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 | Mar 16, 2022 | employee engagement, employee experience, employee feedback, employee productivity, employee understanding, employees, Uncategorized, voice of employee
In last week’s post, I considered whether or not leaders make the connection between the employee experience and the customer experience. I mentioned that… Without employees, who’s going to build the products, sell the products, service the products,...
by Annette Franz | Mar 9, 2022 | customer experience, employee engagement, employee experience, leadership, Uncategorized
Do you think the leaders in your organization understand (or care about) the connection between the employee experience and the customer experience? To answer that question, I’ll just say, “No.” Well, not all of them, anyways. I’ve been in...
by Annette Franz | Feb 9, 2022 | culture, customer experience, customer retention, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, employee experience, employee retention, growth, leadership, metrics, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for Momentive.ai. It appeared on their site on January 25, 2022. Customer expectations were already changing before COVID-19, but the pandemic has amplified them and accelerated new expectations. These changes drove...
by Annette Franz | Dec 8, 2021 | artificial intelligence, automation, contact center, customer experience, customer service, employee experience, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for NICE inContact. It appeared on their site on July 1, 2021. Problem statement: The agent experience drives the customer experience. But when agents get bogged down with mundane, repetitive tasks, it takes them away from what’s...
by Annette Franz | Sep 8, 2021 | action, change, change management, customer experience, CX vision, employee experience, leadership, Uncategorized, vision
You know you need to make changes in the business, but there are competing forces, those that help to drive the change and those that impede the change. How do you identify and then solve for each of those and, ultimately, bring everyone together? I’ve written...