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The Hiring Game Has Changed: Strategies for Solving Staffing Issues

CCNG

As the first line of defense against angry customers, many customer service associates report they have been blamed for things that are out of their control. I advise my clients that to retain high-performing associates, they must provide training, keep them motivated, and work to reduce the key drivers of their job stress.

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Workforce Management's Impact on Customer Service

Call Center Weekly

This bit speaks to me in the context of customer experience: “Treat me good, I’ll treat you better, treat me bad and I’ll treat you worse” Customers don’t really want to be amazed or have their hair blown back – just helped. Those feelings set the tone for the human interaction and inform the customer experience.

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“Digital First” and Transforming the Contact Center Associate’s Role

The Northridge Group

The age of “digital first” interactions—in which customers encounter businesses online rather than through traditional phone or in-person channels—is here, and it dominates our daily lives. The “digital first” transformation will not eliminate the need for the human contact center, but rather elevate the associate to a more expert role.

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Best Practices of Great Coaches

The Northridge Group

Customer loyalty is earned by being great and consistent at the basics and finding ways to delight your customers in unexpected ways. They learn that great coaches are deliberate about recognizing even small associate accomplishments, but also hold associates accountable for their improvements.

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Redefining Contact Center Productivity for the Modern Associate

The Northridge Group

Contact centers are in a state of flux, with many contact center associates (and workers in general) hesitant to return to the office full-time and forgo the flexibility that comes with a work-from-home (WFH) or hybrid environment. You may unsubscribe from these communications at anytime.

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Success Story: Using Data Analytics to Improve First Contact Resolution in Healthcare Contact Centers

The Northridge Group

The benefits of data insights for healthcare contact centers are plentiful and therefore worthy of further exploration. This inability to resolve customer issues in the first contact not only resulted in a poor customer experience but the staffing requirements to meet that increased call volume created higher operational costs.

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How Contact Center Quality Monitoring Benefits the Healthcare Industry

The Northridge Group

The Contact Center is increasingly serving as the face of a company for customers. Contact center associates are often the only people within a company that most customers will ever get the chance to interact with. First Contact Resolution (FCR). Customer Experience (CX).