Efficiency Rules the Roost Related Articles Workforce Planning: 20 Fundamental Rules 19 Golden Rules for Call Monitoring The New Rules for Good Customer Service The Golden Rules of the Perfect Customer Service Greeting 171 Filed under - Contact Centre Research, Akixi, benchmarking, Future, Polls, survey We asked our readers ‘What Is Your Primary 2022 Priority?’ This article looks at the primary 2022 priority for 224 contact centre professionals. The results have been taken from the Future Innovations chapter of our ‘What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now’ 2021 survey report, which was sponsored by Akixi. What Is Your Primary 2022 Priority? Primary 2022 contact centre priority – results: 2022 Priority Percentage Efficiency 22.9% Engagement and Culture 20.0% Omnichannel 17.1% Coaching 14.1% Self-Service 13.5% Recruitment 5.9% Remote Strategy 1.8% Smartphone Experience 0.6% Other 4.1% Efficiency Rules the Roost As is the case in 22.9% of contact centres, efficiency is the most common goal for contact centres as we head into 2022. However, many more priorities also scored highly. For example, 20.0% of contact centres pinpointed engagement and culture, while 17.1% selected omnichannel. At the bottom of the chart lies smartphone experience (0.6%) and – perhaps more unexpectedly – remote working (1.8%). The latter could highlight that the vast majority of contact centres have now got to grips with their approach to future working models. More Popular Priorities for 2022 4.1 % of contact centres also informed us that they have a different primary priority from those listed above. When pressed to share what exactly their key objective was, they put forward the following goals: Building better relationships with other departments Ensuring employee well-being Increasing reporting capabilities Improving advisor performance Scaling operations to handle growth This survey was done in partnership with Akixi, NICE, Nuance, Odigo, Poly and ProcedureFlow. Related Research To download the full copies of our ‘What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now’ survey reports follow the links below: What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2023 Edition) What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2022 Edition) What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2021 Edition) What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2020 Edition) What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2019 Edition) What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2018 Edition) What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2017 Edition) What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2016 Edition) What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2015 Edition) You can also download the full copies of our ‘Is Your Contact Centre Delivering Exceptional Customer Service?’ survey reports by following the links below: Is Your Contact Centre Delivering Exceptional Customer Service? (2020 Edition) Is Your Contact Centre Delivering Exceptional Customer Service? (2019 Edition) How Contact Centres Are Delivering Exceptional Customer Service (2016 Edition) For more great information check out our other Contact Centre Research Author: Robyn Coppell Published On: 2nd Jun 2022 - Last modified: 10th Oct 2023 Read more about - Contact Centre Research, Akixi, benchmarking, Future, Polls, survey Recommended Articles Workforce Planning: 20 Fundamental Rules 19 Golden Rules for Call Monitoring The New Rules for Good Customer Service The Golden Rules of the Perfect Customer Service Greeting Related Reports White Paper: The Future of Customer Service in Insurance Report: The Future of Retail Customer Service Report: Global Contact Center KPI Benchmarking Report: The Top 5 Metrics Shaping Bank and Credit Union Performance Contact Centre Reports, Surveys and White Papers Get the latest call centre and BPO reports, specialist whitepapers and interesting case-studies. Choose the content that you want to receive. Contact Centre Reports, Surveys and White Papers Invites to Webinars & Events Weekly Newsletter