article thumbnail

Five Coaching Tips For Contact Center Agents that Work

Playvox

Either way, it needs to be done, and arming yourself with a full set of coaching tips for contact center agents will ensure the sessions are productive. In fact, McKinsey estimates that “the average 500-agent call center in North America allocates around $2 million of staff time to coaching activities every year.”.

article thumbnail

Silencing the Noise: Unveiling the Impact on Contact Centre Agents and Brands

CSM Magazine

With such a strong emphasis on customer experience, brands cannot afford to ignore this key driver that could easily tip the scale between good and bad customer service, and therefore profit and loss. All of which leads to a drop in waiting time and misunderstandings, which always increases average handling time (AHT).

Brands 59
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 Tips for Managing Remote Call Center Agents

NobelBiz

Running a remote call center, on the other hand, has become relatively simple with strong management, an excellent organization, and the necessary contact center technological tools. In this article, discover 5 tips to manage remote call center agents successfully. Here are the 5 tips to tackle them: 1.

article thumbnail

What Managers Should Know About Agent Performance Metrics

NobelBiz

AHT – The Average Handling Time in call centers The average handling time is the amount of time it takes for a customer to interact with an agent in a call center. That’s why when you are managing the average handling time (AHT), you need look at it very carefully.

Metrics 52
article thumbnail

What is Call Wrap Up Time? 5 Ways to Reduce It in Your Contact Center

Talkdesk

Reducing average wait time and average handle time in your contact can yield huge customer satisfaction increases for your business. In this blog, we outline what call wrap up time is and actionable steps you can take to reduce it in your contact center.

article thumbnail

5 Easy Ways to Turn Your Outbound Contact Center Campaigns Into Success

NobelBiz

Michael Ferree, CEO & Founder of Lead Generation World & CEO of contact.io, has more to say on how to get people to answer your calls. Average Handling time The Average Handling Time for Contact Centers is the amount of time an agent spends on calls, including any time spent on hold or transferring calls.