by Annette Franz | Aug 21, 2019 | core values, culture, employee experience, leadership, Uncategorized, values
I write about organizational culture and core values quite often. One of my most recent articles on this topic was about whether or not employees believe in their companies’ core values. In that post, I shared this statistic from Gallup: only 23% of U.S....
by Annette Franz | May 29, 2019 | core values, culture, customer experience, employee experience, leadership, mission, purpose, servant leadership, truly human leadership, vision
This is a modified version of a post I originally wrote for CallidusCloud. It appeared on their blog on June 14, 2018. If you want to move beyond cosmetic changes and lip service to real changes in both the employee experience and the customer experience, the first...
by Annette Franz | May 15, 2019 | change, change management, culture change, customer experience, employee experience, leadership
How do leaders drive (lasting) change? Last week, I enjoyed spending a few days in Vegas, speaking and networking at Fiserv’s annual client Forum. The keynote on the second day of the event was Troy Aikman, who was interviewed by Fiserv’s CEO Jeff Yabuki...
by Annette Franz | May 8, 2019 | customer experience, customer loyalty, employee experience, employee loyalty, growth, leadership, loyalty, profitability, service profit chain
I originally wrote today’s post for CallidusCloud. It appeared on their blog on July 12, 2018. When companies focus on people, their people – employees first, then customers – the numbers will come. This is a tough concept for a lot of executives to...
by Annette Franz | Mar 28, 2019 | core values, culture, employee experience, leadership, workplace
Image courtesy of Pixabay Do employees believe in the core values? Do they even know their company’s core values? Core values are the fundamental beliefs of an organization; they guide executives and employees in identifying which behaviors and actions are...
by Annette Franz | Mar 20, 2019 | culture, culture change, employee experience, leadership, workplace
Image courtesy of Pixabay Are you aware that there’s also a Culture Perception Gap? I’ve written and spoken many times about the CX Perception Gap (aka Bain’s Delivery Gap), but there’s not much said about the Culture Gap. Until now. PwC...
