As one of the very first power users of Conversational Intelligence as an Account Executive, Greg fell in love with how technology enabled his success. As Abstrakt’s leader, his vision and “why” is to help leaders and reps/agents stop being reactive.
Greg has gone from SDR to AE to Director of Sales to VP of Sales, and now CEO in just 8 years.
How Leaders Should Approach KPIs Clayton Drotsky joins us on the latest episode of the Contact Center KPI podcast! With 18 years of contact center leadership experience, Clayton takes a different approach in today’s episode. We’re discussing the big picture and how leaders should approach KPIs! Key takeaways from Clayton Drotsky 1. KPIs are usually…
Why this QA feedback form? A QA feedback form is simply a list of questions that helps you evaluate whether or not your agents are following their scripts, being professional, and representing your company correctly. While there are a variety of forms you can use, our customers have seen the most success with these three…
Why Service Level & Occupancy? Dan Smitley is a 20 year workforce management industry expert and knows the difference between focusing on both service level and occupancy can make versus just one of the two KPIs. It provides a baseline for both the customer experience and the agent experience. Without one, you can’t have the other.…
Why Safety & Operations? Aaron Slavin, a compliance call center expert with over 10 years of experience, joined us on the Contact Center KPI podcast to share his secrets on balancing employee safety with operations. The compliance world is not always the “fun” thing to talk about, but ensuring employees are safe while maintaining a…
Background on agent’s soft skills In the recent past, the commitment to enduring work from home setups appeared as an unstoppable trend, something that would last forever. Today we see a mirroring of the widespread belief that artificial intelligence (AI) will imminently make numerous contact center job roles redundant. However, there is a noticeable parallel…
Why Customer Retention & Churn? Eric Sims, CX cowboy at Leading Edge Connections, joins us on the Contact Center KPI Podcast to discuss the highly requested topic – customer retention and churn. He wanted to take a step back and look at the bigger picture when it came to KPIs and that’s customer retention and…
Agent Assist Software We’re going to dive into the transformative power of agent assist software, but from a different perspective than you’re used to reading. Agent assist has shaped the future of the front lines at contact centers, but most companies are still missing something. But before we jump into that. We need to talk…
Why this QA scorecard template? At Abstrakt, we’ve analyzed millions of calls and have customers across many industries. We’ve seen what works… and what doesn’t work. That’s why we’ve put together this awesome template that you can steal. It’s formatted in a Google Sheet so all you have to do is make a copy. Then…
Why No KPI? Chris Crosby, Founder & CEO of CX Ventures, joins us to talk about why KPIs today aren’t worth much and how each one can be “gamed”. He took a different perspective on KPIs and how companies should be focusing on the fundamentals instead. If you’re focused on the fundamentals of your operation…
Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) Rob Bayer, President & COO of Anomaly Squared, joins Greg Reffner to talk all about SLAs. Why SLAs? Because it’s the definition of a true partnership and critical in creating overall customer satisfaction. What are SLAs? A service-level agreement (SLA) sets the expectations between the service provider and the customer. It goes over…
First Call Resolution Tom Moskal, VP of Global Client Services at OP360, joins us to talk all about First Call Resolution. Our second guest to choose this KPI 🙌 This episode is a must listen when it comes to understanding first call resolution and the impact it can have on your contact center. What is…