by Annette Franz | Apr 12, 2023 | culture, customer-centric culture, employee engagement, employee experience, leadership, truly human leadership, Uncategorized, workplace
I recently saw this quote by Bill Marklein: Culture is how employees’ hearts and stomachs feel about Monday morning on Sunday night. I love that. It’s so true. I really believe that, if your company had a strong and healthy culture, the “Sunday...
by Annette Franz | Sep 16, 2020 | career, core values, culture, employee experience, Uncategorized, workplace
Culture fit is an interesting topic. Some revere it, while others revile it. (OK, maybe not that extreme… but wasn’t that fun to say/read?!) About a year ago, I wrote about hiring for culture fit because around that time I was seeing more and more revile...
by Annette Franz | Sep 2, 2020 | core values, culture, customer-centric culture, employee experience, leadership, Uncategorized, values, workplace
I recently read a Recruiterbox article that stated: “Culture can either immunize or infect a company. Good culture can revitalize and motivate. Negative culture increases employee absences and turnover while decreasing their overall productivity while at work....
by Annette Franz | Jul 15, 2020 | core values, culture, culture change, customer-centric culture, Uncategorized, workplace
I originally published today’s post on Forbes. It appeared on their site on November 18, 2019. I’ve made some additions and edits since writing the original, so this is a slightly modified version of that post. Whether your business is large, medium, or...
by Annette Franz | Jun 10, 2020 | communication, culture, employee experience, employee productivity, feedback, leadership, management, productivity, Uncategorized, workplace
I’m pleased to have co-authored this post with Ben Motteram, aka CXpert. It was previously shared on his site on May 26, 2020. Starting in mid-March this year, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries around the globe locked down their residents,...
by Annette Franz | Apr 23, 2020 | employee experience, Uncategorized, workplace
Today I’m pleased to share another guest post by Paul Laughlin of Customer Insight Leader. This post originally appeared on his blog earlier this year. Paul and I had a great conversation about this very topic – how to be productive when working from home...
