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Understanding Average Handling Time

Brad Cleveland Blog

Once I worked with a technical support center that had a fairly wide range of average handling times (AHTs). Most of the agents had AHTs somewhere from 8 to 12 minutes, but the AHT for one agent in the group was over 20 minutes.

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CXNext Podcast Episode 56: From Contact Center to CX Officer: Leadership for Customer Experience

Bold360

I once subscribed to the Moses model of CX leadership. Transitioning from the contact center to CX leadership. We want to have them work on harder problems and spending more time talking to customers, not reducing average handle time.” It’s not about you…and other wisdom on CX leadership.

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How to optimize customer service costs with visual assistance

TechSee

Customer service leadership must abandon any short-term initiatives to reduce customer service costs and instead find sustainable cost optimization tactics that will allow for business resilience. How to Reduce Customer Service Costs Sustainably.

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Performance Management Takes Your Reporting to the Next Level

NICE inContact

So, like my dog, your leadership team and your front-line employees will both need to wait for that performance insight! When I worked in a contact center, there was a complicated projections report that we presented to the leadership team every Monday morning. Automate your analysis process.

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Maximize Your Investment in Upskilling Agents

TechSee

Most service organizations have found that visual support is a force multiplier when upskilling agents, helping them maintain their average handle time (AHT) and first contact resolution (FCR) while adjusting to their new duties. Skill set investment has critical operational implications.

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

CSM Magazine

This is particularly worrying, considering agent KPIs are forensically measured and metrics such as Customer Satisfaction and Average Handling Time are easily affected by loud noises — whether these come from the customer’s or the agent’s side.

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The 3 Principles of Brand Loyalty After COVID-19 Rocked Our World

BlueOcean

We’ve written before about the changes in consumer behaviours and the impact on customer care – from fluctuations in arrival patterns to dynamic average handle times. Brand loyalty depends heavily upon customer experience, regardless of the impact of the pandemic. What worked in 2019 may not work in 2021 or 2022.

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