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Deck the Halls 2018: Coping with Peak Season Holiday Spikes in the Contact Center

BlueOcean

In 2018, that number has skyrocketed to a massive $1.1 For instance, crafting themes for your spikes like “Holiday Hell 2018” or “Operation Save Christmas” can help rally your troops and create a culture of resilience. trillion, according to data from Deloitte , which is more than a quarter of annual retail sales.

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Top Three Myths of Hiring Remote Contact Center Agents

NICE inContact

But there are a lot of misconceptions about remote workers and how they impact a contact center’s productivity and culture. Here’s why: In 2018, there was nearly five billion dollars in cost savings for U.S. Myth #3: Company culture suffers with remote work programs. Reality: Remote work can foster a positive company culture.

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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. The research shows that ideal company cultures prioritize an environment of listening. Challenges can consistently be given through gamification tools. 3) Keep Your Agents Challenged.

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Why Survival Mode Kills The Customer Experience

CX Accelerator

A survival mode culture is one of the fastest way to destroy the experience for your customers as well as your employees. Focus on the MIT (Most Important Behaviors For Success) The number one cause of a survival mode culture is lack of clarity around what matters most. 5 Ways to Move From Surviving To Thriving 1.

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Your Sports Bettor’s National Team Is Out of the World Cup. Now What?

Optimove

They placed 23% of bets on England’s national team during the 2018 World Cup. You can also look at geographical elements and how culture has an intrinsic role here. However, you can pick up on other trends and play with them in your marketing plan. For instance, Belgians like to bet on England.

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Top 150 Global Customer Experience Thought Leaders and Influencers of 2020

SurveySensum

She strongly believes that corporate culture and employee experience directly impact customer experience. She is the first Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP) in Yorkshire in 2018 and has experience in both large-scale multi-site, multi-channel operations, and smaller, entrepreneurial businesses. LinkedIn : [link].

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29 Customer Service Training and Coaching Tips

Stella Connect

If you seize the opportunities group training affords, you’ll go a long way toward building a more cohesive, customer-centric call center culture—something that will shine through in every customer interaction. Here’s how to start laying that new cultural foundation, brick by brick. Shep Hyken (@Hyken) April 15, 2018.