To ensure a consistent level of customer service and measure agent performance, those in supervisory roles may want to have the ability to monitor live calls and train agents effectively during a call.
Aircall's Agent Coaching feature, available on the Professional plan, does just that by providing Aircall admins and supervisors the privilege of listening in on calls in real-time. Aircall admins or supervisors can whisper to an agent without alerting the customer, coaching them to professionalism and productivity.
⚠️ Access to listen to and coach live calls is reserved for users with Admin and/or Supervisor roles only.
How does this feature work for users
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Log in to the Dashboard
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Click on Activity Feed located in the navigation menu on the left-hand side of the screen
- Make sure the Live Feed option is toggled on
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Select the ongoing call and click Coach

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Within the pop-up screen, you will need to choose to Notify the user when you join or not
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Click Start
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You can leave and coach the same call as many times as you would like

Agent Perspective - How does it work?
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When an agent's call is being coached, the agent will be alerted by a sound
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A notification indicating an admin/supervisor user has entered the call will appear in the agent's app
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A notification will appear on the Aircall app reading “USER X is coaching me”
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The Aircall agent will be able to hear both their customer and the Aircall admin/supervisor
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The client will not be able to hear the admin/supervisor who is coaching
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The Aircall agent can perform all typical call actions as usual (transfer, mute, hold, tag, comment, hang up)
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The Aircall agent cannot remove the coaching Aircall admin/supervisor from the call
⚠️ Please note that each Aircall admin or supervisor will only be able to coach one call at a time. Additionally, each call will only be able to be coached by one Aircall admin or supervisor at a time.
⚠️ Please note that if you face issues with no audio only during coaching, this could be due to blocked ports or IP's required for the coaching feature to work. Please have your IT team to follow the recommendations mentioned in this article.