Millennials were born between 1976 and 2001. They are very different from their doting baby boomer parents. Millennials are tech savvy, skilled at multitasking, great at working in teams, and eager to please. They are also accustomed to being pampered both at home and at …
Workforce Optimization
WFM als Chance, auch die Mitarbeiterzufriedenheit zu verbessern
Mit der zunehmenden Verbreitung und stetigen Verbesserung von Self-Service Anwendungen lassen sich einfachere und wiederkehrende Aufgaben automatisiert erledigen. Das wiederum bedeutet, dass die Anfragen, mit denen Kunden sich an die menschlichen Mitarbeiter wenden, komplexer sind, so dass von den Mitarbeitern im Kundenservice insgesamt ein höheres …
Workforce planning in a Gig Economy
While contact center agents might be ready to jump head first into the gig economy, contact center management is a bit more reluctant, and for good reason. Having on-demand customer service agents isn’t as simple as engaging drivers for Uber. Before making the transition to …
What the Gig Economy Really Is
The term “Gig Economy” is used to describe many changing attitudes, standards and preferences in the way people work. Forbes definition of the Gig Economy, as it relates to attitudes about work, is the “Increased tendency for businesses to hire independent contractors and short-term workers, …
Smashing the scourge of overtime
Smashing the scourge of overtime
Many a manager and business leader has to deal with the challenge of overtime at some point in their careers. From an employee’s perspective it can be a positive, with those few extra pennies making a difference when staff decide to …
Easing automation anxieties through up-skilling
Automation is a word on the lips of many a business professional these days. Inevitably it inspires hope for the future for many a decision-maker, but it’s also responsible for raising fears amongst workers that their jobs might be under threat. With OECD figures predicting …
Baseball and The Myth of WFM Forecasting Accuracy
Yogi Berra didn’t know much about contact centers, but he seems to have had great insight into the first phase of the workforce planning process when he said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future”. The simple fact is that the complex workforce …
Is Your User Experience a Loser Experience?
Much has been written about the constant change in the expectations consumers have for customer service. From the strongly-worded letter and social media brand shaming to the ever-growing preference to conduct agentless support interactions when/where possible, consumer behavior is a lot like the weather in …
Why You Have to Measure CSAT and How to do it Right
Once a popular buzzword, customer satisfaction has become a standard in defining business operations and one that requires measurement and adjustment of platforms and processes. In fact, not measuring customer satisfaction to identify and implement improvement opportunities is akin to throwing away revenue.
The tendency for …
Flexible, cloud-based solutions key to workforce optimisation
With the increasingly urgent need to make their workforces more productive, technology is often touted as a powerful enabler of greater efficiency and improved employee morale. While this is certainly true, this can only be effectively achieved if workers have access to tools that are …