As COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders are relaxed and businesses start reopen, take action now to ensure your workforce is ready to re-engage. Now is the time to hit the reset button with employees. Reset: employee experience (EX) — Just as your customer experience (CX) has been disrupted by the coronavirus, you probably need to re-think many […]
All talk, no action — it doesn’t work with customers and it doesn’t work with employees. If all you do is talk about making changes, but they don’t see them, then your efforts go to waste. This point was driven home at the Culture First conference by Culture Amp that I recently invited as a […]
If you’re like me, you probably think that employee experience (EX) ends at the end of employment. But I’ve recently become aware of the value of employee alumni networks — and many companies are as well. Not only might an alumni network help improve EX, it can deliver benefits in the precise areas most needed […]
Hot off the presses or out of the recording studio, here are 5 new resources on employee engagement from me: Engaging Employees Starts with Remembering What Your Company Stands For — on Harvard Business Review. Most engagement efforts fail because they’re generic. Fuse Customer Experience and Employee Experience to Drive Your Growth — on Forbes. Adobe […]
A culture crisis threatens to disrupt Corporate America today as much as the financial crisis did a decade ago. Whether it’s claims of sexual harassment, the lack of diversity and equality at many organizations, or the nearly 70% of American workers who are not engaged at work, business leaders must devote more attention to their […]
Now that according to Gartner more than 90% of businesses compete primarily on the basis of customer experience (CX), it’s no longer enough to make CX a corporate priority. The next competitive frontier is employee experience (EX) and the signs indicate so strongly that EX will become the next priority for organizations that I’m calling […]
Last week I debuted a new speaking topic, Power Up! Ignite CX & EX to Fuel Your Growth. This talk outlines why and how employee experience (EX) excellence leads to customer experience (CX) excellence. The client told me my presentation was exactly what the company needed to help its people understand the critical link between […]
If you are like most business leaders around the world, you probably want to improve your employee engagement — for good reason. The Gallup organization estimates that actively disengaged employees cost the U.S. $450 billion to $550 billion in lost productivity per year. It’s clear employee engagement should be a priority for you, but in addition to asking how to engage […]
(“brand book bites” highlight the most interesting brand stories in the latest best-selling books. For more bulleted briefings on the books I recommend, subscribe to my feed.) – the book: ENGAGED! Outbehave Your Competition to Create Customers for Life – a practical guide about how to design and implement a sustainable culture and customer experience […]