Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you’re a contact center manager, you’ve probably heard a lot about how to manage and engage your workforce with WFM and WFO – especially recently. What is Workforce Management (WFM)? Workforce Optimization is a business strategy that joins business performance and workforce management. Let’s take a look.

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Call Center Weekly

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

What are some gamification best practices you recommend, to ensure success? Although the term “gamification” is relatively new the practices is as old as contact centers themselves. I’ve managed and created large thermometer team games, car races, horse races, etc. all using nothing more than a corkboard and a little creativity.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 8, 2023

The Transformation of Workforce Engagement Management By Donna Fluss View this article on the publisher’s website. Last year was an excellent one for sales of workforce optimization/workforce engagement management (WFO/WEM)-related systems and applications.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

One effective approach to training is to incorporate gamification elements , such as rewards and recognition, into the learning process. Setting goals can also help managers monitor agent performance and identify areas where additional training or coaching may be needed.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 8, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Contact Center Gamification Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2017 Contact Center Gamification Product and Market Report. Gamification solutions apply the concepts of games and challenges to motivate, engage and reward employees and customers. When: Today, 10 May 2017.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 10, 2023

Fortunately, many innovations that have been under development during the past few years are ready to be rolled out and are positioned to help contact center managers achieve their departmental and corporate objectives. Analytics-enabled quality management (AQM) (a.k.a. automated quality management). Gamification.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2024

Many of Playvox’s customers leverage tools like gamification to motivate their teams. While gamification may be one option for recognition, there are many ways to build morale and celebrate success. Positive reinforcement with tools like these can boost morale and lead to a more satisfied and motivated call center organization.

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Playvox

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Today, Managing Well Means Means Managing Well Remotely. What are Best Practices for Managing Remote Contact Center Agents? and Canadian contact center employees, these six management best practices will boost remote agent engagement and up your team’s customer experience game, both of which are critical to long-term success.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 26, 2020

What technology will help us manage this shift? Additionally, two workforce optimization (WFO) applications to pay particular attention to are workforce management (WFM), and interaction analytics (IA). Question: Our contact center agents are working from home due to COVID-19 and many want to make it a permanent move.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

By applying them to this type of work, you can give time and energy back to your managers and agents to spend on activities that directly improve customer experience. One area where you can ease AI and automation into your contact center is in your quality management (QM) processes. What is Automated Quality Management?

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COPC

MARCH 11, 2024

Do new hires feel confident in managing their workload and responsibilities? Do managers have the bandwidth and tools/processes to prepare for coaching conversations and give meaningful feedback? What are we doing from a performance culture perspective if new hires are not aligned with their role and expectations?

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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. One fun way to provide recognition is via a gamification solution. Remember, happy agents equal happy customers.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here are some standout features: Hold Queues and Smart Call Routing: Efficiently managing incoming call volumes is fundamental. Together, these tools provide a comprehensive overview of call center operations, empowering managers to optimize performance continuously. Hold queues and smart call routing play a pivotal role.

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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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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Contact center management is hard. You manage employees in an industry that has one of the highest turnover rates out there. Let’s look into some ideas that will help you successfully manage you contact center environment while keeping your cool in the process. Managing your contact center takes time and effort.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2023

The collaboration enables Salesforce Service Cloud customers to more efficiently manage forecasting, scheduling, adherence, capacity planning and long-term scheduling within Salesforce Contact Center along with the ability to easily make changes in real-time, based on Playvox’s AI insights. About Playvox.

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Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

What is Performance Management? Call Center Performance Management is a program, generally led by a contact center operations manager, dedicated to calculating and improving the performance of contact center agents. That’s where leveraging contact center performance management software can help. The answer is both.

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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. Agents say that they are managing more than 14 additional omnichannel interactions every day compared to 18 months ago.

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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. If you’re looking for ways to boost your agents’ performance, check out our white paper, Using Gamification to Improve Contact Center Performance.

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Playvox

MAY 2, 2023

Cloud contact center solutions, like workforce engagement management, take your move to the cloud to the next level. They let you further optimize your operations for improvements in forecasting, scheduling, quality management, and agent engagement. Your contact center managers, your agents — and most of all your customers.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 7, 2018

DMG Consulting Releases 2018 Knowledge Management Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2018 Knowledge Management Product and Market Report. Vendors are entering the KM market from many different IT sectors, and the opportunities are great for disruptive solutions to transform the world of knowledge management.

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Playvox

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Working with virtual teams of agents in your contact center can sometimes mean you feel disconnected from them — or even worried that you aren’t able to properly manage their performance. For their part, the managers in our study believe they’ve done a good job supporting their remote customer service teams. Motivation.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

While managers can proactively look for the warning signs – such as irritability and impatience – without preventative measures, it’s difficult to reverse burnout once it begins. When you hire and onboard agents and managers with intention and care, you increase your chances of creating a positive and empowering culture.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 16, 2018

DMG Consulting Releases 2018 – 2019 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2018 – 2019 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. NewGen WFM with real-time adaptive forecasting and scheduling will revolutionize the world of workforce management.”.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 31, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Contact Center Workforce Management Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2017 Contact Center Workforce Management Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services.

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Call Design

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

While older, legacy systems are common, many contact centres are adopting new digital strategies to elevate productivity and manage unpredicted surges in call volume. Managing people from home or in the office, and keeping rosters up to date can be very challenging. Efficiently Manage Workforces. Greater Flexibility.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2023

While key performance indicators (KPIs) are a great way to understand how efficient and effective a support center is, it never hurts to incorporate other means that can help contact center managers define success and efficiency for their contact centers. What Is Contact Center Efficiency?

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Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

Fortunately, there is a way forward: leveraging the right workforce engagement management (WEM) tools. Related Article: What is Workforce Engagement Management (And Why It Matters). It all starts with empowering and engaging agents leveraging the capabilities of the right workforce engagement management suite. Perhaps not.

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It looks to the future and provides best practices for post-pandemic disaster recovery/business continuity (DR/BC) planning, as well as for the management of work-at-home agents. Voice and screen recording capabilities allow managers to track their remote employees’ performance throughout the day.

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Balto

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This shift from reactive to proactive quality management set the stage for the sophisticated QA practices we see today. Use data to identify optimal call handling times that don’t compromise service quality. To prevent issues from escalating, employ real-time coaching tools that notify managers of key moments during calls.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 13, 2022

Improve interactions and identify skills gaps using quality management and advanced scoreboards to track, manage, and improve team performance, including gamification, coaching, and eLearning. Maximise performance : Create stronger teams. About the Author. Steve Joyner is VP UK&I at Avaya.

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DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The contact center workforce optimization (WFO) suite market, also known as the customer engagement management (CEM) segment, has a 20-year history of executing well in both good and weak economies. Many of the same solutions contributed to this goal, as did gamification and internal chat tools. August 5, 2021 Donna Fluss.

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Serenova

JUNE 5, 2020

To maintain business continuity, organizations must find ways to help employees manage stress. With childcare centers and schools closed, navigating the challenges of trying to work productively in shared spaces can mean managing relationships, (often increasing) responsibilities, schedules and personal wellbeing.

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Playvox

AUGUST 15, 2022

According to the research: 60% of contact centers are using a hybrid model 40% of contact centers are fully remote 68% of agents work remotely 31 to 40 hours per week 64% of managers work remotely five or more days per week Only 2% of agents work on-site the entire work week. What Is The Future Of Contact Center Remote Work?

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 10, 2022

It’s time for contact center management and business practices to transition and align with the requirements of the general working population who expect fair treatment, recognition, and compensation. This is where workforce optimization (WFO) (also known as workforce engagement management (WEM)) solutions are instrumental.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 29, 2018

Young Energy uses a variety of CXone solutions, including NICE inContact CXone Workforce Management Enterprise, NICE inContact inView TM Performance Management for CXone and NICE inContact CXone Quality Management Enterprise. Issues are identified and addressed immediately.

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Call Design

AUGUST 20, 2019

International workforce optimisation solutions company, Call Design, has achieved premier partner status with technology giant, Aspect Software’s workforce management solutions in the Australian market following a company-wide restructure.

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