaluation, the calibration, and the coaching. Managing Emotions. Think about it as external Quality Monitoring (eQM).

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Balto

MARCH 17, 2025

Agent coaching becomes more targeted as prescriptive systems identify skills gaps and learning opportunities. Supervisors should focus on specific call segments where agents struggled rather than overwhelming them with broad feedback. Decision support systems suggest optimal next steps for agents during live calls.

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Etech GS

APRIL 1, 2019

If you know there is a bad interaction, do not choose to play it in a calibration session that is attended by a large group. Take the agent into an individual coaching session to discuss the interaction whether it be a chat, call, or social media contact. The ideal coaching session takes no more than 15 minutes.

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aircall

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Maintain fair and consistent feedback. Manager reviews promote a regular feedback cycle across team members. They use a 2-point rating scale and make sure each agent receives at least four points of feedback every week. Maintaining fair and consistent grading with regular calibration sessions. With Klaus, they: 1.

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Integrity Solutions

AUGUST 24, 2022

What they don’t always recognize is that it’s something that can be developed through effective training and coaching. These and other alignment checks should be part of the ongoing performance strategies of the sales manager and coach. Senior leaders prioritize coaching and expect others to coach their teams.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Beyond evaluation scores, it also focuses on coaching and includes processes to maintain the integrity of the feedback, like calibration. The right quality management solution will ensure that your agents have clear, key goals to achieve and receive useful feedback and coaching when they don’t.

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DMG Consulting

JULY 26, 2018

Effective QA programs actively engage their agents at all stages of the program, including development, roll-out, calibration and continuous improvement. If you already have a QA program, involve agents in calibration sessions and providing feedback to enhance the evaluation form periodically, but no less often than every 6 months.

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CSR Inc.

JULY 9, 2017

Customer Service Starts With Coaching the Coaches Many times when we think about Call Center Quality Assurance , we focus our attention on the front line agents. We also tend to focus most of the training & coaching in a customer service organization on customer service reps (CSRs).

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Regular doses of agent feedback are like taking daily vitamin C. And, with every piece of feedback you give, your agents get stronger. Putting in the time to coach and train your team ensures you stop bad agent habits in their tracks. Agent scorecards are feedback tools to help you put intention behind your coaching moments.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Calibrate Contact Center Interactions Fairly and Consistently While we all know that feedback is important, when a call center gets busy, coaching, mentoring, and even quality management may fall to the side as agents and their leaders look at meeting and beating agreed-upon Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Operational costs – Agents who aren’t invested or lack training, feedback, or coaching tend to be inefficient, ultimately costing your business financially. Prevent and close employee skill gaps with a seamless integration to coaching. Workforce Management The yin to QM’s yang is Workforce Management (WFM).

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Customer Service Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Here’s a definition: Quality assurance for the contact center is about setting a standard for how the work is done and then ensuring, through evaluation, coaching, and training, that the work is consistently done at or above the standard. Regularly evaluate customer interactions and coach agents. How will quality help?

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 16, 2025

Actionable Feedback Loops: Provide timely, constructive feedback to agents. Targeted Training and Development: Use QA findings to inform personalized coaching sessions and broader training initiatives. A financial services company integrated their QA data with customer feedback and operational metrics.

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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. This feedback can highlight specific areas where agents excel or need improvement. A well-calibrated IVR system is the cornerstone for intelligent contact center automation.

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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

But when the whole month has a lot of calls which were of all different types, the quality report – which can identify potential gaps and required agent coaching or training – may be delayed by many days. They also should ask for agents’ feedback about the practices that the team follows. Who is coaching the coaches?

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Customer Service Life

MAY 31, 2018

It’s challenging to define a quality customer service interaction but essential if you’re going to deliver any level of consistent service to customers — let alone get agents and supervisors to all understand and agree on the standard ( this is called calibration ). Shift focus to coaching and excellence. Eliminate score haggling.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2024

This doesn’t mean giving out empty praise or insincere feedback. According to a recent Gallup study , best-in-class managers use ongoing conversations to deliver feedback that celebrates successes and calibrates performance.

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Customer Relationship Metrics

JULY 27, 2017

Is it really helpful feedback if you are unable to know what action to take? Voice of the Customer programs that do not go beyond these very simple feedback activities can never be used for performance management. It’s entirely different to capture sentiment and feedback than to feed a performance management process.

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Balto

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Leveraging data and real-time coaching ensures efficiency without compromising service standards. Regular reviews ensure that quality benchmarks are being met and provide valuable feedback for continuous improvement in customer interactions. Solution: Provide specific, actionable feedback tied to concrete examples.

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aircall

MARCH 17, 2016

Schedule monthly calibrations with representatives from all of our different departments to review calls. Create instant ‘shout outs’ based on great customer feedback. Make sure all feedback is clear and actionable. It is really important that you deliver feedback that agents can respond to.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

It will use real-time reports, calibration, agent appeals and feedback to improve performance. Automating admin and streamlining workflows, this smarter approach empowers teams to evaluate more interactions, quickly identify areas for improvement and hold meaningful coaching conversations in a single platform.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

These professionals should be trained to evaluate calls based on specific criteria and provide feedback to agents. Also, investing time into coaching and training can help monitor call center quality effectively. This involves reviewing the calls and providing feedback to agents on their performance.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

QM is more of a comprehensive program that focuses on both performance management & process improvement by using calibration, appeals, motivation, coaching, and gamification. AI can then assist the analyst to score and provide feedback. AI can also provide feedback to justify the scoring and also help agents improve.

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24-7 InTouch

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Monitor: Evaluate the program goals previously established through regular reporting and calibration sessions. This allows for more targeted coaching at the agent level to improve the overall service delivery. For example, if “Accessories Upsell” trends lower in CSAT, coaching sessions may be tailored to focus on that call type.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

The customer satisfaction score aims to get feedback on specific topics such as products or services, quality of interactions with call center agents or after-sales support, purchase procedures, customer experience impression, etc. A well-calibrated IVR system is the cornerstone for intelligent contact center automation.

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Expivia

APRIL 1, 2021

It is up to you to coach your middle management to know and use the appropriate tone when working with their staff. Your team will take on the personality of their coach. When it’s time to replace headsets and you’ve found a few pairs that you like, let several people try them and use their feedback to pick the new ones.

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