Tag: Employee development

What impact is the cost of living crisis having on the employee experience?

Stress in the workplace is one of the biggest threats to employers’ greatest resource: their employees. Last year alone, it led to 17 million lost working days in the UK. But despite workplace stress currently reaching record levels, according to a poll...

Customer champion programmes: building the customer-oriented working culture

Customer champion programmes have been around for over a decade, yet they’re still not all that common. They’re imperative to maintaining customer centricity. With customer success champions, you can ensure that your customers and their best interests remain at the...

CXM’s top 10 articles on employee mental health and wellbeing 

Between February and April 2022, McKinsey conducted a global survey of nearly 15,000 employees and 1,000 HR decision-makers in 15 countries. They found an average 22% gap between employer and employee perceptions. Employers are consistently rating workplace dimensions associated with...

How to ensure your retail employees don’t work in a toxic culture

The retail sector was perhaps one of the most affected in terms of employee turnover within the last two years. From transitioning from brick-and-mortar, to eCommerce, to struggling with staff retention, retail business owners need to start isolating the gaps...

The employee life cycle: mapping their journey effectively

When we think of journey maps, we usually think of customer experience. But when done correctly, employee journey mapping can be a tremendous method to understand the moments that genuinely matter to employees. It can enforce the standard experience that...

The hybrid staffing models: which flexible working patterns should your organisation use?  

At its core, hybrid staffing models are centred on the employees and what works best for them. New models provide employees with greater flexibility into where and how they work.   Essentially, hybrid models investigate working conditions and situations. This changes the...

5 Steps for providing a positive work environment

A positive work environment is important for maintaining overall team productivity and employee retention. The workspace should be physically comfortable for employees to enhance their work output. More importantly, all employees should have the tools to succeed located in an...

5 business books that will shift your perspective on leadership

Over the past months, we have been discovering books that might bring us some fresh ideas on becoming an even more connected, efficient, and aligned team. Out of the many publications we dwelled on, this has been whittled down to...

New research shows that 32% of UK workers are surveilled by employers

According to recent research, employers ‘spy on’ a third of UK workers, and webcam monitoring has more than doubled. Bosses and business owners are using dystopian surveillance tools more often to make sure their workers are being diligent. As we get...

How to reinvent your employee experience in 2022 

Last year saw just the beginning of what has been dubbed the ‘Great Resignation’. Brits, predominantly those working in leisure, hospitality, retail and healthcare, have voluntarily left their jobs at “historically elevated levels” that were last seen in 2009. While...