Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

Most companies aspire to excellence in customer experience (CX). But without getting contact center performance right, all other CX elements – such as marketing, user experience, etc. How do you build a high performance contact center? After all, the employee experience drives the customer experience.

Contact Center 77

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Metrics Average Handle Time 77

CSM Magazine

MARCH 28, 2024

In the busy and sometimes stressful environment of a contact center, maintaining employee well-being is both a challenge and a necessity. Industry research indicates: 74% of call center agents are at risk of burnout due to high emotional labor. 91% of call center agents experience anxiety and other mental health issues.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Center Workshop Culture 52

InMoment XI

JULY 12, 2022

It’s common for frontline employees like contact center agents to be inundated with them—schedule adherence, efficiency, handle time, and hopefully, amid all of that and more, customer experience (CX) metrics. This strengthens brand connection and creates a customer-centric culture. Metrics, metrics, metrics.

Contact Center 529

Contact Center Metrics Customer Centricity Culture 529

Playvox

APRIL 27, 2023

Contact center trends can directly impact success. For the greatest impact and a clear competitive edge, contact center leaders must choose wisely when making business decisions about the trends to prioritize and implement in their organizations — because all change, even positive change, costs time and resources.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Omnichannel Metrics Feedback 52

Think Customers

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It’s impossible to know what 2023 will bring but, as we head into the new year, some clear challenges (and opportunities) are emerging and businesses have clear priorities when it comes to elevating customer and employee experience. Double-down on employee experience.

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2023 Employee Experience Engagement Brands 96

Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It’s hard to ignore the fact that contact centers are plagued with high agent burnout and turnover rates. According to industry studies , average annual turnover ranges between 30-45 percent – with some centers experiencing turnover into the triple digits. Some contact centers experience almost no turnover at all.

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Contact Center Culture Effort Score Call Center 68

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Customer loyalty is more important than ever, and prioritizing customer service — with an excellent, dynamic, and engaged contact center — can help your company stand out. After all, your customer support team is the heart and soul of the customer experience (CX). Your contact center employees are your greatest assets.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center 2023 Loyalty Social Media 52

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 16, 2020

A customer-centric culture is the “make or break” component of any customer experience initiative. We discussed all kinds of ways to begin working toward an enhanced culture, or (if you’re lucky enough to have the beginnings of it in your organization already) how to accelerate the positive momentum you’ve already garnered.

Customer Centricity 182

Customer Centricity Culture Webinar Customers 182

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 16, 2020

A customer-centric culture is the “make or break” component of any customer experience initiative. We discussed all kinds of ways to begin working toward an enhanced culture, or (if you’re lucky enough to have the beginnings of it in your organization already) how to accelerate the positive momentum you’ve already garnered.

Customer Centricity 182

Customer Centricity Culture Webinar Customers 182

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 5, 2021

You know the brands that do customer culture well. In a word, it all comes back to the culture. The Disney Way” or “Zappos Culture” is shorthand for that relentless view to prioritize customers, their wellbeing, and their goals. Six Ways to Actively Build a Customer-Centric Culture: 1.

Customer Centricity 190

Customer Centricity Culture Government Workshop 190

Natalie Petouhof

AUGUST 15, 2022

The term empathy is key to engaging any kind of Customer Experience (CX), Member Experience (MX), Patient Experience (PX), and Employee Experience (EX) in any industry going forward in today’s climate. Original Article by By Stephen Leaden. It’s about running your organization as though you are the customer.

Employee Experience 52

Employee Experience Contact Center Books Culture 52

InMoment XI

APRIL 5, 2022

Of course, different firms operate with different goals in mind, but what’s important to take away here is how the customer experience is impacting the employee experience and vice versa. If you’d like to learn more about what’s happening in 2022’s experience realm, take a look at the full online version.

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Banking 2022 Customer Experience Financial 295

Playvox

JANUARY 13, 2022

While many in the contact center industry are slow to transition away from on-premise software, cloud adoption shows no signs of slowing. In the last year, contact center teams that have embraced cloud-based solutions have learned some important lessons. When agents’ voices are heard, the culture of open feedback grows.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center 2022 2025 2021 52

TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

Passionate about amplifying the voices of other women, Clare launched the ‘Inspiring Women in CX’ podcast during the pandemic, which led her to founding Women in CX , the world’s first online membership community for women in customer experience and technology.

2023 207

2023 Customer Service Contact Center Customer Centricity 207

COPC

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Organizations often believe they have the right strategy and best intentions, but their culture does not always support them. It is easy to say that customer and employee experience are important and may even be part of a mission statement. But if culture and actions do not align with the strategy, it does more harm than good.?.

Culture 90

Culture Engagement Contact Center Measurement 90

Playvox

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

They make customers the center of their business strategy, execute on delivering outstanding customer experiences, and strive for continuous improvement. It’s often the continuous improvement or quality management (QM) piece where contact centers struggle. It’s often regarded as restrictive, costly, and an afterthought.

Customer Centricity 83

Customer Centricity Contact Center Management Customer Satisfaction 83

Playvox

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The term “buyer’s market” is best known for describing the state of the real estate market, but it’s also applicable to contact centers. AI-driven tools and platforms are shaping the way contact centers engage with and manage their workforce. Why Workforce Engagement Matters to Business?

Engagement 73

Engagement Contact Center Culture Metrics 73

TechSee

MARCH 7, 2023

Marlene Kolodziej, DBA, ITIL, Senior Vice President, Service Delivery, Ricoh – Recently highlighted as a CX Innovator, Dr. Marlene is a champion for customer and employee experience, driving the adoption of technology, experience engagement, and process to accelerate and shape digital transformation.

2023 207

2023 Contact Center Leadership Hospitality 207

Talkdesk

MAY 20, 2019

Last week, I attended ICMI’s yearly contact center expo in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. And two, because contact centers are at a particularly transformative point in their existence. As a newcomer to the contact center world, I was impressed with the strides the industry has made.

Contact Center 44

Contact Center Culture Airlines Workshop 44

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2024

By improving the overall customer experience, there is a noticeable reduction in the burden on contact centers, which decreases customer support requests, wait times, and time to resolution. Many leaders are seeing heavy turnover in contact centers, leading to costs around hiring, training, and losing institutional knowledge.

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ROI CEM Net Promoter Score Customer Experience 260

BlueOcean

MAY 5, 2023

How does your culture support agent retention? The contact center world is riddled with stereotypes of soul-crushing jobs. You’re looking for a partner who knows how to create a positive employee experience—after all, happy employees make for happy customers. Ultimately, you’re not asking for zero turnover.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Contact Center Government Culture 156

Playvox

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gamification is a strategy that drives motivation and engagement and creates a culture where employees continuously work to achieve the organization’s business objectives and, in turn, get rewarded and recognized. This same company uses a game-like app with rewards to encourage employees to save on travel expenses.

Contact Center 79

Contact Center Feedback Culture Engagement 79

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In the second episode, Building Continuous CX Improvements in Your Contact Center, Nate Brown, co-founder of CX Accelerator, shared his expertise regarding how to build an all-star contact center. Employee Experience (EX) – How employees perceive their total interactions with an organization.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Net Promoter Score NPS 2013 48

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

When I was first introduced to the company I read everything I could find about their culture, training, leadership philosophy, and Tony. Also, they published the Culture Book (pictured). Employee experience (EX) is customer experience!". Prioritizing the employee experience. D riven by core values.

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Books Return on Investment Magazine Culture 266

Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Does your contact center “talk the customer talk” but sometimes gets stuck when it comes to matching up customer expectations with service and support delivery by your agents? How Workforce Optimization Works in a Contact Center The most valuable asset in a customer service organization or contact center is your workforce.

Contact Center 77

Contact Center Omnichannel Net Promoter Score Management 77

Brad Cleveland Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

Everything I’ve seen over the years — in both the organizations I’ve led and others I’ve worked with as an outside advisor — corroborates the importance of employee experience. It is indeed the cornerstone of customer experience.

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Employee Experience Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture 55

Kustomer

APRIL 8, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen is joined by Stacy Sherman from Schindler Elevator Corporation and Vikas Bhambri from Kustomer to discuss why the employee experience matters just as much, if not more than the customer experience. TRANSCRIPT.

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Employee Experience Culture Customer Centricity Engagement 71

Playvox

MAY 11, 2023

In the midst of “ quiet quitting ” and continued low unemployment, contact centers are leveraging remote work as a way to attract team members. Create A Company Culture Based On Trust And Autonomy Of Workers When working asynchronously, trust is essential between remote workers and managers.

Management 89

Management Contact Center Culture 2021 89

Innovative CX

MAY 5, 2022

Just like customer expectations have changed dramatically, so too have employee expectations of the workplace experience. Throw a pandemic on top of this tectonic shift in expectations and you have a tidal wave of change impacting how we recruit and retain employees in our contact centers.

Culture 59

Culture Social Media 2022 Contact Center 59

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

When I was first introduced to the company I read everything I could find about their culture, training, leadership philosophy, and Tony. Also, they published the Culture Book (pictured). Employee experience (EX) is customer experience!". Prioritizing the employee experience. D riven by core values.

Books 182

Books Return on Investment Magazine Culture 182

BlueOcean

AUGUST 26, 2021

From the most basic choices, like where to shop for groceries or who to visit in-person; to the most complex business decisions, like what to do about employee safety or how to ensure business continuity—suddenly there were more questions to ask, more at stake, and more ways to fail. The Post-COVID Contact Center RFP Timeline.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Travel Culture Presentation 156

Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost. WFM to the rescue.

Call Center 52

Call Center Contact Center Management Omnichannel 52

RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Read the transcript below: Nicholas Rodriguez: …the highest priorities for Contact Centers that focus on the customer. So, Talkdesk Enterprise Contact Center empowers companies to make their Customer Experience a competitive advantage. So, without further introductions, let’s go ahead and get started.

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Contact Center Customer Centricity Multi-Channel Webinar 40

Playvox

JULY 31, 2023

Employee self-service can nurture employee satisfaction and agent performance and promote a motivated and engaged workforce. The term “employee experience” embodies many aspects of how an employee interacts with their job. This timely reaction to metrics is crucial in a fast-paced contact center environment.

Management 85

Management Contact Center ROI Net Promoter Score 85

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

They no longer have interactions with them, and rely on others like account managers, frontline employees and customer service teams to provide those one-on-one interactions. Better customer experience creates a cycle for better employee experiences. Customer-focused organizations prioritize keeping customers close.

Customer Experience 376

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Reference 2022 376

Playvox

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Measuring how happy (or unhappy) customers are with your brand, service, support, and products — also known as customer sentiment — is challenging in an omnichannel contact center. How do you “read the customer” in texts and chats? What is Customer Sentiment Analysis? The important part is to get started.

Contact Center 82

Contact Center Omnichannel Measurement Social Media 82

ShepHyken

JANUARY 6, 2020

8 CX Design & Strategy Trends You Need To Know: Looking Back On The 2019 Contact Center by Matt Wujciak. My Comment: What’s your ROX (Return on experience)? This excellent article from the good people at CCW, who put on several amazing conferences for the customer support world cover eight strategies in the contact center.

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2020 Article Customer Service Contact Center 104