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Ditch the Spreadsheets: How Outdated Tools Are Hurting Your Operation

If you're managing some type of customer support operation or contact center using spreadsheets, shared drives, and a mashup of single-purpose solutions, you're fighting an uphill battle.  

These tools may have done the job in the past, but in today's fast-paced world, they're a bit like using dial-up internet.

Let's look at the impact on your business and what you can do about it.

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Employee Coaching to Improve Workforce Retention Rates
Using Employee Engagement Coaching as a Workforce Retention Strategy

TL;DR:

Employee coaching is a powerful tool to boost engagement and reduce turnover. It fosters employee confidence, skill development, and workplace satisfaction. Coaching sessions help employees feel heard, appreciated, and aligned—directly impacting retention.

  1. Voluntary turnover costs U.S. businesses $1 trillion annually.
  2. Coaching indirectly boosts engagement through improved confidence and communication.
  3. Effective coaching strategies include:
    1. Gathering employee feedback
    2. Recognizing achievements
    3. Providing a safe space to practice skills
    4. Tying job tasks to meaningful outcomes
  4. The right coaching tools help streamline communication, performance tracking, and learning.

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Top Causes of Voluntary Turnover (+ Tips to Delight & Retain Your A Players)
The Top Causes of Voluntary Turnover (+ Tips to Delight & Retain Your A Players)

Keeping talented call center staff is incredibly difficult at the best of times. Employees often balk at the high stress levels and long hours — which can be exhausting for both workers and managers.

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Call Center Employee Onboarding Playbook
A Simple Call Center Employee Onboarding Playbook

For any call center, employee recruitment is a major concern. With average call center turnover falling between 30% and 45% (Source: QATC), call center leadership is constantly pressured to add new...

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The Stages of Employee Disengagement
From Apathy to Exit: How to Catch Employee Disengagement Early

Key Takeaways

  • Spot early disengagement signals—before performance slips.

  • Real-world “before vs. after” examples show the cost of ignoring disengagement.

  • Four root causes drive most disengagement: recognition gaps, stalled growth, broken feedback loops, and burnout.

  • Practical fixes: recognition rituals, dynamic coaching, purpose-driven onboarding, and career pathing.

  • Small shifts can reduce attrition by up to 57 % and lift CSAT 10 pts.

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Six Tips for Improving Employee Coaching Sessions
Six Tips for Improving Employee Coaching Sessions

Employee coaching is crucial to maintaining a productive workforce but often falls to the wayside when day-to-day tasks get in the way. When coaching your employees, it’s important to create a...

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4 Warning Signs of Imminent Call Center Employee Turnover
4 Warning Signs of Imminent Call Center Employee Turnover

Call centers are notorious for high turnover rates, which can be costly to businesses. With the constantly changing trends in the workforce, it’s more important than ever to make sure your employees...

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Why Do Contact Center Employees Hate Performance Improvement Plans
Why Implement a Performance Improvement Plan for Contact Center Employees?

An effective contact center relies on the hard work and dedication of its team members. In order to help call center employees succeed in their roles, it's crucial to provide them with tools, knowledge, and resources they need to complete their daily tasks.

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Tips to Help You Keep Contact Center Agents
5 Tips to Help You Keep Contact Center Agents

In any organization, employee retention is key to success. For contact centers, this rings especially true as turnover is expensive and a drag on operational goals. Estimates on the cost of replacing...

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QA and Training
Training and Quality Assurance: Are you Connected?

TL;DR:

Connecting training and quality assurance helps improve performance, consistency, and customer experience. When QA and Training collaborate using shared data, coaching, and calibration, teams align better and improve faster.

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