This document summarizes an article about how companies can cultivate employee engagement to improve customer loyalty and advocacy. It discusses how JetBlue achieves high customer satisfaction through engaged employees who go above and beyond to solve customer problems. The document then outlines several strategies that companies can use to increase employee engagement and link it to customer advocacy, including measuring engagement like customer satisfaction, incorporating employee feedback loops, empowering frontline employees, and focusing on "linchpin" roles that most influence customer experience. Overall, the document advocates for companies to prioritize employee engagement in order to boost customer loyalty.
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Customer service training, team building and leadership skills. Are you interested in building the case for Return On Investment for customer service, communication & management training at your organization?
The results of our employee benefits survey. Are you providing benefits to attract, retain and engage employees? Info which will help companies benchmark themselves within the sector and against companies of a similar size. www.spherelondon.co.uk
Organizational communication has changed tremendously during the last years. With this comprehensive guide to organizational communication, we help to simplify things once more. Using the latest best practice information, we explain what organizational communications look like in 2021. And what you need to do to make yours a success.
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To: Joe Smith, HR Business Partner of Naval Aviation Company
From: Renee Ermer, Program Analyst
Date: February 17, 2020
Subject: Request to Conduct Research on Communication Techniques and Alternatives
Summary
As a cleared government contractor supporting the Navy, we have many employees working in different office locations or from remote locations exercising telework. Because of such, communication between employees is limited to email or teleconferences in which employees cannot collaborate and communicate to the fullest as our program demands. To improve this, I propose that the company enforce new policies in which employees can only telework on approved bases, subjecting employees to participate in a traditional environment. Additionally, in order to solve issues related to workers in different locations within the same city, I propose that the company develop a company-wide instant messaging (IM) software and enforce new policies requiring each team and program to have a weekly face-to-face meeting in which employees can engage with one another and establish working relationships.
What the Problem Is and Why It Needs to Be Investigated
The problem we are facing as a company is that employees are becoming detached and uninterested or invested in their work as they do not have a cohesive location and often cannot communicate with co-workers effectively. This is not to say that telework should be prohibited, more so that remote work should be used as an alternative when employees need flexibility outside of the traditional work environment. This poses many issues to the company. First, it is our role as government contractors to satisfy our government customers to maintain contracts and business. Without effective communication and cooperation, we cannot provide the support required to our customers and we run the risk of losing contracts and losing business and revenue.
Secondly, this poses a problem to the company in that employees are not engaging with one another on a daily or regular basis. Instances in which employees do not establish working relationships with one another often result in decreased job satisfaction and increased employee turnover in which the company is constantly hiring new workers and investing funds to train new employees.
It is essential that employees feel appreciated and heard in their concerns in the workplace. It is also crucial that employees can effectively complete the jobs required of them, which in our industry, required constant communication and contact with one another and other team members. Frequent turnover is not only a problem to the company, but also presents a bad representation of the company to our customers when they are frequently engaging with new individuals as personnel leave.
What Secondary Research I Have Conducted about the Problem
Secondary research that I have conducted on the problem has revolved around the issues telework poses in creating distance barriers that bar eff ...
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3. The chemistry of enthusiasm
How is it that year after year, JetBlue Airways ranks first
stocks of companies with a high-trust work environment
in J.D. Power and Associates North America Airline
outperformed market indexes by a factor of three from
Satisfaction Study for the low-cost carrier category, with
1997 through 2011.2
high levels of customer loyalty and advocacy? The key
ingredient: JetBlue employees treat customers’ problems
One reason for this superior performance is that en-
as their own.
gaged employees direct their energy toward the right
tasks and outcomes. Compensation and benefits still
Running late for a flight? You might be escorted by a
matter to employees, of course. But when it comes to
JetBlue counter agent to an “employees only” security
engagement, other characteristics of the workplace
line, right through to the gate. Putting together a com-
matter even more: a strong sense of purpose, ample
plicated multistop trip? The call center agent will work
autonomy, opportunity for growth and a sense of affil-
with you to arrive at a satisfactory solution, not rush
iation. As one employee of online retailer Zappos put
you off the phone. JetBlue staff members focus intensely
it, “The golden rule is the way of life here.”
on making the customer’s life easier, and customers
Organizations with highly engaged employees often
repay the courtesy by spreading the word to others.
seem to be powered by an inner force, a mantra that
Organizations have been trying for years to cultivate
crystallizes the company’s processes and employee
employee engagement. Like JetBlue, they persist in their
behaviors into a compelling summation of “what we’re
efforts for good reason. One of the most powerful factors
all about.” The mantra shapes how employees carry out
that spur customers to become advocates for a company
their tasks and gives them confidence to use their judg-
is employees’ positive behavior and attitude. Bain con-
ment. And when the true source of job satisfaction,
sumer surveys show that the overall experience of dealing
happiness and recognition derives from enriching cus-
with a company often matters much more to customers
tomers’ experiences, good things happen.
than price or brand or—in industries with a big service
component, such as home insurance and retail bank-
While the benefits of high engagement are clear, the
ing—even product features alone.
available data show it is difficult to achieve. Among a
broad group of global companies surveyed in late 2010,
Engaged employees go the extra mile to deliver. Their
only a small share of employees said they would recom-
enthusiasm rubs off on other employees and on cus-
mend a job at their company to a friend or relative.
tomers. They provide better experiences for customers,
Moreover, engagement declined steadily since the finan-
approach the job with energy—which enhances pro-
cial crisis in 2008, though it rebounded at the end of
ductivity—and come up with creative product, process
2010, the latest data available (see
Figures 1 and 2).
and service improvements. They remain with their employer for longer tenures, which reduces turnover and
In our view, too many companies try to raise engage-
its related costs. In turn, they create passionate custom-
ment by launching disconnected initiatives like well-
ers who buy more, stay longer and tell their friends—
ness programs. Such initiatives might improve em-
generating sustainable growth.
ployee morale slightly and serve other purposes, but
they’re detached from customers’ priorities. They lack
As a result, over seven years, companies with highly
the specific mechanisms that lift employee engage-
engaged workers grew revenues two and a half times
ment the most over a long period and link directly to
as much as those with low engagement levels.1 And
customer advocacy.
1
4. The chemistry of enthusiasm
Figure 1: Globally, only a small share of employees would recommend a job at their company to a friend
Employee advocacy by region
Employee Net Promoter score by region*
40%
34%
19%
20
Promoter %
0
20
Detractor %
40
37%
53%
60
North America
Europe
Employee Net Promoter score
Notes: *n=5,102; Bain survey in collaboration with Forrester. Employee Net Promoter score = % promoters minus % detractors;
response categorized as promoters (9–10), passives (7–8) or detractors (1–6) for the following question:
“On a scale from 0 to 10, would you recommend your company as a place to work to a friend or colleague?”
Source: Trends in Global Employee Engagement, Aon Hewitt, 2010
Figure 2: A high level of engagement is difficult to achieve
Employee engagement over time
Percent of companies experiencing increasing engagement
100%
80
60
40
20
0
Historic
July–Dec
08
Jan–Jun
09
Jul–Dec
09
Jan–Mar
10
Source: Trends in Global Employee Engagement, Aon Hewitt, 2010
2
Apr–Jun
10
Jul–Sep
10
Oct–Sep
10
5. The chemistry of enthusiasm
A better system to earn engagement
The rewards of customer advocacy can be substantial.
In the telecommunications industry, for example, a few
Companies that have substantially raised employee
percentage points gain in customer NPS would trans-
engagement act differently. They go beyond the basic
late into hundreds of millions of dollars in customer
prerequisites of employee satisfaction, which include
base value for a large provider. This occurs through an
an emotionally safe environment, the right tools to get
accretion of benefits: Promoters leave a company, on
work done and fair compensation. These trailblazers
average, much less frequently than detractors or passive
manage to instill an extraordinary sense of purpose and
customers do, leading to higher lifetime revenues; pro-
autonomy, as well as strong affiliation with the company
moters also encourage other people to join as customers
and its offerings. They take a systematic approach,
at a much higher rate than passives or detractors do.
focusing on a few key areas.
The Net Promoter metric turns out to have profound
Measure employee engagement just like customer
implications for a company’s culture and how employees
engagement and tightly link the two
go about their work. Staff in product development, for
instance, might need to change the way they calibrate
It’s intuitive that customer advocacy closely correlates
success—not just high initial sales, but high sales plus
with employee engagement. But when it comes to un-
a high NPS.
derstanding employees’ attitudes and behavior, many
companies are data rich but information poor. They use
Just as the Net Promoter approach has strong descrip-
focus groups and long surveys to capture data, but find
tive and predictive power with customers, it works just
it difficult to generate insights that can inform smart
as well in the realm of employee engagement. Loyalty
business decisions to raise customer loyalty.
leaders measure engagement by asking a handful of
simple but predictive questions: Would you ask your
One effective way to track and measure the link between
friends and family to work in this company? Why? And
customer advocacy and employee engagement is to use
would you recommend our product or service to your
a metric we call the Net Promoter® score (NPS®). The
friends and family? What would you tell them? They then
company asks customers a single question: How likely
sort employees into promoters, passives and detractors.
are you to recommend [this company or product] to a
friend or colleague? Respondents giving marks of nine
Conventional satisfaction surveys often serve as a security
or 10 are promoters—the company’s most devoted
blanket to reassure executives—we have a high score, so
customers. Those scoring their experience at seven or
everything must be fine. In contrast, the point of Net
eight are passives, and those scoring it from zero to
Promoter questions is to really listen to what customers
six are detractors. NPS is the percentage of promoters
and employees say about their needs and priorities.
minus the percentage of detractors.
The Net Promoter approach has a radical simplicity that
Promoters are enthusiastically loyal to the brand, the
appeals to frontline, back-office and managerial em-
company and the product. They sing the company’s
ployees alike. And our experience has demonstrated a
praises to others and they buy more and stay longer.
strong relationship between the employee and the cus-
Detractors, on the other hand, actively tell others about
tomer metrics. The reasons that customers become
their terrible experiences.
advocates or detractors are highly related to the degree
3
6. The chemistry of enthusiasm
of employee engagement. Companies that track NPS in
Such questions helped Belgacom, a telecommunica-
both groups thus have an advantage over competitors in
tions provider in Belgium, reduce the excessive flow of
monitoring an important source of customer advocacy.
customer inquiries to its call center. Workshops with
employees generated many hypotheses about what
Put employees squarely at the center of customer
prompted the calls, and the company used customer
feedback loops
feedback loops to winnow the hypotheses to a handful
that merited attention. Among the causes of detraction
To make progress with the Net Promoter system, it’s
were confusing bills and product installation guides,
critical to build customer feedback into daily operations
and then “close the loop” with employees (see
limited call center hours and long phone wait times.
Figure
Armed with this solid data, Belgacom set about revising
3). This entails soliciting feedback from customers
each of these areas, which helped to sharply reduce the
(Would you recommend and why?) after an important
volume of calls and increase customer NPS scores.
interaction or as part of a relationship assessment, then
quickly sharing the comments with the employees most
Feedback loops clearly illuminate the peaks and valleys
responsible for the experience. After the initial question,
of the customer’s experience with a sales or service rep-
it’s often useful to have the employees who handled the
resentative or an account team. They make the conse-
interaction call back a sample of customers to ask more
quences of an employee’s actions visible. Fast timing is
detailed questions, in order to probe for problems that
essential because an employee serving a customer needs
may be causing detraction.
to remember the interaction that generated the feed-
Figure 3: Leading practitioners put employees at the center of the customer feedback loop
Analyze
root causes
Call back
customer
Employee training
and coaching
Analyze
scores
Capture
and codify
Take action,
including coaching
Employees
Measure NPS
and KPIs
Structural and
process improvements
Feedback
and adjust
Source: Bain & Company
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Analyze
root causes
Execute
improvements
Prioritize
actions
7. The chemistry of enthusiasm
back, which rarely happens when data is aggregated
indirectly have an effect on the customer experience.
months later. The feedback should also be shared with
For example, Belgacom has begun to use a Net Promoter
direct supervisors, product designers, engineers, pricing
lens in its marketing function. Marketing staff used to
executives and others who create the policies, processes
write and publish training guides and scripts for the
or product features that indirectly shape the experience.
call center just before a new product launch. If the scripts
were confusing to call center representatives, revisions
One has to be selective with feedback loops so that they
came too late to make much of a difference. Now the
don’t become overwhelming or too expensive. The focus
marketing staff tests the prototypes with call center
should be on a few “moments of truth” that shape the
representatives well in advance, using a feedback loop
customer’s attitude toward the company. At a wireless
to improve the scripts, which ultimately makes for
telecom carrier, moments of truth include how the car-
better interactions with customers.
rier handles the activation process, errors on the first
invoice or loss of a phone. At an airline, such moments
Change performance metrics to emphasize
include how the company handles a delayed flight, lost
customer advocacy
baggage or frequent-flyer mile redemption.
Performance metrics can be powerful incentives for
Leading Net Promoter practitioners, such as investment
behavior. Rate employees along metrics of time or cost,
firm Charles Schwab, also work hard to contact detractors,
and they will respond in kind, even if that degrades the
usually within 24 hours after the initial survey. This
customer experience. Many call centers, for instance,
prompt response signals to the customer that the com-
have structured their performance reviews around cost-
pany really does value his or her opinion, and it pro-
driven metrics such as “average handle time” for calls.
vides a unique opportunity for coaching. Comments
When representatives then try to keep calls as short as
from customers, delivered quickly and in detail to finan-
possible, they’re unable to solve complicated customer
cial consultants and other frontline employees, provide
problems, driving up the number of repeat customer
the basis for constructive criticism. Employees collec-
calls and the level of customer frustration.
tively can learn, adjust their behaviors and take approCompanies that pursue the Net Promoter approach
priate actions with the customer.
usually adjust their metrics to promote customer adFeedback should not dwell exclusively on problems.
vocacy rather than low costs at any price. At Belgacom,
Hearing a customer’s descriptions of how an employee’s
the call center switched from using average handle
actions had a positive effect can be a powerful reinforce-
time to a combination of two metrics, one on customer
ment of desired behaviors and reminder of the employ-
promotion and the other on resolving the issue on the
ee’s purpose. The feedback process is as much about
first call. Previously, a difficult case would get trans-
reinforcing what employees should do and are doing
ferred to phone-tree purgatory; now a representative
right as it is about correcting what they did wrong.
has the power to raise her hand for a nearby technical
expert to join the call. Not only does the new approach
With a little imagination and experimentation, compa-
help to reduce the overall volume of calls by 20%, it
nies can apply the feedback loop concept to parts of the
also ignites higher customer scores and employee
organization that don’t directly touch customers but
engagement scores.
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8. The chemistry of enthusiasm
Give employees freedom within a framework to
mean “anything goes”; employees should rely on the
improve the customer experience
systems and processes put in place to improve customer
advocacy. But higher decision effectiveness has a strong
Masters of engagement change their processes to give
correlation with greater employee engagement, Bain
employees greater decision-making autonomy because
research shows.
people on the front lines have a great influence over the
Recognize and make the most of linchpin roles
quality of the customer experience. These companies
listen to employee feedback through such techniques
as weekly online polls, brainstorming wikis and agenda-
Not all roles are created equal. Many companies don’t
free town hall meetings. That can pay huge dividends
take the trouble to understand which are their linchpin
for both customers and employees.
roles—as distinct from high-performing or high-poten-
Consider the typical customer call center. Employees
the customer experience or that provide critical support
read from a script like machines and have rigid pro-
or coaching to employees who shape the customer’s
tocols for every interaction, which tends to leave them
response. Given scarce resources, targeting these roles
feeling constrained and irritated. In contrast, an invest-
can be an efficient way to raise employee engagement
ment management company that we will call Alpha
and thus customer advocacy.
tial people. These are roles that have a big influence on
listened to feedback from its high-net-worth customers
and its call center representatives. Based on that feed-
Linchpin roles often include frontline supervisors and
back, Alpha gave its call center representatives much
managers, who exert a great deal of influence behind
greater autonomy in dealing with those “flagship” cus-
the scenes. We have found that local manager engage-
tomers. For instance, if the customer fills out an appli-
ment is highly correlated with local team engagement,
cation incorrectly, the representative can send it back
which in turn correlates with better customer NPS scores.
via overnight delivery, despite the higher cost, and can
Skilled managers, it appears, help to raise the enthusi-
include a handwritten note.
asm and sharpen the focus of team members whose
behavior serves to delight customers.
Along with listening closely, engagement masters encourage, or even mandate, cross-functional collabora-
When Cintas, a business-to-business products and ser-
tion. JetBlue promotes a system of “desired behaviors”
vices provider, analyzed its talent practices, the company
that fosters a collaborative work environment to improve
confirmed the link between effective managers and en-
customer service. For example, the airline encourages
gaged frontline employees (whom they call partners), as
pilots, flight attendants and gate agents to work together
well as the connection between engaged employees and
to help clean the main cabin, which reconciles potential
engaged customers. So Cintas revisited the role of its
conflict between cabin cleanliness and speed of turn-
frontline managers and increased its investment in
around between flights, since the aircraft crew is respon-
recruiting, hiring and training. It also invested in tools
sible for both.
that enable managers to become better coaches to their
team members.
The most effective companies nest these practices in an
explicit decision framework, where employees have clear
At other companies, the linchpin roles may include Six
rights and accountabilities for the daily operational
Sigma black belts or similar quality experts skilled at
decisions that can add or destroy value. That does not
turning raw customer feedback into meaningful im-
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9. The chemistry of enthusiasm
provements in business processes. At one midsize air-
such as calls to resolve a problem; and personal moments
line, a cross-functional quality team aggregates customer
such as a medical leave or relocation.
feedback data and searches for patterns that signal
which areas are causing lower NPS scores. They choose
Building the ranks of promoters among customers and
which issues merit a quick response—say, poor baggage
employees will involve breaking through boundaries
handling—and then work with the relevant departments
drawn between internal functions, such as operations,
to make improvements to the process in question.
HR and sales. It might require close cooperation among
several functions—not just customer service agents
Overcoming the organizational barriers
and their supervisors, but also the sales team (to avoid
overpromising or to better qualify potential customers),
High employee engagement lies within a company’s
and human resources (to change recruiting and train-
grasp—if one pays attention to the connection between
ing methods).
customer and employee advocacy. The challenge is to
delight both groups at the respective moments of truth—
Senior executives must stay connected to the activities
the pivotal moments that hold the greatest potential to
of frontline employees, the ones who see the customer
build engagement or, conversely, to alienate a person.
experience up close with all its blemishes. Otherwise,
For employees, these consist of professional moments
employees’ concerns and ideas will go unheard, and
such as a reorganization, a new boss or a plan to im-
engagement will suffer in the lower ranks of the orga-
prove a crucial business process; customer moments
nization (see
Figure 4).
Figure 4: Are C-level executives in an ivory tower?
Employee Net Promoter score*
30%
20.3%
20
10
0
0.6%
5.1%
10
C level
Manager
VP/director
4.6%
Front line
*Employee Net Promoter score = % promoters minus % detractors; Responses categorized as promoters (9–10), passives (7–8) or detractors (1–6)
for the following question: “On a scale from 0 to 10, would you recommend your company as a place to work to a friend or colleague?”
Source: Survey of 167 companies in Bain’s Decision and Organizational Effectiveness Database, January 2012
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10. The chemistry of enthusiasm
Active management to promote both customer advocacy
BigTel added a Net Promoter metric to the technicians’
and employee engagement requires a balance of con-
performance assessment, namely, whether the customer
sistency in some areas and variation in others. Consis-
later called back for any reason, which was a proxy for
tency should apply up and down the ranks in how the
“first time right.” Among both groups, new metrics
company encourages behavior that will improve the
supported by the appropriate tools and processes have
customer experience. Every department or unit should
caused engagement levels to rise steadily.
be singing from the same song book. But the tools and
performance metrics can vary from one unit to another,
BigTel has consistently emphasized the importance of
as long as they all work toward a similar outcome.
the customer experience for all employees throughout
the corporate hierarchy. In operations, everyone—from
A leading telecommunications provider, which we will
field technicians to supervisors to the chief operating
call BigTel, illustrates how this balance plays out in
officer—is assessed along the same performance met-
practice. BigTel’s call center representatives cherish
rics, with an increased share of their compensation tied
receiving positive feedback from customers every day.
to the performance of the whole team. Those supervi-
Technicians in the field, in contrast, usually work solo
sors who would not or could not adapt to the new dis-
and take pride in being able to fix anything. The com-
cipline were replaced.
pany made sure to give each group the proper tools and
processes to do their jobs well. For call center represen-
Building and sustaining high levels of customer advocacy
tatives, that meant more intensive coaching by super-
hinge on earning the trust and enthusiasm of employees.
visors. For field technicians, it took the form of upgraded
Ultimately, companies should understand which elements
diagnostic tools and dedicated training on how to deal
of employee engagement most affect customer advocacy,
with ad hoc customer requests, such as “While you’re
so they can identify ways to improve both.
here, could you just fix this one more thing for free?”
1
“Giving everyone the chance to shine,” Hay Group, 2010. William Werhane and Mark Royal, “Engaging and Enabling Employees for Company Success,” Workspan, 2009.
2 Stock performance: Great Place to Work Institute, Russell Investment Group, 2011.
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