When it comes to hiring temporary or casual customer service staff, companies often face a difficult balancing act in terms of speed of hire versus quality of hire. Unfortunately, the hiring methods that many organisations use are slow, expensive and deliver inconsistent results. Weploy, a Melbourne based startup, aims to eradicate the inefficiencies inherent in …
As Head of Digital at Primo Foods / JBS, Renaud Frisé fully embraces the need to accept the constantly changing nature of things. Primo Foods is the largest producer of ham, bacon and smallgoods in Australia. Primo Foods is part of the JBS Group of global companies. Renaud is responsible for all things digital at …
Customers and employees want to engage with brands that are honest and transparent. Trust is a critical differentiator that can catapult an organisation above its competitors. Trust, unfortunately, is not prioritised by most organisations Brand trust creates loyalty and advocacy, not just between brands and customers, but also between employees and managers within an organisation. …
Organisations that understand the link between happy engaged employees and happy engaged customers will exceed in the experience economy. Successful EX (Employee Experience) equals successful CX. Yet these strategies are often not aligned to the detriment of both employees and customers. Research from the XM Institute highlights how organisations that are CX leaders consistently demonstrate …
Giving employees collaboration tools via the cloud and unified communications (UC) to create better customer experiences (among other critical objectives) is smart business … and Australian business leaders know it. Employees are being given access to tools from anywhere via any device, to encourage collaboration and productivity across an organisation’s communications network, be that between …
By analysing employee data, in a similar manner to how they assess sales and marketing data, organisations can significantly improve business performance while reducing recruitment and hiring costs. It’s a challenge for organisations to leverage this data. But the rewards promise to be substantial. Organisations are looking for the ability to make better talent decisions …
Essential Energy is one of Australia’s largest electricity distribution networks, supplying power to 95 per cent of New South Wales (NSW) and parts of Southern Queensland. In the past, it was an engineering-based organisation with a focus on compliance. A few years ago, they decided to also become an organisation devoted to engaging and empowering …
You might have the right CX strategy, the right products and services, the right technology and infrastructure yet without the right people your future will be uncertain at best. Organisations need to adapt their ‘customer experience’ strategies in line with sweeping changes to the talent marketplace. Their future may depend on it. Different generations have …
Don’t spend $2million on a new app without knowing what your customer truly wants. Far from a new app, what customers want are for organisations to fulfill the promises they made when they signed up, which may be something as simple as answering the phone in less than 5 minutes. Customer Experience (CX), User Experience (UX), …
Curiosity is a basic human instinct. The desire to gain new information and experiences has led to numerous breakthrough discoveries and inventions. If fostered in the workplace it drives innovation and collaboration, solves intractable problems and allows us to see new possibilities and opportunities for growth. It’s also fundamental to an organisation’s ability to add …