{"id":1526,"date":"2015-01-14T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/uncategorized"},"modified":"2015-01-14T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T10:02:00","slug":"every-call-center-needs-a-regular-tune-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/every-call-center-needs-a-regular-tune-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Call Center Needs a Regular Checkup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>January 14, 2015<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.tmcnet.com\/headshots\/2012\/tmcnet.jpg\" height=\"59\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s not just a clich\u00e9 that a New Year calls for some new resolutions; it makes good business sense to look back on the past year, discard what didn\u2019t work, and try something new.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the gist of a new blog post by Jennifer Waite, Product Marketing Manager at inContact, a leading provider of cloud contact center software and contact center agent optimization tools. Waite takes a bird\u2019s-eye view of the modern contact center and offers some suggestions to help it reach its full potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe start of a new year brings resolutions and ideas for change,\u201d she notes. \u201cThis may be a good time to review your quality monitoring form to identify potential changes that will yield positive results for your contact center and agents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A high-quality monitoring form makes it easy for call centers to adapt to necessary changes, including both yes\/no questions and rating-scale questions. If your form seems to be falling short and not providing the robust raw data you need, it might be time for a change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking changes to your form will allow you to implement new processes and expectations that will enable you to achieve the goals you have set for the year,\u201d Waite says. \u201cOne way to successfully do this is to ensure that the goals set for your organization are represented as elements in your scorecard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These elements can be widespread and varied, but there are several points to consider, as she mentions. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are there elements that directly relate to your goals from last year, or are they outdated? If so, remove irrelevant past goals to ensure that your evaluation form is concise and uncluttered.<\/li>\n<li>One of the easiest ways to help align your behavioral scoring is to create clear definitions for each behavior and definitive definitions for each scoring element.<\/li>\n<li>Look for other ways to draw attention to the behavior you want to encourage in your team. Make sure new agents learn about your goals during new-hire training, and post signs and messages throughout your center to keep these goals top of mind. You can also incorporate these goals into any incentives you offer so that everything conveys a single, clear message about your expectations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Waite's main point is that you can't just expect people to know what you want. Your success depends on telling them, and then guiding them in the right direction. That's where teamwork in the call center really comes into play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Google+\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, 2015 It&rsquo;s not just a clich&eacute; that a New Year calls for some new resolutions; it makes good business sense to look at the year just passed, throw out what didn&rsquo;t work and try something new. That&rsquo;s the gist of a new blog post by Jennifer Waite, Product Marketing Manager at inContact, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contact-center-outsourcing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudbposervices.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}