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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of October 2, 2023

ShepHyken

AHT, as in average handle time, is a metric used to measure the average length of time for a customer support call. Some companies look for low AHTs, hoping to manage more calls per hour or shift with a lower time. My Comment: For those in the customer support world, this article is for you. What an honor.

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“Empathy in Action”? offers a modern playbook for delivering customer experience (CX)

Natalie Petouhof

Their first book The One-to-One-Future (1993) described the approach of businesses nurturing relationships with each customer by collaborating with them and differentiating them. As Bates and Petouhoff share in the book, “happy employees make for happy customers.”. The post “Empathy in Action”?

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What is Intelligent Routing? 6 Big Benefits It Offers Your Business

Bold360

Intelligent routing improves customer experience and customer satisfaction while boosting sales, agent productivity, contact center efficiency, and employee experience (EX). Decreased Average Handle Time (AHT). Here are 6 benefits intelligent routing offers: 1.

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Want to Improve Customer Experience? Improve the Agent Experience First

CSM Magazine

Plus, agents who have positive employee experiences add value over time. With the rule book out the window, it’s meant they’ve had to rely increasingly on intuition and initiative to solve new problems. Operational: first time resolution, average handle time, and escalation rate.

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Want to improve customer experience? Improve the agent experience first

Qualtrics

Plus, agents who have positive employee experiences add value over time. With the rule book out the window, it’s meant they’ve had to rely increasingly on intuition and initiative to solve new problems. The more engaged they are, the more inclined they’ll be to deliver an excellent service.

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Understanding How CX Drives Good and Bad Profits

Natalie Petouhof

This concept was crystallized in my mind in the sixth chapter of the book “Empathy in Action,” authored by Tony Bates, Genesys CEO and chairman, and Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, customer experience business value consulting, sales enablement and thought leader for Genesys. Poor employee experience. This defeats the purpose.

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People-First Culture Keynote: Las Vegas 2019 (Employee Engagement & Company Culture Keynote)

Michel Falcon Experience

.” To, you put one finger up at a time; just don’t start with the middle finger. My first question is, is 2019 going to be the year that you continue to reinforce efforts to improve your employee experience? Are you content with your customer experience? That’s a chapter in my book, Own The Dinner Table.

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