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How Not To Engage Employees: Telecoms Lead The Way Again

Beyond Philosophy

Nearly 40,000 employees from two unions contracting with Verizon have been on strike for a little over a month. Now, Verizon is learning firsthand the cost of not having a strong culture of employee engagement—in actual dollars and sense. Employee Engagement and Customer Experience Are Linked. Why did they strike?

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6 Actually Cool Gifts for Your Team During Customer Service Appreciation Week

Stella Connect

2: A wireless charging mouse pad . Everyone deserves a little “desk flair” these days, and Uncommon Goods has plenty to choose from, including the Wooden Qi Wireless Mousepad , which can help your agents keep their phones fully charged, all within easy reach, right at their fingertips. #3: 3: An anti-fatigue standing mat.

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From Call Center to Consultant: 6 Steps I Followed to Build My Customer Experience Career

Michel Falcon Experience

Like most companies, yearly budgets are determined in Q4 of the previous year, so an impromptu trip to Henderson, Nevada for a call center agent wasn’t going to be an easy ask from my boss. Pay specific attention to how they are leveraging technology, customer experience and employee engagement to grow their companies.

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Top 50 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

Storyminers

Arie’s key consulting clients included: Prodigy, Safeway, FedEx, USAA, Capital One, BT Wireless (O2), Sumsung Card, LG Capital, and many more. Arie is also an effective leader of call center performance improvement projects, and is particularly adept at balancing the company, customer, and frontline perspectives.

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Top 50 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

Storyminers

Arie’s key consulting clients included: Prodigy, Safeway, FedEx, USAA, Capital One, BT Wireless (O2), Sumsung Card, LG Capital, and many more. Arie is also an effective leader of call center performance improvement projects, and is particularly adept at balancing the company, customer, and frontline perspectives.

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8 Uses of Artificial Intelligence to Boost Customer Experience Measurement

Pointillist

Today, the utilization of speech data is largely confined to recording call center transcripts. But with the advent of what is now being called artificial emotional intelligence or Emotion AI, machines can detect emotions from multiple channels—just the way humans do. Speech Analytics with Auditory Cues.

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What Is A People-First Culture? (Fireside Chat With Jayson Gaignard)

Michel Falcon Experience

So then you went from that and then eventually found yourself making 10 bucks an hour at a call center at a 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Company culture, customer experience, and employee engagement, and how all those three work together to build an admired, profitable company. 2,000 engagements, $1,500 engagements, small retainers.

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