Category: Employee Experience

Vulnerable leadership is key: building a bridge from intent to action

Last week, I talked to Miranda Cain, the managing director at Elev-8, a consultancy dedicated to changing behaviours to elevate business performance. The team behind Elev-8 won over 27 awards, including the UK Business Awards™️ in 2021. With over 25 years...

EX trends in 2022: will EX replace CX as a top priority?  

With reports of almost 1 in 4 UK workers expected to quit their job and change employers in the next few months, in what has been dubbed ‘the Great Resignation’. Business leaders are now prioritizing employee experience (EX) as workers...

The rise and fall of employee loyalty: insights from 200,000 eNPS scores 

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been monumental. Where work is concerned, businesses across the world have experienced seismic shifts in how they operate, and the same can be said for employee loyalty. With discussions of a global resignation...

Diversity initiatives to increase business performance

In response to the grassroots movements of #BLM, #MeToo and by the exposure of pronounced and increasing equity gaps during the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations are allocating ever-increasing budgets to diversity-related initiatives. Already in 2002, MIT Sloan School of Management found that...

What will corporate happiness look like in a hybrid work environment?

My friend Christina, who works in IT, called me last month thrilled about her new role: “I’m a Chief Happiness Officer”, she said. “Is that even a role, “I thought, but I promptly replied, “Congratulations, well done!”. I was confused....

Three-quarters of customer-facing workers are heading to imminent burnout 

MaxContact calls on the industry to make 2022 the year of the agent and rebalance employee well being with customer satisfaction.  Workers in customer-facing roles across the UK are facing burnout after months of being overworked and underappreciated, with no prospect of career...

Avoid management burnout with agile practices

It is no secret that burnout has infiltrated our workforce. Surely you have encountered this state of numbing exhaustion, after a period of excessive and prolonged pressure. Sound familiar? In fact, experts say that management burnout has reached record levels....

Should you build a hybrid working model in 2022?

It would be fair to say that business leaders have faced more questions than they had answers for over the past 18 months. While at the time this might have felt like chaos, the pandemic opened our eyes to a...

Turning your employees into organizational culture and brand ambassadors

Employees have the power to be a company’s best supporters or its worst detractors. You’ve likely read positive posts from employees on LinkedIn celebrating their company’s values, commitment to diversity and inclusion. However, you’ve surely also noticed when employees share negative reviews and experiences on sites like...

Employee NPS: recognizing the power of promoters within your company

Employee NPS often gets unnoticed by leaders focused exclusively on driving CX related impacts. However, neglecting employee perspectives on their overall experience might cost businesses in the long run. One of the reasons companies should implement employee NPS as their standard...