by Annette Franz | Jul 19, 2023 | culture, customer-centric culture, employee engagement, employee experience, employee productivity, onboarding, productivity, Uncategorized
Years ago, I wrote an article that was syndicated on the Business2Community site. In that article, I mentioned the importance of proper employee onboarding. Someone commented on the article with outrage, saying that I was making up new words and that this term...
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 | Feb 17, 2021 | automation, customer effort, customer experience, employee effort, employee experience, employee productivity, Uncategorized
Back in late 2015, I wrote an article titled Work Harder or Smarter? in which I offered up some ways to help employees work more efficiently – ultimately, to work smarter. The last item on the list was automation. Fast forward five plus years, and automation is...
by Annette Franz | Jun 10, 2020 | communication, culture, employee experience, employee productivity, feedback, leadership, management, productivity, Uncategorized, workplace
I’m pleased to have co-authored this post with Ben Motteram, aka CXpert. It was previously shared on his site on May 26, 2020. Starting in mid-March this year, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries around the globe locked down their residents,...
by Annette Franz | Jan 29, 2020 | customer experience, employee experience, employee feedback, employee happiness, employee loyalty, employee productivity, employee satisfaction, employees, process improvement, productivity, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s blog post for Intouch Insight. It appeared on their blog on September 5, 2019. In order to truly establish a foothold in – and to then propel – your customer experience transformation, one of most important things that businesses must...
by Annette Franz | Nov 6, 2019 | employee engagement, employee expectations, employee experience, employee feedback, employee happiness, employee loyalty, employee ownership, employee productivity, employee relationships, employee retention, employee satisfaction, employee-centric, employees, empower employees, Uncategorized, voice of employee
Today’s post was originally published on Forbes on February 1, 2019. I’ve made some modifications to that original post. It’s starting to happen. I hear it. I see it. Finally. It’s not perfect, but we’re making progress. I’ll take...
