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Be the Change Agent

Dale Keipert November 19, 2020 Change Agent: A change agent is a person inside of a company or organization that helps that company or organization transform. An article in Forbes points out that “the marketplace requirements to compete are evolving so quickly that leadership is struggling to stay ahead of the course.” Nowhere is this … Continue reading Be the Change Agent

How Managing and Coaching to Agent Performance Metrics Amplifies Your Call Center’s ROI

Veronica Krieg October 12, 2020 Almost 80% of your agents show up to work without knowing what’s expected of them. Too many business leaders see the contact center as a cost center, so developing and investing in agent performance falls off the radar. The less money you spend in the contact center, and the more … Continue reading How Managing and Coaching to Agent Performance Metrics Amplifies Your Call Center’s ROI

Fight Call Center Burnout and Sky High Turnover Rates: 3 Omnichannel Technology Trends to Adopt to Simplify Your Call Center Agent Experience

Laura Krajewski August 7, 2020 As a call center agent, a day of work can be like whiplash. They have hours of monotonous work the first half of your shift and then… BAM! Something goes awry and they’re swamped with back to back phone calls from angry customers. The switch from boredom and tedium to … Continue reading Fight Call Center Burnout and Sky High Turnover Rates: 3 Omnichannel Technology Trends to Adopt to Simplify Your Call Center Agent Experience

What to Say in Call Center Performance Reviews: How to Use Agent Strengths to Inspire Better Performance During your Development Conversations

Veronica Krieg — June 16, 2020 Companies who strategically invest in employee development see 11% higher profit than those who don’t. And, they’re 2x more likely to keep employees in their seats. Investing in your employees brings clear and quantifiable returns – we’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. And again. (And probably … Continue reading What to Say in Call Center Performance Reviews: How to Use Agent Strengths to Inspire Better Performance During your Development Conversations

4 Mistakes You’re Making with Dashboards & Reporting: Use Data to Up-Level Call Center Agent Performance (Not to Feed a Cycle of Brain-Drain)

Veronica Krieg — May 18, 2020 Throwing a cloak of invisibility over your metrics drains agent performance. When your agents don’t know how they’re measured or what metrics to hit, burnout looms on the horizon and agents can’t reach their full potential. It’s not for a lack of effort, though. It’s because they don’t have … Continue reading 4 Mistakes You’re Making with Dashboards & Reporting: Use Data to Up-Level Call Center Agent Performance (Not to Feed a Cycle of Brain-Drain)

Do Your Reports Spark Joy? Tidy Up Your Reports to Reduce Call Center Stress and Boost Agent Engagement

Laura Krajewski — March 3, 2020 I have a bad habit of biting my nails. I know, I know, I need to stop. Every couple of days I say to myself, this is it. I’m not going to bite them anymore. But then, I’ve got a handful of impending deadlines, a meeting I’m dreading with … Continue reading Do Your Reports Spark Joy? Tidy Up Your Reports to Reduce Call Center Stress and Boost Agent Engagement

Don’t Hold Back in the New Year: Conquer These 4 Call Center Projects and Boost your Agent and Customer Experience in 2020

Laura Krajewski — January 9, 2020 The ball dropped and like that, we’re in a new decade! Each new year comes with new goals. I’m not only talking about losing the 5 extra pounds we gained from eating all those Christmas cookies. And, I’m not referring to the resolution you made about watching just a … Continue reading Don’t Hold Back in the New Year: Conquer These 4 Call Center Projects and Boost your Agent and Customer Experience in 2020