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Training vs. Coaching: Which Is Better?

Contact Center Pipeline

Training and coaching are two different approaches, but people often use the words interchangeably—and even worse, they use the tactics interchangeably. To train means to provide the learner with the tools he or she needs to function. Let’s clarify our terms.

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Coaching and Training: Two Keys to Delivering Excellent Contact Center Service

The Northridge Group

Often, they don’t have the appropriate training, skills, or experience to effectively foster development. They may lack time due to competing business priorities or, perhaps, the one-on-one sessions they schedule for coaching become discussions of business issues, leaving little or no time for actual coaching.

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Call Center Training Tips: 51 Expert Tips on Training Technology, Agent Onboarding, Ongoing Training & Coaching, and More

Callminer

Call center agent training is a continuous process; it doesn’t end once the onboarding process is complete. Call center supervisors must continue to monitor metrics, measure results, and tailor ongoing training to ensure that agents’ needs are met and that call center activity is in line with broader business objectives.

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Best Practices of Great Coaches

The Northridge Group

Coaching contact center associates to drive a differentiated customer experience that delights customers is a tall order for their managers, who must continually strike a balance between associate development and sustained business outcomes. Highly effective coaches know that coaching to behaviors is what improves metrics!

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Top Techniques for Coaching Your Contact Center Agents

Speaker: Francoise Tourniaire - Founder of FT Works, Omid Razavi - Chief Advocacy Officer at SupportLogic, and Gregory Walker - Senior Product Manager at SupportLogic

Traditional methods of agent coaching lack the ability to automatically analyze the unstructured data inside support interactions to identify opportunities for improvement and reward strong performance. Attendees will walk away with insight on the following: Critical components for coaching programs.

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QA and Coaching for Experienced Agents

Contact Center Pipeline

If you have ever attempted to coach a contact center agent with 10-plus years of experience, then you already know that it is a very different scenario than coaching someone with two to three years of experience.

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Training Plan for Phone-Based Customer Service

Toister Performance Solutions

This plan will help you train employees who serve customers over the phone. This training plan uses a unique approach to training videos. Step 1: Create a training plan. Tell your team about the training and what to expect. Tell your team about the training and what to expect. Why is it important?

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4 Strategies to Boost Agent Productivity

Speaker: Melissa Pollock, Customer Success Officer, AmplifAI

This webinar will explore 4 strategies that contact center leaders can use to lead and coach their agents and supervisors to stay ahead of the productivity curve. How to train procedures, then update and re-distribute as necessary. How to develop your agents and supervisors with effective coaching to build confidence and know-how.

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What Do Your Employees Need to Provide Outstanding Customer Experiences?

Speaker: Laura Sikorski, Contact Center Consultant

Companies can achieve high customer satisfaction and loyalty when there is appropriate training, coaching, measurement/reporting, and organizational collaboration. Your staff requires appropriate tools and integration to all operational functions of your business to satisfy customer needs. The role of your employees is paramount.

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Executive Report: The Customer Data Too Often Overlooked by the C-Suite

A recent Calabrio research study of more than 1,000 C-Suite executives has revealed leaders are missing a key data stream – voice of the customer data. Download the report to learn how executives can find and use VoC data to make more informed business decisions.