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 | Sep 8, 2021 | action, change, change management, customer experience, CX vision, employee experience, leadership, Uncategorized, vision
You know you need to make changes in the business, but there are competing forces, those that help to drive the change and those that impede the change. How do you identify and then solve for each of those and, ultimately, bring everyone together? I’ve written...
by Annette Franz | May 26, 2020 | commitment, core values, culture, customer experience, CX strategy, CX vision, employee experience, governance, leadership, mission, Uncategorized, vision
I originally wrote today’s post for Forbes. It appeared on the Forbes site on August 16, 2019. A customer experience transformation is a lot of work. There are a lot of pieces that must come together, i.e., a lot of foundational elements that must be in place,...
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 | Nov 1, 2017 | alignment, culture, culture change, guiding principles, leadership, mission, values, vision
Image courtesy of Pixabay Culture is best defined as “values plus behavior” and is often described as “how employees act when no one is looking.” Culture is such an important part of your business. It’s really the foundation of the...
by Annette Franz | Oct 18, 2017 | brand promise, communication, customer experience, employee experience, personas, training, understanding, values, vision
Image courtesy of PixabayI originally wrote today’s post for CallidusCloudCX. It was published on their blog on April 24, 2017. When you think of the phrase “inside out” relative to the customer experience, you probably cringe. This is not a...
