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- No matter how firmly entrenched your company's old habits are, it's easier than you think to achieve EvenBetter customer service.
- No matter how long a company has been around, there's always room for improvement in customer service. In fact, sometimes the older the company, the greater the opportunity for progress. Today's customer contact executives know that monitoring call quality and coaching call center agents are two of the best ways to improve a call center, but sometimes old habits and entrenched systems inadvertently hinder the development of a robust monitoring and evaluation system. An electric utility company with a 120+ year history, three call center locations and 460 internal agents, wanted to increase monitoring, improve analysis and — ultimately — improve service to its customers. When agents were evaluated more frequently by an objective, third-party team that could spot trends and make proactive suggestions for improvement, the call centers experienced improved quality scores and customers reported higher levels of satisfaction. The company received powerful proof that with the right partner, it is possible to teach an old dog (and old call centers) new tricks.
- Use the power of call monitoring to improve customer service — no matter what.
- Customer contact executives know that call quality monitoring and the coaching of call center agents is one of the best ways to improve a call center. A relocation company with five call center locations and 500 agents wanted to find a partner to increase call monitoring, assist with improving customer service, identify ways to prevent order cancellations, create third-party objectivity to produce data to manage partner relationships, and garner additional intelligence from their customer interactions. Sound impossible? Not hardly!
- New monitoring program energizes call center performance at energy company.
- A primary factor in the success of a leading electricity and natural gas company is the energy the company puts into its customer service operations - particularly its Customer Care and Credit Contact Centers. When residential customers call the Energy Company, they expect to talk to knowledgeable and resourceful people who can answer their questions and solve their problems. It's not always easy, yet the approximately 600 call center representatives are trained to maintain grace under fire, while they field tough questions or deal with the occasionally disgruntled consumer.
- Giving call center agents direct access to evaluation scores improves performance.
- Customer contact executives know that call quality monitoring is one of the best ways to improve a call center. The leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America, a $12-billion company with 35 call centers and 1,500 agents, conducted a call quality monitoring test utilizing HyperQuality and it's proprietary web-based reporting tool, HyperView, at two of its busy call centers. When agents were given direct access to their quality evaluation scores and feedback, that call center experienced a 54% improvement in total quality score. In contrast, when agents received feedback from supervisors, that call center experienced a much-lower 12% improvement in total quality score. The Waste and Environmental Services Company received powerful proof that agents will improve on their own when they have the tools to receive accurate, reliable and consistent feedback. In addition, supervisors were freed-up from the constant pressure to monitor and evaluate, and were able to focus on supervising, specialized coaching and day-today operations, resulting in additional performance benefits and cost savings.
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