CSM Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

Coaching hasbecome a powerful resource for individuals hoping to grow in their leadership. This post considers how coaching can help people achievetheir leadership goals. What IsLeadership Coaching? Leadership coaching, as offered by Glenn Gow Coaching , is personalized according to the person and their goals.

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MiaRec

DECEMBER 23, 2024

If there is one thing I would have liked to have had in my role as a sales contact manager a few years ago, it would have been the ability to provide my agents with some personalized feedback after every call. They are the ones that, given the chance and good coaching, would improve their performance. but I digress.

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Callminer

MAY 11, 2020

When employees exhibit disgruntled behavior, it’s concerning for managers. Not only are managers concerned for their employee’s well-being and happiness, but disgruntled employees can contribute to a stressful working environment for the whole team. Meet Our Panel of Customer Service & Customer Experience Managers: Anh Trinh.

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ShepHyken

JULY 15, 2022

This week we feature an article by Michael Becker, founder of Abundance Accelerators , a growth agency for coaches. I’m in the coaching space so let me dive into what a 10x customer onboarding process may feel like. Michael Becker is the founder of the growth agency for coaches, Abundance Accelerators.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 28, 2025

Despite the important contributions they make, many customer service managers experience a nagging, internal doubt known as imposter syndrome. The demanding, fast-paced nature of customer service management can amplify these feelings. Imposter syndrome is something you can manage and ultimately overcome. The good news?

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Callminer

MAY 29, 2019

However, traditional quality assurance (QA) processes , some in the form of manual checklists, only manage to use about 1-2% of agents’ monthly calls for that purpose. This will enable you to deliver automated performance feedback to agents and supervisors, and necessary insights to manage any quality assurance processes more efficiently.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

By coaching to handle every situation amazingly well, you can improve reputation and get more sales/. A lack of regular feedback between employees and managers leads to a lack of motivation and subsequent deterioration of service quality. Consider these meetings to keep the feedback flowing: Weekly group meetings.

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3CLogic

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Investments in EX, including AI Coaching, real-time feedback, etc., AI Coaching empowers agents with in-the-moment feedback, encouraging and discouraging behaviors as they happen. Better training and feedback lead to more engaged and higher-performing employees, increasing overall employee satisfaction and retention.

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Callminer

APRIL 21, 2020

The role of a call center manager is complex and challenging. Call center managers may be involved with hiring and training call center agents , monitoring call center metrics tied to agent performance , using speech analytics tools for ongoing quality monitoring , providing ongoing feedback and coaching, and more.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 6, 2019

Leaders need to start managing product teams differently, putting the focus on the customer rather than on products and deadlines. About : Jeff Gothelf works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker. What should I do with customer feedback? How can I make my company stand out? How can I deliver the best customer experience?

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

DO MORE WITH LESS There is a difference between a knowledge base and knowledge management systems. A knowledge management system can be used with all agent channels and should have an AI component. The best knowledge management system should be built for contact center agents. It’s here to stay, and it will get better over time.

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Call Design

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Between managing agent schedules, handling customer interactions and ensuring employees stay engaged and productive, theres a lot to juggle. Essential activities like coaching, performance development, and rolling out strategic initiatives are often postponed or cancelled as priorities change. Running a contact centre isnt easy!

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 28, 2015

Request feedback. Be sure to ask your manager how you are doing and what you can improve at each month’s end. I tried to coach her on saying no in a positive way, but she couldn’t adjust her ways. Ask your manager how long your lunch break is. Get in the game and show you are willing to pull your weight.

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CX Accelerator

JUNE 8, 2020

These could be strategic calls to key customers to ask them about their experience. ,, Murphy Fraser , Client Success Manager at Skillshare, also recommends investigating customer activity on your website as a means of “interviewing” them. As he points out, “The customer isn’t actually using their voice to provide feedback.”

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CCNG

AUGUST 14, 2024

After about a year as a Project Manager at an outbound BPO in Oregon, I was promoted to Site Director for the company’s new Seattle location. It was also important that the agent could demonstrate an aptitude for coaching and improvement. The candidate was asked to read the script aloud as they would to a customer.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This is no ordinary recognitionless than 1% of companies earn a spot on this list, and its all thanks to the incredible feedback and support from our customers Why This Award Matters G2 is the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace. A Huge Thank You to Our Customers!

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Myra Golden Media

JANUARY 15, 2019

One of the things I’m working on for 2019 is giving you tools to help you coach your employees and hold them accountable so that they are positioned to deliver the best possible customer experience. I have an online course I’ve arranged for you take and I will meet with you once a week for the next 4 weeks to provide feedback and coaching.

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Callminer

MARCH 6, 2020

Managers play an integral role in ensuring high quality customer service, from hiring and training call center agents to monitoring performance, keeping tabs on vital call center metrics and keeping agents motivated every day. Meet Our Panel of HR Professionals & Hiring Managers: · Maksym Babych. Pratibha Vuppuluri. Alexander M.

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CX Accelerator

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Other Actions: Coach your leaders to use the leadership behaviors you'd like to see, taking care to model how you want them to coach their direct reports.Ask your leaders to emulate the service vision when working with employees. From Jeremy Hyde: How do your leaders calibrate on what they “coach” on and how/when they approach it?

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

QnABot is a multilanguage, multichannel conversational interface (chatbot) that responds to customers’ questions, answers, and feedback. As a leader in financial services, Principal wanted to make sure all data and responses adhered to strict risk management and responsible AI guidelines.

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CX Global Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Here is an edited transcript of my interview with Al Cook: Jim Rembach: Hey, this is Jim from the Fast Leader Show and Call Center Coach and I’m here with Al Cook of Twilio. How do we surface what they need to be focusing on to help coach their team, to help quality manage their team? Al, how do you help folks get over the hump?

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Myra Golden Media

APRIL 1, 2019

You have a responsibility to train employees, coach, and give feedback. Join Me for My New “Managing to Eliminate Unacceptable Employee Performance or Behavior” Live Webinar! Tolerating unacceptable behavior drains morale, frustrates management and can negatively impact the customer experience. ” 3. .”

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Key Takeaways AI Transforms Call Centers: AI automates quality management, analyzing all interactions and improving service. Many call centers are still stuck using outdated quality management methods. Flag policy violations Identify coaching opportunities based on AI-driven insights.

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Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

It’s about being fed up with a lack of feedback, no sense of connection to the organization, and frustration with a lack of development opportunities. Nor will they put themselves through the wringer and sacrifice their health and well-being (mental and physical) to take up the slack for understaffed and poorly managed organizations.

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Myra Golden Media

JULY 12, 2019

This means you must take care to be fair and to be perceived as fair, particularly when it comes to performance feedback. I remember managing a contact center and having an employee say to me , “Tammy does the exact same thing, yet the supervisor doesn’t take off points for her.

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Calibration Coaching Contact Center Call Center 238

ShepHyken

JUNE 29, 2018

Business Management System. To provide excellent customer service, you need to decide on an effective management system which keeps your business efficient. For instance, a building maintenance company who deal with customers daily, either online or face-to-face, may find it beneficial to invest in field management software.

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Customer Service Feedback Coaching Management 206

ProProfs Blog

MAY 6, 2020

Though there is nothing wrong with the rise in the popularity of remote working, managing remote teams makes the job of a manager challenging. But then again, is managing remote teams similar across various departments? What makes managing a remote customer service team so daunting? How Do You Motivate a Remote Team?

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Myra Golden Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

So, last night I had the idea to coach my son using the same three-step method I tell my clients to use when they have to help an employee through a problem or to give someone constructive feedback. You can use Know, Feel, Do to coach employees on a process, attitude problem or any performance issue. It’s a fact.

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CCNG

MAY 11, 2021

A recent CCNG panel webinar, Why Performance-Based Training Requires Automation , featuring Mike Roberts, Technology Leader for Learning at Citibank, who adopted simulations to automate role play and coaching exercises in 2020 and Trey Fischer, an industry-leading consultant, discussed today’s impact of automation on performance-based training.

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CCNG Coaching Contact Center Employee engagement 195

Calabrio

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Inefficient feedback mechanisms make employees feel unheard and disconnected from company goals. These challenges create a negative feedback loop : disengaged employees provide lower-quality service, leading to dissatisfied customers, which increases stress for employees, further driving attrition.

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Coaching Gamification Employee engagement Morale 64

Callminer

MARCH 6, 2020

Managers play an integral role in ensuring high quality customer service, from hiring and training call center agents to monitoring performance, keeping tabs on vital call center metrics and keeping agents motivated every day. Meet Our Panel of HR Professionals & Hiring Managers: · Maksym Babych. Pratibha Vuppuluri. Alexander M.

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Management Customer Service Consulting Consulting 182

Callminer

APRIL 24, 2020

Following the agent interview and selection process, managers should be keyed into how best to facilitate ongoing agent support, growth, and training. Quality monitoring software , such as speech analytics , automatically monitor and score 100% of calls, helping managers deliver objective feedback and improve agent performance.

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Best practices Call Center Coaching Schedule adherence 182

Myra Golden Media

JULY 2, 2019

I thought you would appreciate the feedback Thank you. All you need to know about what to say when a customer asks for a manager. In regards to your eLearning course, your coaching has immensely helped me with a few difficult calls these past three weeks. Anna Hoang, Customer Support Specialist I, Vertafore.

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Coaching Feedback Customer Support Management 264

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Some key sales technology to consider are: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software – this allows you to track and manage your customers as they move through the sales funnel. Ask for feedback. Train your sales team using the right technology. Your advocates won’t take action unless you engage them.

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Customer Service Morale Sales Coaching 399

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

They are afraid they will get punished if they do something wrong or if they say something that may be viewed as negative toward their manager. ” We have a cultural problem where employees are afraid to speak up. We have to put them at ease so they know it is okay to speak up. That makes a world of a difference.”

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The People area includes things such as how your hire your team members, train them, and coach them. The Process area includes things like creating a complete customer feedback loop, case management tools and steps, and having a robust service recovery process.

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