When you need quick access to a document, sometimes you do the easiest thing and ask a colleague. Your colleague now sends you the document over an app like email or Slack. Stop right there! This is one of the worst things you could do. Getting copies of documents...
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11 Tips To Turnaround Poor Communication In The Workplace
‘Recollections may vary,' Britain's late Queen Elizabeth famously said. And the fallout can be devastating when there's a discrepancy between what's said and what's heard. We only have to look at the recent trials and tribulations of the Royal Family for confirmation....
How To Make Great Intranet Homepages: Best Practice Tips From The Experts
The intranet homepage is the window into your entire site. It's the first thing staff see when they log in and kickstarts the working day. You want the homepage to capture their imaginations and showcase all the apps and tools employees need. Get it right, and your...
Corporate Intranet Software: The Agile Solution
How quickly does your company respond to business innovations? The truth is for many corporates, there are several layers of red tape to get through before the initiative is even put in front of the board for approval. Business agility, or an organization’s ability to...
SharePoint vs MyHub – Which is better for you?
According to Microsoft, over 200k organizations use Sharepoint, and there are some great reasons to do so: - SharePoint is highly customizable and can be tailored to meet specific business needs. It integrates well with other Microsoft tools like Office365, allowing...
Collaboration Skills: Does Your Team Have What It Takes In 2023?
Collaboration is the rocket fuel that powers up all businesses, whether Fortune 100 companies or SMEs. However, it’s sometimes taken for granted in the work environment. Employers tend to assume workers have a natural ability to get along with each other, collaborate...
27 Office Management Software Tools To Make Your Life Easier
Office managers wear many hats and juggle multiple tasks all at once. It's a full-on role that's crucial to the smooth running of pretty much everything. They are the go-to person, whether scheduling meetings, organizing events, ordering supplies, or arranging travel....
Microsoft Forms: Your Questions Answered
Form filling is part and parcel of every organization. From vacation requests and purchase orders to employee feedback surveys or quizzes, paperwork is a given. However, digital technology has transformed the humble form. Now approvals can be submitted online for...
Social Intranets: Are They Right for Every Organization?
Social Intranets In The Workplace Social intranets have taken the world of employee communication by storm. With flexible working arrangements, hybrid workforces, and mobile computing the norm, it's no wonder social intranet software is at the digital...
WordPress Intranet: 7 Of The Biggest Challenges
A WordPress intranet can appeal to organizations that want to create an intranet site. Even more so if WordPress already powers your website. WordPress is a free, open-source website creation tool, the world's most popular content management system. According to the...
Employee Directory Software: The Intranet Solution
Are you looking for employee directory software? Well, try googling ‘employee directory software’, and you’ll find hundreds of results. And yes, most of them will do what it says on the box and deliver a functioning employee directory. But that’s it – that’s all they...
Fighting To Keep Employees During The Great Resignation
The pandemic-led tsunami of the so-called Great Resignation is still rumbling along. In the past year, more than 4 million Americans quit their jobs every month. There's no doubt employees are restless. Furthermore, the impact of employee churn is made worse by the...
100 Remote Work Statistics
When the lights went out in workplaces worldwide in 2020, no one anticipated the dramatic impact on how we work. However, there’s no doubt remote work is here to stay. What started as an emergency measure during the COVID-19 pandemic has become mainstream. Three years...
Out Of Office: Remote Work In 2023
If we have one thing to thank the pandemic for, it’s the explosion in remote work. And here’s the deal: From 2018 to 2021, the number of full-time remote workers more than quadrupled. Now that the dust has settled and restrictions have been eased, what’s the future of...
Company Intranets: Revolutionize Your Business In 2023
Sometimes dismissed as ancient relics, company intranets have come a long way since their first appearance in 1994. Next-generation platforms have reinvented themselves. They provide state-of-the-art collaboration, communication, and knowledge management tools under...
SharePoint Intranet: The Pros And Cons
If you are on the hunt for a company intranet platform, the chances are that a SharePoint intranet is on your shortlist. After all, it’s one of the world’s most popular intranet technologies, largely thanks to its inclusion in Microsoft 365. However, it’s also fair to...
145 Digital Transformation Statistics You Need To Know In 2023 [INFOGRAPHIC]
‘Digitize to survive’ is a mantra often heard since Covid closed workplaces and forced business online. However, digital transformation is hardly a new idea. And while the pandemic has undoubtedly highlighted just how important it is to business growth, it’s still...
Internal Website: Uses, Features And Setup
Many companies spend top dollar on trend-setting customer-facing websites with all the bells and whistles. However, often it’s a different story with their internal versions. If there is one, it’s usually cluttered with outdated content, making it impossible to...
Collaborative Communication: Why It Matters
Tackling complex problems, fostering creativity and nurturing collaborative solutions is universal in business today. The terms cooperation, coordination, and collaboration are often used interchangeably. However, collaboration refers to a higher level of joint...
Employee Experience Management: What Every HR Manager Needs To Know
Once upon a time, a good salary plus a few perks like company vehicles or gym membership was all it took. Nowadays, attracting and retaining the best people in the hybrid workforce is not so straightforward. If you want to avoid the domino effect of the Great...
How To Maximize The Impact Of Your Corporate Communication
Get corporate communication right, and your company thrives. Get it wrong, and you could fail. Although it’s one of the main driving forces behind success, many organizations take it for granted. Comms are often done on the hoof without much coordination across...
What Is A Digital Workplace: The Ultimate Definition
First coined by DWG in 2009, back then the term digital workplace was new and exciting. Organizations were tentatively embracing the cloud, setting up intranets, and jumping on the Yammer bandwagon. Fast forward several years and one pandemic later, and it’s a...
12 Top Tips To Power Up Your HR Comms
HR is the beating heart of every business, connecting management and staff. Get HR comms right, and the whole organization thrives. Impacting employee engagement, morale, and productivity, plus much more, HR communications are vital to business success. However,...
Communication Barriers Could Be Killing Your Messaging
Communication is easy. After all, you have been communicating all your life, no problem. And you are right. Communication is straightforward until you get it wrong. Misunderstanding, confusion, and even offense is the fallout when it breaks down. If you are looking to...
Water Cooler Conversation: The Essential Guide For Hybrid Workplaces
The good ol’ water cooler is the heart of many companies. It’s where we go to take a break, rehydrate and chat with our colleagues. However, the benefits of water cooler conversation go far beyond cementing social bonds and recharging our batteries. It also has a...
Connected Work: How To Connect Your Hybrid Workplace
We don’t need to tell you the future of work is hybrid. Countless surveys like Prudential’s Pulse of the American Worker Survey have confirmed what we already know. Sixty-eight percent of all workers say a hybrid workplace model is ideal. However, connected work...
11 Employee Needs Work Should Satisfy
Your people are your best asset. We have heard the mantra so often that we have taken it for granted. But every successful business owner knows the company is only as good as the people who work there. So, it makes sense that looking after the needs of employees in...
What Is Team Chat, And How Does It Differ From Email?
More and more of us are using instant messaging to communicate in our personal lives. An incredible 7.7 billion are signed up for Facebook Messenger, Skype, or WhatsApp, to name just a few. Not surprisingly, businesses also recognize the value of instant messaging -...
The Resurgence Of The Intranet: How To Bridge The Gap Between IT And Business Users
A part of the digital workplace for several decades now, many businesses have been guilty of taking the intranet for granted. However, the shift to telecommuting has seen the company intranet working harder than ever. More staff are engaging with and relying on...
Company Intranets: How To Effectively Manage SOPs In Your Organization
Nowadays it seems as though every workplace and industry is dominated by regulations and compliance of one kind or another – perhaps it’s from central government and governing bodies, or it could be industry best practice. And so whilst having standard operating...