by Annette Franz | Mar 1, 2023 | brand promise, communication, core values, culture, customer experience, customer-centric culture, employees, empower employees, frontline employees, journey mapping, personas, service blueprint, Uncategorized, vision, voice of customer
Back in 2014, I wrote a post about six tools to create a clear line of sight to your customers – for your employees. Almost 10 years later, I’m updating that and adding a couple more things. How do you ensure that your employees have a clear line of sight...
by Annette Franz | Jul 13, 2022 | core values, culture, customer experience, customer understanding, customer-centric culture, employee experience, employees, empower employees, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for Tymeshift. It appeared on their site on March 14, 2022. It is a known fact that the employee experience drives the customer experience. Without employees to build the products, sell the products, service the products, or deliver the...
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 | 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...