by Annette Franz | Nov 16, 2022 | culture, customer understanding, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, employee experience, employee understanding, golden rule, governance, leadership, metrics, people-centric, platinum rule, Uncategorized
In last week’s post I shared that, in order to get your entire organization thinking differently, you’ve got to first know and embrace the principles and the practices of customer-centricity, and you’ve got to ensure that everyone remains aligned to achieve the...
by Annette Franz | Nov 9, 2022 | core values, culture, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, employee experience, leadership, people-centric, product design, Uncategorized
Customer-centricity is an often misused term, but it actually has a pretty straightforward definition: put the customer at the center of all the business does. (It does not mean that we will always say “Yes” to everything the customer asks for, nor does it...
by Annette Franz | May 4, 2022 | culture, customer-centric culture, employee experience, employee retention, people-centric, Uncategorized
Heard enough about the Great Resignation? Well, sadly, this has been a long time coming, and at this point, we should continue talking about it. Non-stop. You’ve heard me say this before. I’ve been talking about the importance of employees to the business and to...
by Annette Franz | Dec 1, 2021 | customer experience, customer-centric, growth, metrics, people-centric, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for StellaConnect. It appeared on their site on July 13, 2021. You’ve probably all heard – or read about – the Bain statistic from 2005 that goes like this: 80% of executives believe that they are delivering a superior customer...
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 | Jan 24, 2019 | culture, leadership, people-centric, servant leadership, truly human leadership
Image courtesy of PixabayI originally wrote today’s post for CMSWire. It appeared on their blog on May 8, 2018.While customer experience strategies and transformations must include a priority focus on the employee experience, they often don’t. Many companies...
