Contact Center Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We’re planning our agent celebrations for Customer Service Week next month. Our September issue focuses on many agent issues; performance metrics, attendance, agent desktops, employee engagement, customer experience…and more. Our agents have tremendous impact on our customer satisfaction.

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Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

Aspects of Oversight and Optimization Contact center management, or call center management, is the strategic orchestration of all elements within a customer interaction hub to ensure optimal efficiency, customer satisfaction, and business outcomes. But first, you have to capture that activity.

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

It is through this lens that workforce optimization has evolved to mean the business strategies, processes, and supporting automation technologies that maximize contact center and agent productivity and efficiency to allow organizations to deliver outstanding customer experience (CX). Contact centers that do so reap the following benefits: 1.

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Calabrio

MARCH 31, 2025

Workforce Management Contact Center Gamification: What You Need to Know to Use Games for Improved Engagement and Performance Share Did you know that low employee engagement costs the global economy about $8.9 Whats the point of gamification in customer service? trillion dollars ?

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Aspect

AUGUST 14, 2017

Because the customer service industry has such a notorious reputation for turnover, you’ll only be able to provide consistent messaging and reliable support to your customers if all the agents that pass through your doors receive the same ongoing training. But what does this mean for leaders from the contact center space?

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Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Contact center AI is a collection of tools or contact center software designed to enable smarter, data-driven, and more efficient customer interactions, with the ultimate goal of delivering better CX. This compares to 19% of baby boomers and 43% of Gen X customers who report they would do the same. And the list goes on.

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Fonolo

APRIL 7, 2022

Call quality monitoring is an essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to increasing and maintaining high customer satisfaction (CSat) scores. Quality management is also a great way to find holes in a call center agent’s skill set and address them head on with specific training. Schedule regular check-ins with agents.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Only Calabrio ONE combines workforce optimization (WFO), agent engagement, and powerful AI-driven business intelligence within a single platform thats built to adapt and scale with your business. Genesys Genesys is a prominent CCaaS provider with a strong presence in the world of customer service and experience management.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Likewise for agents, if they don’t feel engaged, appreciated, or see a growth path, they too can take their talent to another organization. In a buyer’s market, what is the future of workforce engagement? How do you keep your best employees engaged, motivated, and empowered? What is Workforce Engagement?

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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. Voice of The Customer. Quality Management. What are the Benefits of using a WFO Solution? A true WFO suite includes a number of technologies. Call Recording.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

And, while you may think gamification is not necessary to engage and motivate working adults, research published by Harvard Business Review would tell you that gamification works quite well in motivating and engaging employees. And, there is no need to go all out on the types of rewards offered.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2024

Agent motivation in a call center is crucial for driving employee engagement, enhancing customer satisfaction, and increasing overall performance. When employees are motivated intrinsically, they are more likely to be passionate about their work and go above and beyond to meet their goals.

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Playvox

JANUARY 30, 2024

According to a recent Gallup survey , only 23% of employees worldwide and 32% in the U.S. fall in the “engaged” category. In order to be successful, managers need to be better equipped to provide ongoing feedback and employ effective strategies to boost employee engagement. Adding game-like elements is one way.

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Playvox

MARCH 21, 2024

Let’s take a deeper look at the factors that influence employee engagement and morale. Definition of Agent Morale Agent morale refers to the overall satisfaction, motivation, and mental well-being of customer service representatives in a contact center. All of this leads to better agent morale.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to implement new technologies, fine-tune your staffing strategy, or empower your agents to provide exceptional customer service, you’re in the right spot. The training should cover a range of topics, such as customer service skills, communication skills, product knowledge, and technical skills.

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Playvox

JANUARY 12, 2023

While some customer service centers are transitioning back to the office, agents continue to want the option to work remotely. Leading CX centers rely on world-class quality management and workforce management technologies to provide excellent service and support while improving efficiency and reducing costs.

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Playvox

MARCH 31, 2022

Every interaction our workforce engagement management (WEM) software enables helps agents love their job and encourages customers to love their favorite brands. From workforce management to quality management , we strive to deliver the full suite of solutions contact centers need to bring WEM into the digital era.

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Fonolo

APRIL 7, 2022

Call quality monitoring is an essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to increasing and maintaining high customer satisfaction (CSat) scores. Quality management is also a great way to find holes in a call center agent’s skill set and address them head on with specific training. Schedule regular check-ins with agents.

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Call Design

AUGUST 20, 2019

The Workforce Optimisation suite focuses on both workforce productivity and employee engagement strategies, with best-of-breed workforce, performance and quality management solutions. Aspect is on a mission to simplify and improve customer engagement. About Aspect.

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Call Design

AUGUST 20, 2019

The Workforce Optimisation suite focuses on both workforce productivity and employee engagement strategies, with best-of-breed workforce, performance and quality management solutions. Aspect is on a mission to simplify and improve customer engagement. About Aspect.

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Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

In fact, research has found that: Companies with an active VoC program spend 25% less on customer retention Companies with mature VoC programs also drive higher employee engagement and lower customer service costs Discover top Voice of the Customer best practices to improve your VoC program.

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Monet Software

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Can SMB call center quality management be about more than quality? Yep, it’s the linchpin of employee engagement, too! Monitoring and scoring calls—these quality assurance (QA) tasks are constant at nearly every contact center. Specialties like customer service can feel nebulous. Here’s how. #1

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Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Signs And Effects Of Poor Agent Emotional Well-Being In Your Contact Center Working with customers requires a lot of emotional labor from your customer service center agents — even if customers are happy. Gallup reports that low-effort managers engaging in “quiet firing” is a big issue.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

When Calabrio surveyed over 300 contact centre professionals, the most effective way to improve employee engagement moving forward was quoted to be giving people the ‘ right tools and tech ’. This comes as no surprise as agents regularly contend with 20+ different desktop applications to serve customers.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was a no-brainer,” said Philip Bennett, Empire Customer Service Operations Manager. Empire launched a search for a contact center provider that could deliver flexibility, scalability, functionality, robust analytics, reporting, visibility and quality management. Increased customer satisfaction.

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Playvox

OCTOBER 18, 2022

There’s a storm brewing in customer service centers, and the aftermath could create some big challenges for contact center management. In our 2022 study of customer support agents and managers, 68% of agent respondents said they didn’t want to return to an office. Leanne Y.,

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Agent burnout directly harms the quality of customer service your business provides and significantly hurts your company’s bottom line. In short, you need a solid employee engagement program. You do this by implementing a full quality management program that ties together QA, coaching, and motivation.

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teleopti

OCTOBER 18, 2019

This information would later be analyzed by managers to assess how staff were performing and what could be improved. What if this could happen in real-time and go one step further to tell the customer service representatives (CSRs) and managers whether a customer interaction is going well or suggest how to improve it in the experience?

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Playvox

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We know how important it is that our customers delight their customers with every interaction in contact centers around the world. That’s why we work to build the best workforce engagement management (WEM) software on the market. We’re truly honored to have received such high G2 scores from Playvox users.

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Verint

APRIL 14, 2016

Thinking back on my time in Operations, like so many other people I spent a significant amount of time trying to understand the root cause of the quality management (QM) opportunities in my organization. What could it be?

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

In 2022, it will be imperative to think strategically about customer and employee engagement strategies to align the customer experience with the employee experience. This is critical to support accurate forecasting and scheduling, and quality management programs to support optimal customer experiences.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Customer service starts with people, and the recent changes in the world of work present a great opportunity for contact centres to engage with their frontline staff. The latest analytics tools help contact centre leaders understand the “why” behind the “what” of operations to improve agent and customer experience.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2023

The new and enhanced workforce engagement solution for Salesforce Contact Center is available on the Salesforce AppExchange. With this launch, Playvox’s entire workforce engagement suite, which also includes quality management and coaching, is available to Salesforce customers. About Playvox.

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Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Listen to and act on staff issues, engenders deeper employee engagement – they’ll see that their inputs are fundamental to making a difference. By being part of something bigger, leads to more personal satisfaction, more commitment, and employee retention.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

At Playvox, we prioritize what matters most to our customers — just like you do in your contact center! From quality management to workforce management , we strive to put not only the best, but also the most efficient and effective product on the market. Support Operations Manager. Customer Experience Specialist.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

MARCH 5, 2025

Strategic coaching is essential to employee engagement and the highest levels of performance. Tactical coaching is focused on specific skills or requirements. By strategic coaching, I mean coaching that is ongoing and focused on developing the whole person.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 9, 2021

A survey conducted by Boston Consulting Group found that despite the challenges of the pandemic, 75% of employees feel they have maintained or even improved their productivity. Remote work can be great, but as a manager, managing remote teams is also a new stressor for many. Think about your remote customer service agents.

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