Let's face it; technology can be confusing. And it doesn’t help when the jargon all sounds the same —intranet, extranet… internet vs extranet. What’s the difference? In this post, we clear up some of the confusion and set the record straight on intranet vs extranet....
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Returning To Work After Coronavirus Tips
Coronavirus lockdown restrictions are gradually being eased in some places around the globe. Over the coming weeks, staff will be swapping their slippers for shoes as they head back into offices and workplaces. While this return to normality is welcome news, business...
Executive Communications: How To Communicate During Difficult Times
Caption: Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, is globally-recognized for her exceptional communication skills Executive communications is a core leadership function. Done well, a leader can inspire and motivate their team, creating a genuine sense of...
Best Way To Deliver Bad News To Employees: Tips And Guidance For Managers
It’s never an easy task delivering bad news to team members you may have worked alongside for some time. Sadly, that’s the reality currently facing many managers. The global recession that the coronavirus pandemic has unleashed is unfolding. Lockdown measures...
Business Resilience & Operational Continuity: How To Ensure Your SME Is Prepared
The coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need for businesses to be prepared. You may have thought that business resilience and operational continuity were concerns exclusively for big corporates. But as worldwide travel restrictions and lockdowns...
Team Collaboration Ideas: 15 Ways To Encourage Collaboration & Teamwork In SMEs
Legendary basketballer Michael Jordan famously once said: Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. Team collaboration ideas are just as important to success in the world of business as they are in sport. According to one survey,...
Employee Profiles: How To Improve Your Employer Brand
Having a strong employer brand can make a big difference when it comes to attracting and retaining the best talent in the marketplace. Companies with strong employer brands have no trouble when it comes to recruitment or indeed, customer retention – think Apple,...
Employee Profiles: How To Improve Your Employer Brand
Having a strong employer brand can make a big difference when it comes to attracting and retaining the best talent in the marketplace. Companies with strong employer brands have no trouble when it comes to recruitment or indeed, customer retention – think Apple,...
50 Inspirational Employee Engagement Quotations
Nowadays it seems as though every time we log on to any form of social media from Facebook to Twitter or LinkedIn, we’re presented with a motivational quote or some words of wisdom together with a beautiful image or photo. But are these quotes inspiring or annoying?...
7 Reasons Why Employee Engagement Matters
Employee engagement isn’t just a passing fad or a nice to do if you can type of initiative. The truth is employee engagement is one of the major contributors to business success. Really? I hear you say. Can it possibly make that much difference? And the simple answer...
Exit Interviews: The How, What, Why And Benefits
Is your businesses guilty of letting important data on employee satisfaction simply walk out the door? Far from being a pointless exercise, exit interviews can provide essential insights into how your company is doing on the employee engagement front, and perhaps more...
Employee Surveys: How To Get Started
Employee surveys, employee engagement questionnaires, staff questionnaires or employee satisfaction surveys – call them what you will, but the end result is the same. The fact is, employee surveys are a great tool for harvesting feedback from staff and are a sure-fire...
Exit Interview Forms: How To Obtain Actionable Information
If you’re serious about employee engagement, then exit interviews are an essential part of the process. You may well be saying to yourself: Why bother? Who cares what they think, they’re leaving! And while it’s true that they’ve already made the decision to leave,...
Mindfulness In The Workplace: Practical Ways To Introduce It
It seems as though everyone is currently jumping on the mindfulness bandwagon: from Google through to Nike. But is it just another trendy fad or could there be something in it? If the notion of mindfulness conjures up an image of yoga mats, incense burning or mantra...
HR Portal: How Your HR Intranet Portal Can Improve Employee Relations
The human resources (HR) department with its primary focus on people and relationships has traditionally been at the heart of an organization. In the digital world that we now inhabit, those face-to-face relationships that have been so integral to HR are changing. HR...
Employee Engagement Statistics [Infographic]
Over the past year or so we've blogged about many aspects of employee engagement. The infographic below pulls together some of the employee engagement statistics that we've found along the way. It is clear that employee engagement has a direct impact on service,...
Employee Wellness On A Tight Budget? An Intranet Could Be The Solution
Have you been charged with introducing an employee wellness program, but have been given limited resources to do so? Are you struggling to find ways to enhance employee wellness while balancing the books? Although many organizations appreciate the value of employee...