Frontline Readiness - Customer Management Practice

Upskill the Frontline for Flexible & AI Augmented Work Journey

As automation handles simpler contacts and AI becomes embedded in workflows, frontline teams must operate at a higher level. This 12-month journey equips agents with the skills, digital fluency, and behaviors needed to perform, adapt, and grow in AI-enabled environments.

How CMP Drives Impact

Skill Gap Identification

Benchmark frontline capability across AI usage, problem-solving, adaptability, and customer delivery

Complexity Readiness

Prepare agents to handle higher-value, higher-complexity interactions as automation scales

Performance Improvement

Strengthen behaviors that directly impact resolution, quality, and customer satisfaction

Career Pathing & Retention

Provide structured development that increases engagement and reduces burnout

Talent Identification

Identify high-potential agents and inform succession planning strategies

Support You Over 12 Months

Structured guidance to help you focus on what matters most — and prove the impact

1. Assess & Benchmark

Establish a measurable baseline of agent capability

2. Develop & Elevate

Strengthen skills through structured advisory and applied learning

3. Measure Impact & Sustain

Validate growth and embed continuous improvement

Journey Timeline

  • Deploy Agent Competency Assessment Tool (up to 125 agents)
  • Skill gap analysis across AI usage and complexity handling
  • Results walkthrough with prioritized development focus areas
  • Journey-holder portal access
  • J2 CCW Conference passes

Primary Outcome

A clear, data-backed view of frontline strengths, gaps, and performance drivers.

  • 8 Advisory Sessions (75-minute sessions, 1 per month)
  • Competency-based development aligned to evolving contact complexity
  • Discussion-based workshops with pre- and post-work assignments

Primary Outcome

Improved frontline behaviors aligned to resolution, quality, and AI-enabled performance.

  • Re-administer Agent Competency Assessment Tool
  • Comparative analysis vs. baseline results
  • Executive readout with ongoing development recommendations

Primary Outcome

Documented skill progression and a sustainable roadmap for frontline excellence.

Engagement Deliverables

Guided Journey

12-month structured frontline development roadmapy

Analyst Hours

8 dedicated analyst sessions (75-min each)

Agent Competency Assessment

Frontline diagnostic tool (up to 125 agents)

Web Portal

Journey-holder portal access

Event Passes

Two passes to CCW Conferences

Optional Enhancement: CMP Certified

Strengthen credibility and reinforce learning with CMP Certification

Includes 2 coaching sessions
Investment: $1,149 per leader (regularly $1,299)

Turn Insights Into
Action

Agent Competency Assessment Tool™

  • Identify customer contact agents most likely to succeed using CMP Research Agent Competencies that highlight the skills tied to strong performance
  • Improve agent development by pinpointing strengths, skill gaps, and priority areas for upskilling to elevate career growth and customer contact outcomes

Research That Informs Your Decisions

Employee Experience Playbook for Customer Contact

Given the current economic climate, avoiding the high cost of employee turnover in new hire classes and reducing volatility in the talent pipeline is key. This playbook reveals the 3 key findings to increase employee experience and satisfaction.

Webinar Replay: Strategies to Predict Employee Attrition in Customer Contact

What if you could spot likely areas of attrition in your contact center months and weeks before turnover actually happened? Check out the replay and get practical strategies for identifying target groups where attrition is likely to occur.

Webinar: Career Development for Customer Contact

With flexibility being normalized across the workforce, employees are steadily committed to developing their careers in customer contact – if the path is clear. CMP Research shows that career development is the third biggest driver of employee satisfaction.