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"Follow the Leader", Featuring Patrick Russell

Call Center Weekly

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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Gamification in the Workplace: More Than Just a Contest

Playvox

In order to be successful, managers need to be better equipped to provide ongoing feedback and employ effective strategies to boost employee engagement. One strategy is incorporating gamification in the workplace. Implemented correctly, gamification can increase motivation and engagement. What is Gamification?

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How should we use gamification in workforce management (WFM)?

DMG Consulting

Question: Our new workforce management (WFM) solution includes gamification capabilities. Organizations in many industries are leveraging the positive contributions of gamification in many areas of the enterprise, from human resources to risk management. . How should we use this feature?

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Why Sweaty Betty Doesn’t Sweat Quality Management

Playvox

A Quality Management Solution with Muscle. It became clear that the company’s old quality management tool simply couldn’t keep pace with the company’s evolving business needs. Sweaty Betty turned to Playvox to quickly implement, launch, and scale its contact center quality management software.

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Quality Management in the Contact Center: How to Keep Your Customers

City Communications

This makes quality management in the contact center especially vital, and knowing how to address some of the most significant issues of quality in the contact center can represent new sales, kept — or even recovered — customers, and a better bottom line. No One Wants to Work a Call Center Job.

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24 Experts Reveal the Single Worst Thing a Contact Center Agent Can Do During a Call

Callminer

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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How Gamification Can Help Call Centers Operate More Efficiently

Playvox

At Playvox, we believe that gamification is just using data in a useful and smart way to drive people’s behaviors for the better. You’re probably familiar with one of the most famous examples: the gamification of physical movement in Just Dance , a video game that encourages players to imitate an animated dancer on the screen.