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How to Improve Staff Wellbeing and Engagement in Your Contact Centre

Your Team

06 Sep 2022

How to Improve Staff Wellbeing and Engagement in Your Contact Centre

In the era of The Great Resignation, staff wellbeing and engagement is certainly a hot topic right now. Many employees are leaving due to feeling burnt out, unsupported, or undervalued in their roles. In fact, our research shows that 72% of workers said they were burnt out, and 52% said there had been an increase...

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25 Aug 2022

Guest blog: Wellbeing in the workplace with ‘Thrive: Mental Wellbeing’

In this guest blog, Thrive: Mental Wellbeing share insights about workplace wellbeing, stress factors affecting contact centre workers and how to build a sustainable and effective wellbeing strategy in your business. Thrive: Mental Wellbeing is a leading mental healthcare service for organisations across the UK. Their award-winning app provides digital therapy and mental health support...

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21 Jul 2022

How effective onboarding helps staff retention in your contact centre

Like many areas of our economy, contact centres are suffering from something of a recruitment crisis. A recent report from The Open University and Institute of Directors found that 63% of decision makers agree their organisation has found recruiting difficult. In addition, one study of 20,000 global employers found that nearly 70% of companies were...

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14 Jun 2022

Poor mental health costs UK contact centres almost £1 billion each year

Those working in contact centre roles say that work-related poor mental wellbeing is making them less productive, including answering fewer calls and taking more sick days – costing the industry over £990m in lost productivity every year. That’s according to our new study, Duty of Care Gap. The contact centre industry is a huge contributor...

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05 May 2022

How to support your customer service staff during the cost-of-living crisis

The pressure on customers is well-documented, but service staff need the full support of their business and guidance from their leaders during these difficult times too. The harsh reality of working within a customer-facing role is the abuse you may receive, sometimes on a daily basis. Physical or verbal abuse towards shop workers and call centre agents...

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29 Apr 2022

What to do about staff burnout

According to WebMD, “burnout is a form of exhaustion caused by constantly feeling swamped.”   That’s an apt description of the situation many contact centre leaders and advisors find themselves in right now. During Covid, contact centres became the frontline of customer communications, if they weren’t already.  Employees had to deal with more calls, and field...

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08 Apr 2022

How do I improve my contact centre recruitment strategy?

A recent survey of nearly 20,000 employers around the world found that almost 70% of businesses are having trouble hiring new employees, which is the highest level in 15 years. In the face of such a challenging recruitment climate, the contact centre industry is in a particularly tough position. Attrition in the UK industry –...

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17 Jan 2022

Three-quarters of customer-facing workers facing imminent burnout

Workers in customer-facing roles across the UK are facing burnout after months of being overworked and underappreciated, with no prospect of career progression. That’s according to our new study, Customer Engagement Burnout1, which surveyed 750 UK workers in customer-facing roles, including contact centre agents and those whose jobs regularly involve talking to customers over the...

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15 Nov 2021

How to reduce staff churn

They’re calling it the “Great Resignation”, a new wave that, since the pandemic, has seen more employees considering switching jobs or even changing careers altogether. For many, Covid-19 proved a watershed moment. Lockdown gave them time to re-evaluate their lives and – in some cases – they came to the conclusion that where they are right...

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07 Jul 2021

Are you about to lose your team?

Tipped to be the next big business challenge, keeping hold of your talented team members should be at the top of your agenda. According to a recent study, 74% of employees stayed in their current jobs purely out of security during the financial uncertainty of the pandemic. So, whilst the realisation for many staff sinks in, the last 18 months has been a case of...

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