7 Call Center Contest Ideas for Boosting Morale and Quality

7 Call Center Contest Ideas for Boosting Morale and Quality

As a call center manager, you face one of the most challenging jobs. How do you motivate your team despite heavy call volume, disgruntled customers, and extreme pressure to deliver good customer service? By implementing these call center contest ideas, you can provide your contact center agents with direct incentives to perform at their best….

Creating Personalized Customer Journeys with AI

Creating Personalized Customer Journeys with AI

Nearly 75 percent of consumers expect a personalized customer journey when interacting with companies, and even more get frustrated when they don’t receive it. From the ads in our Instagram feed to our Amazon product recommendations, personalization is everywhere—including today’s contact center. Approximately 70 percent of customers say that having an agent who knows who…

How Customer Service Technology Is Shaping Agent Experiences

How Customer Service Technology Is Shaping Agent Experiences

Customer service technology that delivers measurable, positive results starts with people—not technology.   According to Gartner research published in the Harvard Business Review, optimizing customer experience (CX) is not about shiny, over-the-top digital capabilities or automation alone. For customer service technology to truly move the needle, it must bridge technology and human-to-human connections—connections that begin and…

The Benefits of Establishing a Wellness Center in Your Workplace

The Benefits of Establishing a Wellness Center in Your Workplace

Are you willing to give your contact center agents a daily reminder to join a meditation class? Will you provide your on-site team time to join a yoga room? Is your company ready to take employee experience to the next level? If you answered yes to all these questions, your contact center might be ready…

Crafting Your Workforce Engagement Management Soundtrack

Crafting Your Workforce Engagement Management Soundtrack

What songs would you include if you had the chance to create the soundtrack of your workforce engagement management (WEM) experience? We surveyed our Playvox experts, and our soundtrack will be a crossover party playing all the musical fields, from classical jazz to rock. Discover how your workforce engagement management band can perform better with…

Timely Customer Service: 7 Tips To Get It Right

Timely Customer Service: 7 Tips To Get It Right

To say that today’s world is “fast-paced” would be an understatement. Whether they’re accessing instant streaming content, same-day delivery, or real-time social media updates, consumers these days expect immediate gratification. The same thing can be said about timely customer service. Speedy customer support is no longer nice to have — it’s table stakes.  In this…

Championing Diversity: Best Practices to Promote Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Championing Diversity: Best Practices to Promote Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

In June, we proudly celebrate Pride Month where we walk alongside the LGBTQ+ community, commemorating and celebrating the advances in human rights issues that allow everyone to feel free and safe anywhere. Creating more spaces to learn about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) in the workplace is a constant task that involves us all,…

The Power of Human Connection in Digital Customer Service

The Power of Human Connection in Digital Customer Service

Consumers prefer to go digital in just about every aspect of their lives, including their business and brand interactions. That’s why companies are increasingly investing in digital transformation to serve consumers, meet their expectations, and stay competitive. But what exactly does digital customer service entail, and how can you make it truly effective? In this…

Forecasting and Scheduling: Adapting to the New Normal

Forecasting and Scheduling: Adapting to the New Normal

Before 2020, contact center forecasting and scheduling was considered more of an art than a science. No two schedules were the same, and lots of intuition and calculations went into building a winning formula. However, since then, changing scheduling dynamics have added layers of complexity to deriving accurate and optimal schedule forecasts. To stay current…