Veronica Krieg — January 27, 2020 Only one in four employees think that their managers deliver meaningful feedback, or that the feedback they get helps them work better. What’s worse, a slim 21% of employees think their performance is managed in a way that motivates them to do outstanding work. Contact center managers struggle to … Continue reading 5 Tactics to Pocket for Future Coaching Sessions with your Agents: Coach Using Data to Improve Employee Performance Management in your Contact Center
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A Guide to Change Management in Your Contact Center: 4 Strategies to Align People and Processes as You Move your Tech to the Cloud and Mature your Systems this Year
Veronica Krieg — January 10, 2020 More than 80% of CX professionals said they were starting or in the middle of a digital transformation project in 2019. And, the focal point for these transformative moves is improving customer experience. As disruptors and new competitors emerge in markets, companies continue to seek out ways to level … Continue reading A Guide to Change Management in Your Contact Center: 4 Strategies to Align People and Processes as You Move your Tech to the Cloud and Mature your Systems this Year
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
Collaboration solution from Qualtrics puts customer service employees at the center of customer experience
The tool seeks to drive cross-functional collaboration by collecting and analyzing customer-facing employee feedback. Jennifer Cannon on January 8, 2020 Customers — especially end-users — tend to be straightforward with store and customer service staff as well as regular vendor contacts, particularly when it comes to product feedback. That feedback doesn’t always reach the product … Continue reading Collaboration solution from Qualtrics puts customer service employees at the center of customer experience
How to Shortlist Potential Contact Center Partners
Amy Bennet — October 23, 2019 Running an effective and efficient procurement process for a contact center partner is easier said than done – even for seasoned indirect sourcing professionals and folks in the C suite. It’s not unusual for the process to take 12 to 18 months from discovery to go-live with significant time … Continue reading How to Shortlist Potential Contact Center Partners
How to Ease the Pain of Scaling Your Contact Center
Susan Preiss — October 3, 2019 Business is booming? Great! There’s nothing we love more than a good growth story. Your revenue is skyrocketing, which usually means your customers are buying more and you’re gaining more customers. Of course, growth spurts often go hand-in-hand with growing pains. Have you also noticed more customers calling or … Continue reading How to Ease the Pain of Scaling Your Contact Center
Top 10 Things to Assess on Your Contact Center Vendor Site Visit
Amy Bennet — August 28, 2019 — August 28, 2019 Choosing a strategic partner to deliver an outsourced customer care solution is a significant business decision – maybe one of the most significant decisions you’ll make in your career. You’ll task your team with running a tight procurement process to assess potential contact center partners. … Continue reading Top 10 Things to Assess on Your Contact Center Vendor Site Visit
Keep Your Contact Center in North America Without Breaking the Bank
Amy Bennet — June 27, 2019 — June 27, 2019 A quick trip down memory lane reminds us that the 1990s saw a massive rise in the practice of offshoring call centers. With the convergence of economic factors and technological advancement, it was seen as the cheap alternative for companies who required basic customer support … Continue reading Keep Your Contact Center in North America Without Breaking the Bank
Before You Go to RFP, Get Friendly: A Guide to On-Site Contact Center Visits
Mike Hasler — June 4, 2019 — June 4, 2019 Picture this: You’re in the RFP process for a new contact center partner. You have a short list of participants. You give them a couple of weeks to return their answers, and then you spend a few more weeks poring through those answers with your … Continue reading Before You Go to RFP, Get Friendly: A Guide to On-Site Contact Center Visits
How to Engage Gen Z in the Contact Center
Cathy Biddulph — April 2, 2019 — April 2, 2019 Quick, is Gen Z old enough to work yet? No checking Wikipedia… Answer: Yes. While there is a bit of a gray area between where exactly Millennials stop and Gen Z starts, demographers pretty much agree that the starting birth years for Gen Z are … Continue reading How to Engage Gen Z in the Contact Center