{"id":16739,"date":"2024-10-14T10:35:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qstory.ai\/us\/?p=16739"},"modified":"2025-07-04T11:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:54:19","slug":"empowering-teammates-how-ebay-plans-for-experience-to-deliver-customer-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qstory.ai\/us\/blog\/2024\/10\/14\/empowering-teammates-how-ebay-plans-for-experience-to-deliver-customer-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Teammates: How eBay plans for experience to deliver customer success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"#ebay-webinar-form\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/qstory.ai\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Webinar-Promo-10-October-2400-x-1200-px-6-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qstory.ai\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Webinar-Promo-10-October-2400-x-1200-px-6-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/qstory.ai\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Webinar-Promo-10-October-2400-x-1200-px-6-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/qstory.ai\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Webinar-Promo-10-October-2400-x-1200-px-6-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/qstory.ai\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Webinar-Promo-10-October-2400-x-1200-px-6-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/qstory.ai\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Webinar-Promo-10-October-2400-x-1200-px-6-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"#ebay-webinar-form\">Watch the webinar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the changing world of work, eBay is taking bold steps to empower their teammates with radical autonomy and flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our recent <a href=\"#ebay-webinar-form\">webinar<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/theforum.social\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Forum<\/a>, <strong>James Stewart, Director of CTP Solutions at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eBay<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong>Simon Beck, CRO at QStory,<\/strong> discuss the company&#8217;s approach of removing the traditional barriers to productivity that limit agents&#8217; ability to manage their own schedules. 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