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“U.S. Employee Engagement Reaches Three-Year High.” Where Customer Experience and Value Delivery Are Concerned, Shouldn’t We Ask: ‘So What?’

Beyond Philosophy

A recent article by a major employee research and engagement consulting organization led with the above headline. They were reporting on results of their national workforce tracking poll, the highlight of which was that employee engagement had risen 1.2% Those question are: 1) Really? correlation.

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For Employees and Customers, Should the Goal Be Higher Engagement or Higher Experience Value?

Beyond Philosophy

Through targeted research, and resultant training, communication, process, and reward and recognition programs, what we define as ambassadorship formalizes the direction in which employee engagement has been trending toward for years. Further, there is no specific connection to the emotional drivers of employee experience.

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WFM Redefined: Balancing CX, Employee Engagement, and Operational Excellence

DMG Consulting

Artificial intelligence is being applied to enhance more than algorithms; it is also driving improvements in employee scheduling, agent self-service, vacation/time-off planning, intraday management, and more. AI enables these enhancements, but so does the change in employee expectations.

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Making Optimal Customer Experience A Focus of Your Company’s (And Your) Thinking and Doing: The Case for Foundation and Advanced CEM Training

Beyond Philosophy

How do individuals and organizations achieve what we describe as a “natural”, or obsessive state of customer-centricity where: Emotional and rational customer needs/expectations are well understood throughout the enterprise. All employees have the responsibility of providing customer value. Advanced Customer Experience Management.

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Employee Ambassadorship: CX Focus Built On Neither Employee Satisfaction Nor Employee Engagement

Beyond Philosophy

Although satisfied employees are generally supportive of the business, they likely won’t go beyond doing the basics of their job descriptions. An engaged employee, to follow the accepted definition of HR professionals and consultants, is aligned with the goals of the organization and is highly productive.

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Connecting Satisfaction With Behavior: Does The Service-Profit Chain (or The Employee Engagement-Profit Chain) Still Work?

Beyond Philosophy

The Service-Profit Chain, an enterprise performance and financial results concept introduced by Gary Loveman, James Heskett, W. Going the next step, beyond employee satisfaction, does their engagement profitably drive customer behavior? You Also Might Like… Employee Engagement: Putting the Cart Before the Horse?

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Why Must Leaders and Their Companies Now Give More Attention (and Resources) to EX?

Beyond Philosophy

By EX, of course, we mean employee experience. Customer experience optimization has, for some time, been the stated goal of many enterprises around the world. Where the role of employees in meeting that goal is concerned, however, there has been a tacit belief that the equation “happy employees = happy customers” works.