Tag: Employee Engagement

The True Cost of Putting Your People Second

“We are in unprecedented times!” That is the declaration that I have heard over and over for several months now, and it is usually the start of an announcement about cutbacks, site closures, and redundancies. In many aspects, we are in unprecedented...

Applying emotional intelligence in CX: An interview with Sandra Thompson

Applying empathy became a practice to understand and connect with customers. While it is beneficial to put in the effort to satisfy your customers’ needs, what is more, important is to have them coming back. Exceeding customer expectations is one...

Diversity and inclusion in CX

A lot is written about diversity and inclusion in CX in recent times, but not merely enough. In my opinion, there are two sides to the diversity ‘coin’ and, when it comes to the contact centre, inclusion is equally important –...

Tips for Perfecting Your Virtual Recruitment Process

Hannah Louise Cox is Executive Search Consultant at Douglas Jackson and a Judge at the UK Digital Experience Awards 2020. Read about Hannah’s experience at last year’s UK DXA. Times have certainly changed in these last few months and we are living...

Half of employees feel neglected by bosses, new research shows

The findings of research done by MHR reveal that 53 percent of all employees believe their employer is not showing concern about their mental health well-being during the current lockdown. The research involved 5,000 UK employees, two-thirds of which (66 percent)...

Can We Really Be Productive In the Comfort of our Own Home?

All it takes is one major event or natural disaster to disrupt the way businesses operate, which can ultimately negatively impact productivity and the bottom line. These events can often prevent us from working in our corporate offices, conducting business...

The Future of IVRs is No IVR At All

IVRs were invented in the 1960s as a way for businesses to automate the previously manual process of routing calls to the relevant departments. With the introduction of touch-tone dialling, the integration of IVRs into businesses ramped up in the...

Puffed Up With Pride: Fostering Employee Engagement

Have you ever had a good customer experience when served by someone who is completely disengaged with their work or their organisation? Probably not. Now think of the opposite end of the spectrum. When someone is really proud of what they...

Gamify your 9 to 5: Design Games as a Business Tool

Most of us have fond memories playing (or arguing) our way through a game of Monopoly with the family or bringing together a group of friends for a game night. That said, few people would associate the term “board game”...

Why I Love Complaints

‘Complaint’ has traditionally been seen as a dirty word; whispered within organisations and one that most senior staff would have done anything to avoid admitting applied to them. The negative connotations that came with complaints meant that for years, anyone...