by Annette Franz | Oct 15, 2025 | culture, employee engagement, employee experience, employee feedback, employee retention, employee satisfaction, employee understanding, leadership, Uncategorized
“Canary in a coal mine” is an idiom that refers to an early warning signal, a subtle but critical indicator that something is wrong or about to go wrong. The phrase comes from a practice used by coal miners in the early 20th century: they would bring...
by Annette Franz | Jun 25, 2025 | culture, employee engagement, employee expectations, employee experience, employee feedback, employee loyalty, employee retention, employee satisfaction, employee understanding, leadership, Uncategorized
Almost 10 years ago, I wrote an article about why employee retention is such a challenge. Things haven’t changed much. At the time, I basically said: How can employers ensure that employees will stay? There are a few ways, but they all fall under one large...
by Annette Franz | Jan 8, 2025 | employee engagement, employee experience, employee feedback, employee loyalty, employee retention, employee satisfaction, employee understanding, employees, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for CX Network. It appeared on their site on October 22, 2024. Just like customers with brands, employees have expectations about their interactions and experiences with their employers. Those expectations not only evolve and are...
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...
by Annette Franz | Mar 7, 2018 | employee engagement, employee experience, employee happiness, employee satisfaction
I originally wrote today’s post for HappyOrNot. It appeared on their blog on October 18, 2017. Without employees, you have no customer experience.It all started with a tweet… (to the left)My response was: “That’s a blog post on its own! Too much for...
