by Annette Franz | Dec 16, 2020 | customer experience, CX strategy, governance, Uncategorized
In last week’s post, I wrote about Building Your Multi-Faceted, Multi-Skilled CX Team. I outlined the various skills that you’ll need on your team. An important thing to note is that not all skills needed to execute on your customer experience strategy...
by Annette Franz | May 26, 2020 | commitment, core values, culture, customer experience, CX strategy, CX vision, employee experience, governance, leadership, mission, Uncategorized, vision
I originally wrote today’s post for Forbes. It appeared on the Forbes site on August 16, 2019. A customer experience transformation is a lot of work. There are a lot of pieces that must come together, i.e., a lot of foundational elements that must be in place,...
by Annette Franz | May 21, 2020 | career, customer experience, CX career, CX strategy, strategy, Uncategorized
Today I’m pleased to share a long-overdue guest post by Sarah Simon. Throughout my career, I’ve enjoyed the thrill of several transitions between parallel (related, but different) professional camps. In each case, there was some level of misalignment...
by Annette Franz | May 19, 2020 | alignment, brand promise, commitment, customer experience, CX strategy, employee experience, journey map, journey mapping, strategy, Uncategorized
This post was originally published and shared on CCW Digital on February 19, 2020. The following is an abbreviated excerpt from my book, Customer Understanding: Three Ways to Put the “Customer” in Customer Experience (and at the Heart of Your Business). Journey...
by Annette Franz | Dec 3, 2019 | branding, communication, communication planning, customer experience, CX strategy, employee experience
According to TechTarget, “Customer experience management is the collection of processes a company uses to track, oversee, and organize every interaction between a customer and the organization throughout the customer lifecycle.” Gartner defines it as “the practice of...
by Annette Franz | Aug 7, 2019 | customer experience, customer experience journey, CX strategy, CX vision, employee experience, governance, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for Kayako. It appeared on their blog on March 1, 2019. The only true competitive advantage for brands is their customer experience. As a result, more and more companies – both large and small – are slowly getting on board with...