The Right WFM Tools Quickly Boost Contact Center Performance

The Right WFM Tools Quickly Boost Contact Center Performance

The right WFM tools can mean the difference between a business that flourishes and one that flounders. While it may sound like a bold claim, the truth is the benefits of workforce management are big, and they have far-reaching effects—not only inside contact centers, but throughout organizations and straight to the bottom line. That’s because,…

12 Signs Your Contact Center Needs a WEM Solution

12 Signs Your Contact Center Needs a WEM Solution

How to Know if You Need a Workforce Engagement Management Solution: Answer These 12 Questions A spring 2021 article on SHRM references the turnover “tsunami” that’s on the horizon, given that more than half of employees surveyed say they’ll look for a new job in the next year. With turnover rates for contact centers already…

Workforce Management Terminology: A Comprehensive Guide

Workforce Management Terminology: A Comprehensive Guide

Adherence. AHT. ATA. EWT. FCR. The contact center industry is full of specialized terminology, jargon, and acronyms. Whether you’re an experienced contact center leader or a newly hired call center agent, it’s challenging to learn and keep up with the latest workforce management (WFM) terminology. To help you make sense of your work life (or…

6 Signs Spreadsheets Fail as a Workforce Management Tool

6 Signs Spreadsheets Fail as a Workforce Management Tool

Let’s face it. Spreadsheets were made to manage numbers, not people. For scheduling and managing the complexities of a high-demand agent workforce, spreadsheets do not cut it. In fact, they can be a detriment to the effective operations of your contact center. If you’re struggling with forecasting, scheduling, and monitoring your workforce in real-time, you’re…

Contact Center

Workforce Management Software: How To Choose The Right One

Workforce management software isn’t exactly a magic pill for contact centers helping to drive business success, but it’s definitely a smart place to start. While strong products will always be essential to the success of large and mid-size businesses, it’s the customer experience that keeps people (and revenue) coming. Contact centers are at the heart…

What is Workforce Management and When Should Your Contact Center Implement It?

What is Workforce Management and When Should Your Contact Center Implement It?

For anyone asking, “What is workforce management?” there’s never been a better time to understand—and turn up—its power to transform and optimize your business. Workforce management is the critical link between today’s top-performing contact centers and thriving brands—across every industry. And it’s increasingly top-of-mind for customer experience leaders who want to help reduce costs and…

CS Tips

Voice of the Customer: Your Secret Weapon to Strengthen Customer Service

The foundation of a successful business relies on its customers. Simply coasting through without hearing feedback from them will most likely lead to misfortunes financially. Any business that suffers in that regard probably won’t be around for too long. Customer service feedback is important to any business. It helps build the company and improves customer…

Customer Experience

7 Ways to Easily Boost Customer Service Empathy

It’s only natural for humans to want to feel understood and heard, especially with the chaos and anxiety permeating the atmosphere these days. In order to successfully validate a customer’s wants and needs, empathy is a must. Agents with strong empathic abilities are overall better at creating long-term customer relationships. Of course, this is easier…