Make Agent Satisfaction a Common Call Center Metric

May 26, 2011 (1)

When you're looking at your call center's performance, how much does satisfaction on your front line factor into the equation -- and how much could it be helping or hurting your overall performance?

Employee Motivation and Retention

Naughty or Nice? Call Centers Make a Difference In Consumer Ratings

Dec 01, 2011 (0)

Consumer Reports has released its annual "Naughty & Nice Holiday List" of companies, which includes such well-known names as American Express, Amazon, Southwest Airlines and Verizon Wireless. The contact center made a big difference for one company on the list. How could the call center have helped get more of the naughty companies on the nice list?

Operations Management

Expert's Angle: Using "The Power of Small Wins" to Reduce New-Hire Agent Turnover

Nov 10, 2011 (2)

If your call center operates as a profit center (sells, renews, retains, upgrades, converts, collects or solicits), improving retention of newly hired agents will have an immediate impact on your bottom line.  Reducing the ongoing cost and effort of hiring and training new agents is one benefit but the real payoff is that KPI’s go up and rookie mistakes go down.

People Development


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