{"id":9729,"date":"2020-05-15T13:34:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T12:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=9729"},"modified":"2023-01-16T12:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:26:20","slug":"contact-centre-agents-working-from-home-how-to-guarantee-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/contact-centre-agents-working-from-home-how-to-guarantee-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Centre Agents Working from Home? How to Guarantee Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The performance of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/contact-centre\/overview.html\">contact centre<\/a> depends on the productivity of your agents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When your team members feel empowered by the right support, tools and technology, they\u2019re able to accomplish incredible things in any environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s now critical for business leaders to motivate and successfully manage their remote employees. Happier staff are more engaged and productive, and save businesses money not only in reduced overheads but also in lost business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For contact centres to truly benefit from a \u2018working from home\u2019 workforce, they must learn how to guarantee better productivity. Here\u2019s some basic advice to help with that.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fringcentr.al%2F360UwwF&#038;text=Contact%20Centre%20Agents%20Working%20from%20Home%3F%20How%20to%20Guarantee%20Productivity&#038;via=RingCentralUK&#038;related=RingCentralUK' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Centre Agents Working from Home? How to Guarantee Productivity <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fringcentr.al%2F360UwwF&#038;text=Contact%20Centre%20Agents%20Working%20from%20Home%3F%20How%20to%20Guarantee%20Productivity&#038;via=RingCentralUK&#038;related=RingCentralUK' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide Autonomy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As chatbots and artificial intelligence are introduced to deal with simpler queries, employees are free to handle a wider range of complex questions and challenges. Whether dealing with repetitive questions or complicated issues, agents will need some guidance from managers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure agents have the freedom to find their own way of working. Provide your employees with autonomy and they\u2019ll reward you with new creative methods of problem-solving.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure Easy Collaboration<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond customer communication, the connections between your employees is also crucial. It\u2019s important to have the right tools in place that enable team members to collaborate with specialists for help on complicated tasks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff who feel as though they have the support of their colleagues and supervisors to accomplish their goals will be more engaged and satisfied at work. Collaborative systems like RingCentral Contact Centre help keep employees connected and enable instant collaboration between colleagues to keep things running smoothly.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t@media (min-width: 768px) {\r\n\t\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-img {\r\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\r\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-img img {\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta {\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #001138;\r\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 30px;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-copy {\r\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 0 30px;\r\n\t\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\r\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-copy .btn-primary {\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta  CID-cta-2FdM5dTp IID-cta-69d27f45cb9ee\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"cta\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-img\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CX-Covid-offer.png\" alt=\"Call to action banner\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-copy\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;\">FREE contact centre seat licences to get your agents working from home.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-center\" style=\"display: block;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" style=\"margin-top: 16px; font-weight: bold;\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Click for more details\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/lp\/covid19-cx-offer.html\" target=\"_blank\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-dl-additional-info=\"FREE contact centre seat licences to get your agents working from home.\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"FREE contact centre seat licences to get your agents working from home. | Apply today\">Apply today<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omnichannel Engagement<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enabling agents to meet expectations should be a given for all contact centres. In today\u2019s hyper-connected world, customer expectations are higher than ever. Customers use an average of seven different channels to connect with brands \u2013 and patience runs out quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only way to keep on top of that demand is to adopt an omni-digital <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/definitions\/customer-engagement-strategy\/\">customer engagement strategy<\/a>, enabled by an aggregation platform that unifies all your customer conversations. Equip your agents with the right tools, and they\u2019ll be able to cut response times and increase first contact resolution rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analytics &amp; Reporting<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s crucial to have proper visibility into the engagement levels and productivity of your workforce. Workforce optimisation tools are helpful for this, and using real-time monitoring can give you the instant feedback you need to be fully responsive to any issues that crop up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use immediate reporting via dashboards to monitor your agents\u2019 performance and use call logs, reports, and call recording to track the quality of customer interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empower your Team<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an era where <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/definitive-guide-customer-experience\/\">customer experience<\/a> is king, contact centre agents are the key to transforming client relationships. Happy and engaged employees will deliver a better bottom line for your brand, and a more satisfied customer base too. Empowered by the right <a href=\"https:\/\/sereneapp.com\/\">productivity apps<\/a>, employees can streamline their workload and get the information they need to deliver first contact resolution. By meeting ever-increasing customer expectations, contact centre agents can set a brand apart in the marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"uc-expo-cta-2 text-center IId-bottom-banner-144903516 CId-bottom-banner-1098205596\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;\">You can now get <strong>free<\/strong> contact centre seat licences to help get your agents working from home.<\/span><span class=\"text-center\" style=\"display: block;\" data-dtm-element=\"button\" data-dtm-context=\"bottom-cta\" data-dtm-additional-info=\"Apply today\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" style=\"margin-top: 16px; font-weight: bold;\" title=\"Apply today\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/lp\/covid19-cx-offer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-dtm-name=\"Bottom CTA\">Apply today<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The performance of your contact centre depends on the productivity of your agents. 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