by Annette Franz | May 25, 2022 | employee engagement, employee experience, recognition, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for Stella Connect. It appeared on their site on November 16, 2021. It would be an understatement if I said that 2021 was a challenging year when it comes to employees – remote work, returning to the office, finding jobs, changing...
by Annette Franz | May 18, 2022 | core values, culture, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, Uncategorized, value
I originally wrote today’s post for Bill Quiseng’s blog. It was posted on his site on March, 15, 2022. As I was writing my latest book, Built to Win, I wanted to be sure to incorporate the notion that it’s important to design a customer-centric culture...
by Annette Franz | May 11, 2022 | co-creation, customer experience, customer experience design, design thinking, product design, Uncategorized
When I think of Honda, I think of the Helpful Honda commercials and the Random Acts of Helpfulness. I’m sure Honda is OK with me making that connection. So, it stuck with me – and I’ve been meaning to write about this since I saw it – when I...
by Annette Franz | May 4, 2022 | culture, customer-centric culture, employee experience, employee retention, people-centric, Uncategorized
Heard enough about the Great Resignation? Well, sadly, this has been a long time coming, and at this point, we should continue talking about it. Non-stop. You’ve heard me say this before. I’ve been talking about the importance of employees to the business and to...
by Annette Franz | Apr 27, 2022 | change, change management, leadership, Uncategorized
The work that we do as customer experience professionals can often be summed up as change management – or change leadership. One of the key and critical parts of this change management effort is to ensure we have executive commitment for the work that lies...