Blend new technologies with tried and tested favourites to refresh your contact centre. Magnus Geverts at Calabrio shares his top spring-cleaning tips for supporting home-working agents… Continue reading Five ways to connect with employees in the world of remote and hybrid work
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Calabrio paves the way for South Africa’s cloud contact centre WFO journey alongside AWS Cape Town launch
As Calabrio deploys its true cloud Workforce Optimisation (WFO) offering via AWS in South Africa, Olle Düring at Calabrio outlines five reasons why this latest news matters to customers in the region.. Continue reading Calabrio paves the way for South Africa’s cloud contact centre WFO journey alongside AWS Cape Town launch
How CX Leaders Build Micro-Moments by Empowering Agents
Laura Bassett, Vice President of Product Marketing at NICE – All too often, when a customer proactively engages with a company to ask a question, address a problem, or make a change; they are met with friction. Difficult-to-navigate apps, long wait times, and lacklustre chat bot responses are just a few of the examples where friction ultimately creates a negative experience despite a customer being willing to engage. Continue reading How CX Leaders Build Micro-Moments by Empowering Agents
Remote working is a risky business – but doesn’t have to be with secure card payments
As contact centres embrace the world of remote and hybrid working, Rob Crutchington, Managing Director of Encoded, discusses how the cloud, open banking and the latest SCA regulations help protect the customer, agents and merchants when taking payments… Continue reading Remote working is a risky business – but doesn’t have to be with secure card payments
Poly Identifies Twelve Considerations for Navigating Hybrid Working
Poly published a new report titled The Journey to Hybrid Working: Twelve Considerations, in partnership with workplace research platform WORKTECH Academy. The new report explores twelve considerations for companies to navigate hybrid working, and identifies the key challenges around people, technology, and spaces that employers face. Continue reading Poly Identifies Twelve Considerations for Navigating Hybrid Working
Verizon and PCI Pal release joint white paper with Servadus addressing contact centre best practices in the wake of PCI DSS 4.0 rollout
PCI Pal®, the global provider of secure payment solutions, today releases a comprehensive white paper with Servadus, and Verizon Business Group, Professional Services, mapping the contact centre landscape over the past few years and taking a look ahead as the industry moves to adopt new payment security standards. Continue reading Verizon and PCI Pal release joint white paper with Servadus addressing contact centre best practices in the wake of PCI DSS 4.0 rollout
Workforce wellbeing – 7 essential elements of an effective corporate programme
Personal and organisational growth go hand in hand. Ross Daniels at Calabrio shares his top tips for an effective wellbeing programme to build a happy and productive team… Continue reading Workforce wellbeing – 7 essential elements of an effective corporate programme
Self-Scheduling: The answer to agent stress in modern, omnichannel contact centres
With stress levels in contact centres as a constant, Magnus Geverts at Calabrio discusses how to balance the needs of employees and the business with a fresh approach to agent self-scheduling… Continue reading Self-Scheduling: The answer to agent stress in modern, omnichannel contact centres
Khoros Reveals How to Best Retain Contact Centre Agents with AI and Automation
Khoros, an award-winning leader in digital-first customer engagement software and services, released its latest whitepaper, Turning the Great Resignation into the Great Retention: 5 ways leaders can automate to save money & limit agent attrition. Continue reading Khoros Reveals How to Best Retain Contact Centre Agents with AI and Automation
Workforce wellbeing – 3 ways to de-stress employees with technologies that humanize the hybrid workplace
Embrace analytics to boost your wellbeing strategy. That’s the message from Ross Daniels at Calabrio. Here, he takes a closer look and gives 3 reasons why you can’t afford to ignore the latest advancements in technologies designed for modern workforce optimisation and engagement… Continue reading Workforce wellbeing – 3 ways to de-stress employees with technologies that humanize the hybrid workplace
Workforce wellbeing – what does it really mean and why does it matter more than ever?
Stress is a major barrier to success and it is affecting everyone. In a new three-part series Ross Daniels introduces Calabrio’s campaign to support improvements for people, processes and technology to enable greater wellbeing across contact centre organisations. This first article outlines the key triggers for agents, supervisors and senior managers and shows why it pays to take a comprehensive approach to organisational wellbeing… Continue reading Workforce wellbeing – what does it really mean and why does it matter more than ever?
Are today’s contact centre agents more isolated? How gamification could help
For many organisations, the quality of their contact centre agents is key to the success of their whole customer service strategy. That’s why it is vital that enterprises keep them focused, upskilled and committed to delivering a high-quality customer experience… Continue reading Are today’s contact centre agents more isolated? How gamification could help
Selecting Agent Management Solutions – are you asking the right questions?
Ross Daniels at Calabrio looks at the recently published 2022 Agent Management Value Index Report [i] from analyst firm Ventana Research, for insights into how to structure software selection processes – to help organisations pose the right questions to get the right answers… Continue reading Selecting Agent Management Solutions – are you asking the right questions?
Case Study: Business Systems and Reed in Partnership
With a vital commitment to making a difference in communities, and supporting its contractual requirements, Reed in Partnership originally set out to look for a call recording system to manage its increasingly growing inbound and outbound calls. Continue reading Case Study: Business Systems and Reed in Partnership
Banishing Complexity – 5 ways to Turn Theory into Practice
Ross Daniels at Calabrio shares his top tips for overcoming contact centre complexity to enhance customer and employee experiences… Continue reading Banishing Complexity – 5 ways to Turn Theory into Practice