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Call Center Tips
Call Center Leadership, Tips and Ideas
December 8, 2006
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Industry articles, interesting view points and more this week in the Call Center Tips Newsletter.

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Resources and tips for call center professionals.

Reduce Turnover • Raise Productivity • Lower Absenteeism

A typical Call Center employs 3 Different Types of Call Center Agents:

1. Top Performing Agents - “Grade A” Agents with the “Right Stuff” that pushes them to Succeed, and the seemingly Natural Compatibility with the Duties of the Position. You probably have a few in your Call Center Operation now and wish that you could duplicate them.

2. Adequate Agents - “Grade B” Agents who Perform their Duties Adequately Enough “to get by” – but No Better.

3. Marginal Agents - “Grade C” Agents who have a High Level of Absenteeism, Low Productivity, Poor Performance & Poor Customer Satisfaction Ratings and who have a Negative Impact on Agent Team Morale.

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We live in a very fast-paced environment so the call center may be looked upon as a boon for modern day living. By that I mean in its base form you call some faceless person and they deal with your problem.

Now, in its most simplistic form, this would seem terrific. Imagine your washing machine breaks down, you call a number, without knowing it you are transferred to a call center. The person takes down your information and hopefully everything is OK. Next call please!

Let's take a step back. Most major companies use call centers now. I understand they are cost- effective and the shareholders of that company like it because the "efficiency" is up simply because company phone lines are not clogged up with customer service issues.

What exactly is a "super empowered angry customer" and why should every call center in America be worried? We're taking a special look at the changing dynamics of the customer experience this month in the Call Center Magazine blog.

How do we define a Super Empowered Angry Customer? I count three criteria that qualify someone as part of this elite group:

1. They've dealt with you and come away dissatisfied. This doesn't mean they've come away from the call center dissatisfied. In fact, they may never have called you - they may have come away from a store, a rebate experience, a delivery experience, any of many types of interactions - and found it wanting.

2. At the same time, they are personally motivated to spread the word about their dissatisfaction. To friends, family, co-workers, anyone who will listen.

3. And they have access to platforms that amplify the noise of their dissatisfaction beyond traditional boundaries.

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