Memory Makers – The Role of CX
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CX Transformation
Inspire Employees to Embrace Change
In a previous article, “CX – It Takes a Village,” we addressed five common obstacles to CX success: lack of ownership, support, and resources; organizational siloes; CX not seen as transformational; a one size fits all approach; and lack of connection to business outcomes. Another common pitfall of CX programs occurs when companies devote most of
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Cultivating Change Resilience with Active Engagement
A few years back, we launched a nationwide study of over 30,000 adults, employed full- or part-time, to better understand employee engagement. We gave participants a list of statements to explore what factors played the most significant role in their engagement at work. The study’s results added depth to our previous work that showed engaged
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Cultivating Change Resilience with a Core Cause
There are various reasons change programs fail. A few years ago, we asked 422 executives from companies of all sizes and industries about their change initiatives. The participants were asked to list the reasons they believed their initiatives failed. Surprisingly, 62% cited poor communication, 54% claimed insufficient leadership sponsorship, and 50% blamed organizational politics or
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Cultivating Change Resilience Starts with You
If the past two years taught us anything, it’s reaffirmed what we already knew to be true — change is a constant, and resiliency is the path forward. The last few years have been particularly challenging for customer experience (CX) leaders. There is growing financial pressure on CX teams to provide ROI of initiatives and
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The RIGHT Customer Is ALWAYS Right
“The right customer is right, and many customers are taking advantage in ways that are very much not right. Running a business with such over-sweeping statements is not only unhealthy and unprofitable, it creates significant pressure on employees who are forced to chase such generalized clichés that are disconnected from their reality. As such, they
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CX – It Takes a Village
We have all heard the proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” It means that an entire community of people must provide for and interact positively with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. The same holds true for customer experience programs—it takes an entire organization
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Customer Experience: A Simple Term Made Complex
I am often asked what I do for a living. I usually say that I am a customer experience and employee engagement consultant. This is immediately followed by: What does that mean? I explain that I help companies evaluate the experiences they deliver to their customers and then work with them to help improve those
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