Customer Experience

13 Easy and Creative Contact Center Rewards and Recognition Ideas

Keeping employees happy and motivated is challenging in any workplace, and agent motivation is especially difficult for contact centers. Although you might think employee happiness is less of a priority than ROI, customer experience, or profit margins — research shows that happy employees are more productive. It’s here, at the juncture of happiness and productivity,…

7 Essentials to Managing Remote Call Center Agents

7 Essentials to Managing Remote Call Center Agents

People are working remotely more than ever thanks to the proliferation of online productivity, communication tools, and of course, the pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic, 31% of employees worked from home at least part-time. By March 2020, that number grew to 45% and then grew again to 62% by April 2020, according to…

Customer Experience

8 Proven Tips To Improve Agent Performance

If you’re focused on strengthening customer service within your contact center, the first step is to boost your agents’ performance. Why? Because agent performance directly impacts customer satisfaction and sales.  Agents are the foundation and most important asset of your company — they’re on the front lines. They’re in constant communication with your customers and…

HR Management for CX

What are the Top LMS Tools for Customer Service Teams

Every call center or business with its own customer service department should invest in a high-quality Learning Management System (LMS). Why? Because ongoing education for your employees is crucial to keep delivering the best customer experience. Yes, it’s another expense your budget might seem too small for, but you have to recognize just how vital…

What You Need To Know About The Best Performance Dashboards

What You Need To Know About The Best Performance Dashboards

It is said that you can’t manage what you cannot measure. Monitoring and tracking performance metrics is much easier with the right tools. Contact centers and customer service departments that still depend on cluttered spreadsheets for managing performance reports are only making their work harder. Modern solutions allow for much easier, more streamlined performance management….

Defining the Most Effective KPIs to Measure Your Business’s Performance

Defining the Most Effective KPIs to Measure Your Business’s Performance

Measuring your business’s performance is an ideal way to determine how well your team’s working and what you can do to deliver customer service you’re truly proud of. After all, customer satisfaction is a key brand differentiator. Your reputation matters! Performance measurement begins with defining your KPIs. The performance KPIs need to be the right…

How Do Performance KPIs Affect Your Strategic Impact Measurements?

How Do Performance KPIs Affect Your Strategic Impact Measurements?

Every business has to develop effective customer service strategies to maximize performance, drive improvements, and achieve ongoing success — and success starts with measuring performance KPIs. As a manager, you should have a clear understanding of your business’s goals, values, and priorities, but building an effective strategy that takes your company’s customer service in exciting…