Customer Centric Support

JULY 18, 2017

Tips for creating a customer-centric quality management program. When implemented well, a Quality Management program has the potential to revolutionize both the agent and the customer experience. I look forward to my weekly coaching sessions because it shows that my supervisor really cares about my success.

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Myra Golden Media

JULY 16, 2019

If you need help with designing your quality form, get a seat in my August 9th webinar where I walk through the quality form components and give out sample forms. . Monitoring Sans Coaching. Calibration keeps everyone who monitors and coaches consistent and fair. Expecting Coaches to Coach Without Training.

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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

You’ve heard of quality management (QM), and your contact center probably has a quality program in place today. But what’s all this hype about using analytics to perform quality activities, and could it help you? This means fewer – but higher quality- evaluations. The post What is Quality Management Analytics?

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Contact Center Pipeline

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Throughout December, our readers have focused on two big topics over on the blog: how to provide the best customer experience via an omnichannel approach and navigating the challenges of recruiting, training, and retaining the best agents.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Hiring the right contact center agents is important, but ongoing agent training and performance management are crucial for customer satisfaction and the success of your business as a whole. Call center staff need to remember what to do in such situations as learned through training. Rex Freiberger. rexfreiberger. Bre Swanson.

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Monet Software

JANUARY 15, 2019

We all know the importance of quality management (QM). But we also know there are only so many hours in the day, and that a quality management program can sometimes take a lot of them. You Must Be Clear On What “Quality” Means. “We We need to do a better job” is not quality management. “We

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Balto

MAY 9, 2023

As customer expectations continue to rise, it’s become more challenging and costly for contact centers to maintain exceptional support quality for their customers. And while traditional quality management can have a positive impact on your customer satisfaction levels, it’s no longer enough.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 25, 2021

But how can you effectively coach and improve the performance of a dispersed workforce? Ramping up quality management in your call center is crucial to keeping performance high and teams operating in sync, no matter where they’re working. 3 Ways to Use Speech Analytics to Improve Your Call Center Coaching.

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Customer Service Life

AUGUST 28, 2019

A simpler form means we can evaluate more interactions and spend more time coaching our agents. Create a quality definitions guide. This analysis is invaluable to pinpointing the areas where individuals and the team as a whole excel and where they require focused coaching and training.

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8x8

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In part one of my three-part series about improving quality management in the contact center, I provided 3 Tips for Building an Effective Quality Management Program. Whether training new employees or developing existing ones, it is helpful to use the SAFE method when coaching them. A sk for input.

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Monet Software

JULY 18, 2018

If your contact center is already recording calls and monitoring calls, then you are two-thirds of the way toward an effective quality management program. The objective is to measure agent performance, and initiate changes in training or procedures as needed to boost customer service.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 5, 2019

However, every day in the contact center, supervisors and managers send incomplete messages to their agents, failing to prescribe what “medicine” is needed to correct their performance problems. So how can you effectively “treat” your contact center with invaluable coaching medicine? This is where an effective coach comes in.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

Call center quality management (QM) is an essential process that helps businesses ensure their call centers are meeting customer expectations and delivering quality services. This comprehensive article will dive deep into call center quality management. Why is Call Center Quality Management Important?

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Babelforce

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Call center coaching is a quality management tool that offers agents feedback, examples, and performance assessments in order to improve their performance and wellbeing. It is important to differentiate between call center coaching and agents’ performance reviews. 4 Tips for successful call center coaching.

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CX Accelerator

JANUARY 10, 2018

It could be to receive a new type of training, own a cross-functional project with another department, or to read a personal development book you’ve selected for them. One of the agent's performance goals should encapsulate the next reasonable step down this path. Share it in the comments below!

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Monet Software

JULY 4, 2018

Do you have a quality management (QM) program? Call Scoring This is perhaps the most critical aspect of quality management, so it is best decided with the participation of as many employees as possible. Training If training consists of the same procedures every week or month, agents will tune it out.

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 16, 2019

Analytics-enabled quality management (AQM), capturing the voice of the customer, compliance management, and sharing/leveraging results from interaction (speech and text) analytics throughout the organization all have a quantifiable payback and provide significant customer, agent and enterprise benefits.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 4, 2020

This fleeting access to memory is why in-the-moment coaching is so impactful. Download Now: Get real about coaching and training your agents with these 7 techniques. A typical call center coaches and trains agents in a few different ways. Set thresholds to alert you to coaching opportunities. I know, I know.

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Hiring, training, upskilling, and retaining agents are activities critical to your success. Operational costs – Agents who aren’t invested or lack training, feedback, or coaching tend to be inefficient, ultimately costing your business financially.

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Expivia

APRIL 1, 2021

There is a minor debate in the call center and quality management circles on whether it is best to use live calls or recorded calls when evaluating call center associates in a center. Live monitoring from your supervisors and/or your QA areas is like in-game coaching. Live Calls help you Win the Game Today.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Calabrio, the customer experience intelligence company, today announced its new coaching solution for agent performance management, Calabrio Performance Coaching. Identifying individual or team skill gaps allows leaders to better offer coaching and support to agents that need it.

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COPC

MARCH 11, 2024

Ask the following questions for a more robust hiring process: Have we set clear minimum criteria for hiring and training to ensure we onboard the ideal team members? Training What is our first-day attendance rate for new hires? This is a recruitment quality metric.) What does the coaching process look like?

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8x8

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Most companies have implemented some sort of training or coaching program within their corporate structure and contact center. However, simply training your contact center personnel is not enough. In the same way that training employees requires analysis of their performance, the training program itself needs to be assessed.

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8x8

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Most companies have implemented some sort of training or coaching program within their corporate structure and contact center. However, simply training your contact center personnel is not enough. In the same way that training employees requires analysis of their performance, the training program itself needs to be assessed.

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8x8

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Most companies have implemented some sort of training or coaching program within their corporate structure and contact center. However, simply training your contact center personnel is not enough. In the same way that training employees requires analysis of their performance, the training program itself needs to be assessed.

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Monet Software

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The college and pro football regular seasons are wrapping up, and every year that means one thing – some coaches will be out of a job. Coaching is important, whether you run a football team or a contact center. And if you’re not getting the most out of your coaching efforts, it will impact customer service. Beyond the basics.

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Playvox

JANUARY 30, 2024

Numerous studies link employee satisfaction, performance, and engagement with management’s ability to provide actionable, positive feedback and coaching. Yet managers continue to fall short. Improve quality – Gamification should be tied to positive feedback and teaching moments as opposed to adding a “hunger games” mentality.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2018

Question: How can we improve our contact center coaching? Answer: In recent years, coaching has evolved from a monthly one-on-one session between a supervisor and an agent/representative into an ongoing dialog and two-way exchange of data. periods of low volume) to minimize customer and contact center impacts.

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Review performance data to find the weak spots in agent performance and training. Then, put the performance data to work in your coaching and training plans. Step #2: Boost agent morale and performance through frequent training. Make training a priority using omnichannel platforms.

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Monet Software

MAY 29, 2018

Training is the critical step that prepares new agents before they are ready to serve your customers. Obviously it’s important to get it right, but it’s also true that the time devoted to training is time when that agent is being paid, but not yet doing the job for which he or she was hired. How much time are we talking about?

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Serenova

MAY 13, 2020

This is when quality management becomes essential. Quality management is a key contributor to boosting the customer experience because it pinpoints where your team is doing well, as well as areas for improvement. Before recording and analyzing any calls, clearly document the goals of your quality management program.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. Training programs should be designed to meet the specific needs of the contact center and its agents.

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SharpenCX

AUGUST 31, 2021

A customized dashboard offers many benefits : Focused insights to improve training and coaching methods Compiled data to improve decision making Transparency to increase agent productivity Clarity around team goals and benchmarks. Agent Performance and Quality Metrics. How can you heal a problem if you don’t know it exists?

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

WFO is often used by call centers to improve workforce management and agent performance – and in turn, the customer experience. Workforce Management. Quality Management. What are the Benefits of using a WFO Solution? On their own, each piece provides individual benefits to the organization. WFO TERMS TO KNOW.

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Aspect

AUGUST 26, 2019

The more you know about the details of what’s happening in your operation, the better you can be at deciding whom to hire, whom to coach, what training to require, when to request voluntary OT, how many people to staff for chat and 1,000 other issues. The contact center is drowning in information but starving for knowledge.

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Playvox

MARCH 21, 2024

Let’s take a look at six ways a manager or supervisor can positively impact agent morale. One way to provide feedback is via conducting consistent quality management (QM) reviews. Regular training programs can keep agents up-to-date with industry trends and improve their problem-solving capabilities.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Call centers need to invest in the training required to ensure the software is used to its maximum capacity. No doubt for training purposes – to be able to listen to calls and find insight as to ways to improve their processes. Others may baulk at the inordinate amount of time or effort to manage the process as well.

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