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Avoiding burnout through games, scoreboards and empowerment in your contact center

Vonage

And for many of us working in the world of contact centers, we give a lot. In a recent study from Toister Performance Solutions , service expert Jeff Toister evaluated responses from more than 600 contact center agents with 74 percent self-reporting at risk for burnout. Does gamification prevent burnout?

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Five Tactics to Retain Your Top Call Center Agents

NICE inContact

According to Deloitte Research (2016), employees value culture and growth almost twice as much as they value compensation and benefits. Avoiding job boredom in the contact center is crucial to keeping them around. Challenges can consistently be given through gamification tools. 3) Keep Your Agents Challenged.

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Facing the Future of Contact Center Employee Engagement

Verint

At the end of 2016, I conducted 20 interviews with customer service professionals who were members of the National Association of Call Centers (NACC). The question was, “What’s keeping you up at night when you think about your contact center in 2017 and beyond.”. Don’t Panic!”

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Innovations in Performance Management: Verint’s Workforce Optimization

Natalie Petouhof

announced substantial enhancements to its Verint Workforce Optimization ™ software designed to help contact center, back-office and branch operations better manage the performance of employees and operations. What Does Gamification Have To Do With Performance? Tweet Why is this announcement so important? Verint ® Systems Inc.

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Employee Engagement and Better Customer Engagement in 2016

Verint

Everyone is looking for a competitive advantage in 2016. While a good bit of the discussion focuses on the customer experience—and it should—providing tools for success to the people who speak daily with your customers should be front and center as well.

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I’m Judging the SuperNova Awards: Make Sure to Submit Your Case Study

Natalie Petouhof

Tweet I’m judging the 2016 Constellation SuperNova Awards ! Nominate yourself or someone you know before August 8, 2016. To learn more, apply here: https://www.constellationr.com/events/supernova/2016. Every year the Constellation SuperNova Awards recognize individuals for their leadership in digital business.

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Doing Something Really Interesting in IOT Customer Experience or Cloud Customer Service? Apply for a SuperNova Award!

Natalie Petouhof

February 8, 2016 application process begins. August 8, 2016 last day for submissions. September 7, 2016 finalists announced and invited to Connected Enterprise. September 12, 2016 voting opens to the public. September 21, 2016 polls close. And make sure you have data to show your results!