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 | Dec 31, 2019 | culture, customer experience, customer journey, customer understanding, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, employee experience, employee-centric, employees, journey map, journey mapping, Uncategorized
I started the CX Journey™ blog in 2011, with a nervous twitch and an intense curiosity about who on earth would ever read what I write?! I’m thankful for you, my readers, this year and every year, as your curiosity and continued readership has kept my writing...
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 | Oct 2, 2019 | customer experience, customer understanding, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, employee experience, employee-centric, employees, people-centric, Uncategorized
My new book is ultimately about how to develop a customer-centric culture by bringing the customer and her voice into the organization. I was honored to recently join Shep Hyken on his Amazing Business Radio podcast to talk about my book. It was my third time on the...
by Annette Franz | Aug 28, 2019 | chief customer officer, customer expectations, customer experience, employee experience, employees, purpose, Uncategorized
It all starts with CEO commitment. Customer experience professionals got an early Christmas present last week in the form of a revised statement on the “purpose of a corporation.” Well, it was a revision for the CEOs at the Business Roundtable, but many of...
by Annette Franz | Sep 27, 2018 | employee experience, employees, management, performance reviews
Image courtesy of PixabayToday I’m pleased to share a guest post by Dave Mizne of 15Five.com.Traditionally, managers have relied on the annual performance review to provide employees with feedback. However, surveys indicate employees don’t find the process...
