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The Secret Jet Fuel for a Stagnant Contact Center

CSM Magazine

If you go the extra mile and seek personalized, timely, insightful feedback from your customers, you can identify and improve contact center operations—and strengthen customer loyalty. CX professionals measure their company’s brand health in terms of customer satisfaction outcomes.

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Why AHTs Still Matter and 5 Ways to Improve Them

CSM Magazine

Average handle time is an important contact centre metric but it can be a double-edged sword that creates customer dissatisfaction. So, is Average Handle Time (AHT) still a relevant metric and what does it mean for contact centres today? Improve AHT in 5 Easy Steps 1.

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Tortoise or Hare – Which One Best Describes Your Contact Center?

CSM Magazine

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. It’s time to introduce a ‘less haste, more speed’ culture supported by the latest technology. It all comes down to the basics so let’s start with how contact centers measure.

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The Great AI Paradox for Contact Centre Agents

CSM Magazine

The good news is contact centres from all parts of the world recognize the importance of agent wellbeing in meeting customer demands. The majority (80%) or more rank agent engagement scores as the top measurement metric of the future ahead of traditional customer-centric KPIs such as customer effort (81%) and average handle time (80%).

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Want to Improve Customer Experience? Improve the Agent Experience First

CSM Magazine

And with so much still in flux, that’s not set to change any time soon. That means contact center leaders need to get smart about how they deliver better customer experiences – and it begins with looking inward. To improve customer experience, contact center leaders need to first improve agent experience.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 7-11-2022

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Magazine) As the global marketplace shrinks and communication channels continue to evolve, competition is heating up. Finally, this is an all-the-time consistent effort. Time to Emphasise Real-Time CX Metrics by Ginger Conlon. My Comment: How do you measure CX? Seriously, to measure CX is one thing.

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Customer Service Management: It’s Time to Change the Metrics

CSM Magazine

With the large volumes of contact center advisors still incentivized based on speed – typically the Average Handle Time (AHT) – CX goals are quite often unachievable. AHT has dominated contact center measurement for decades. Companies have two options: speed or quality. Quality versus Quantity.

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