CX Global Media

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It’s also critical that new supervisors and team managers receive the necessary training as they move into this new leadership role. Just like frontline staff and executives need ongoing coaching, supervisors need ongoing development too. appeared first on Call Center Coach. Essential Skills. Ongoing Development.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 24, 2023

Add to it the leadership responsibilities of a first-time manager, and work suddenly can feel overwhelming. Ryan Johansen experienced this firsthand years ago as a first-time manager. Watch the webinar in full here, and read Ryan’s lessons for first-time leaders below. I felt like such a failure, he said.

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Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. Here we’ve identified the 13 most essential qualities to consider when hiring a CS manager. What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)? What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)?

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

“Time is money” is a phrase attributed to Benjamin Franklin, first appearing in The American Instructor , a book published in 1748. For contact center managers, this phrase rings in their heads each time they create a forecast, build a schedule, or track schedule adherence. . Automate Reports.

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Playvox

MAY 11, 2023

Create A Company Culture Based On Trust And Autonomy Of Workers When working asynchronously, trust is essential between remote workers and managers. The person who leads these teams plays a fundamental role in the management and work of all the teams. But with remote work, you can’t fully control what an employee does.

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SharpenCX

DECEMBER 12, 2018

All that cheer and joy comes jam-packed with lofty time management expectations and an added dose of expenses. Everyone has too little time and too many priorities. The post A Coaching Framework to Sail Through the Holidays appeared first on Sharpen Contact Center Software. I blinked and we’re half-way.

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Peter Lavers

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

When you’re providing training on hard skills, look to also teach your reps to manage customer expectations. Provide continuous coaching. Like any other employee, reps need time, practice, and professional development to hone their craft. That’s where coaching comes in. That’s where coaching comes in.

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Call Design

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

If you’ve been in the contact centre space for more than a few hours, you’ve likely heard some version of the unofficial motto “Connecting the right interaction, to the right agent, at the right time.” We define our agents as “top producers” or “needs coaching”. DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICS AT WORLD TRAVEL HOLDINGS.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 23, 2016

There is not a manager out there, that doesn’t have a story to tell about the lessons they learned in their first roles of managing people and teams. Many first time leaders are promoted into their first roles, based on competence or technical skills. 7 Downfalls of First Time Managers. Rely on Title.

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Integrity Solutions

OCTOBER 16, 2018

To develop your sales coaching strategy, you first need to understand where your organization’s level of coaching is right now. Figuring out your sales coaching strategy has become a hot topic in business today, and for good reason. Many organizations now recognize that coaching is critical for building skills and capacity.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Download Now: Master your manager skill set with 29 tactics and strategies to better coach agents. These are skills like time management and organization, oral and written communication skills, or the willingness to collaborate. As a manager of a contact center, your role is essential to the care of your customer base.

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Virtual Live Labs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Leaders and employees noticed that the processes of engagement, like training and coaching, just didn’t work anymore. As the weeks and months wore on, many people felt increasingly disengaged with their managers and companies. It’s no wonder contact center managers, supervisors and team leaders are nervous about losing their jobs.

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Virtual Live Labs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Leaders and employees noticed that the processes of engagement, like training and coaching, just didn’t work anymore. As the weeks and months wore on, many people felt increasingly disengaged with their managers and companies. It’s no wonder contact center managers, supervisors and team leaders are nervous about losing their jobs.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

However, managing remote teams effectively comes with its own set of challenges. While there are many benefits of remote teams, managing remote teams effectively comes with its own set of challenges. And, it’s forced companies to get creative in their management practices to figure out how to best manage remote teams.

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LiveVox

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The contact center industry’s transition to flexible work arrangements has introduced new complexities for frontline managers. With agents working from home, full or part time, it can be difficult to monitor their interactions with customers, track their productivity, provide timely feedback and coaching, and do so in real time.

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Playvox

MARCH 29, 2022

As one of the newest terms to enter the contact center space, workforce engagement management (WEM) is much more than a simple change in the words we use. So what is workforce engagement management? Why Workforce Engagement Management Matters. Workforce engagement management products get to the heart of human motivation.

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Global Response

MAY 1, 2023

Is workforce management really necessary for call centers? The short answer is yes, but if you’re currently swimming in a sea of workforce management softwares, or looking for ways to make your call center processes more efficient, it might seem overwhelming. But first, what exactly is workforce management (WFM)?

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Balto

JULY 12, 2022

As we continue our series into Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for contact centers, we’re turning our attention to managers and supervisors. But what about our managers? These are the folks that keep our operations running smoothly: training and coaching our agents, and working to improve overall customer satisfaction.

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Connect First

MAY 1, 2018

Call center supervisors juggle a multitude of responsibilities including expert service provider, coach, trainer, mentor, motivator and often times manager.

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Etech GS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Coach John Wooden of UCLA won 11 national championships in 12 years, yet he never stopped searching for ways to learn more, improve himself, and improve his teams. He leveraged the knowledge of basketball from his experience as a player and the wisdom of his coaches (Earl Warner, Glenn Curtiss, and Piggy Lambert). General knowledge.

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Integrity Solutions

JANUARY 18, 2021

If you’re a sales leader, make a plan to devote some of your coaching time to discussing with your salespeople the lessons of 2020 and how they will apply those to grow their book of business and reach their goals in 2021. Here are some key areas to look at: Sales Rep Time Management.

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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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Integrity Solutions

JUNE 29, 2018

Sales Effectiveness Often Starts by Understanding Why Your Sales Managers Still Aren’t Coaching Their Teams. It’s about sales coaching- and sales effectiveness. Sales managers have a stressful job. If it’s so important, why aren’t more sales managers in your organization coaching their people?

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ChurnZero

JULY 9, 2024

CSMs’ roles have also changed, with technical CSMs assuming commercial responsibilities that used to be the domain of account managers. So, we need to coach and support CSMs to have these conversations and coach CSMs on balancing long-term impacts and immediate issues. 59% of this group listed burnout as a factor.

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Nicereply

JUNE 21, 2021

As a leader, coaching people to speak up and then acting on what they say will give them confidence in their skills to help your customers thrive. Some of these are very hard abilities to determine at the interview stages, but if you dedicate time to coaching on advocacy, your customer experience will improve.

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Are you taking the right steps to evolve toward workforce engagement management? Operational costs – Agents who aren’t invested or lack training, feedback, or coaching tend to be inefficient, ultimately costing your business financially. However, the two main components are Quality Management and Workforce Management.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Are you a call center operations manager striving to enhance your team’s productivity and deliver hyper efficiency in your daily operations? The Need for Hyper Efficiency in Call Centers As a call center operations manager, you need to stay on top of the latest trends in hyper efficiency to ensure that your organization is successful.

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JustCall

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Call center managers are the ringmasters of all operations in a call center. Likewise, sales and customer support managers supervise corresponding agents. In this blog, managers will learn how to turn their agents into seasoned experts at handling customers and prospects with call monitoring.

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Aspect

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We are again focusing on five areas we believe are critical to enable a thriving customer experience center: agent engagement, agent roles and responsibilities, customer experience, workforce management, and interaction management. How do I manage all this change? Insight #3 – Optimizing your Workforce Management Investments.

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Playvox

JUNE 7, 2023

When I worked in contact centers, people would ask what I did for a living, and I would say Workforce Management. While workforce management on the whole can sound boring, high-tech, and at times confusing, there is logic to the madness. A workforce management solution is a must in a successful customer service center.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A related term, workforce engagement management (WEM), recently coined by Gartner, has rapidly become the business strategy, processes, and related technologies of choice. AI-driven tools and platforms are shaping the way contact centers engage with and manage their workforce. But it goes beyond enabling automation.

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Balto

JANUARY 17, 2025

Mastering contact center workforce management in your contact center isn’t just about efficiencyits about creating a positive ripple effect. That said, managing a workforce in an omnichannel contact center is no small task. What Is Call Center Workforce Management? However, managing a workforce isnt always straightforward.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 16, 2024

Workshops and courses focusing on leadership principles , conflict resolution, and team motivation strategies can empower leaders to manage their teams more effectively. Time Management Courses Customer support environments are often fast-paced and require juggling multiple tasks simultaneously.

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Integrity Solutions

MARCH 9, 2022

Against the backdrop of The Great Resignation, it’s something sales leaders and talent management leaders have to address head on, especially since burnout is now the number one reason people are quitting. It could be a problem with the sales process or time management skills. Prioritize Coaching.

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ChurnZero

MAY 15, 2024

We asked CSMs to select which aspects of leading a team their manager is good at. Our top three results: Making time for me when I need them. (73%) 67%) Elsewhere in the survey, 68% of CSMs say they like and appreciate their managers. Our top three results: Making time for me when I need them. (73%)

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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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Robert Davis

AUGUST 11, 2020

For Supervisors: Coaching Your Work-From-Home Agents for Maximum Results. Davis and Associates ( [link] ) is excited to present three online courses designed to maximize the performance of supervisors, leaders at all levels, and contact center agents in the work-from-home environment. For Leaders at Any Level: Proven Leadership Tactics.

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