Employee engagement makes good business sense, right? After all, it's logical that employees who feel involved, informed, and connected to your business are more committed and productive. Gallup has been telling us that for years. However, when staff work from home in...
Social Intranets In The Workplace Social intranets have taken the world of employee communication by storm. With flexible working arrangements, distributed workforces, and mobile computing the new norm, it's little wonder that a social intranet is the digital...
Have you been tasked with drawing up an internal communications strategy for your company? It’s a daunting prospect, right? Successful businesses increasingly place greater importance - and investment - in getting their internal communications strategy in order. Get...
Are great leaders born or made? It’s one of those perennial questions that has occupied the minds of many a great business thinker. And the consensus seems to be that it’s a bit of both. Many of the best leaders in whatever sphere of life you find them have innate...
Information sprawl is a major issue for real estate companies. Typically with multiple office locations and a remote workforce of agents, the ability to easily exchange information, communicate and collaborate with colleagues is vital to maintain efficiency in a...
Keeping up with the latest technology trends isn’t just for the IT guy. From business owners to marketing, HR and finance managers, the trickle-down effect of innovative technology can permeate an entire organization. Advancements in intranet solutions are no...
Mention the phrase ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ and most of us automatically think of personal goals like getting fit, taking up a hobby or spending more time with the family. The New Year is certainly a time for reflection and new beginnings; however, it’s just as...
The office manager is an essential part of every office set-up. It might be George or Georgina, Julian or Julie, either way, they are the go-to person in the office for pretty much everything. From ordering stationery, booking a car park space or locating an important...
If your organization is looking to make a real difference to employee engagement then an action plan is the perfect tool to get you started. With less than one third of employees in the US feeling engaged in the workplace, the time to act is now. As well as lower...
Disengaged employees are bad for business, but what you may not have realized is just how bad for business they are. Research suggests that companies are losing between 20-25 percent of their revenue each year due to disengaged employees. That’s a startling statistic...
It's a brand new year and is the perfect time to reflect. No doubt, many organizations like yours will be taking time out to review the past year’s performance as well as identifying key trends for 2018. And internal communications is bound to be on the list of...
Disengaged employees are bad for business. In fact, it’s estimated that disengaged employees are costing up to $550 billion every year in the US alone in a combination of increased rates of absenteeism and low productivity. By comparison, those companies that have...
The company departments that are standard across most businesses have a newcomer. Marketing, HR, finance, sales and R&D have been supplemented by the new kid on the block: internal communications. More and more companies are realizing the integral place that...
“All staff” emails getting buried in inboxes? Printed newsletters seem outdated and environmentally unfriendly? It’s time to migrate company-wide communications to your (Content Management System) CMS intranet. Whether you’re getting the word out to an office of ten...
CMS intranets are a great platform for improving internal communications. In fact, for many organizations this is the driving force for setting up an office intranet in the first place. All you need to do is post all the company news and updates on the intranet and...
It’s Monday morning and instead of being in the office, are you reading this while sitting on the sofa in your pajamas? Or perhaps you’re reading this and enjoying a cappuccino in the local coffee bar? If so, then you’re in good company as up to 37% of workers in the...
In an earlier article, we looked at how a franchise intranet can promote connectedness for franchisees. We develop the theme in this article by looking specifically at how franchise intranets can be an effective tool for managing workplace safety and health across a...
Information silos exist to some extent in most organizations. While many organizations recognize that they are an issue, they are at a loss as to how to break down those silos and foster a collaborative work environment. A creative intranet design is one tool that can...
Franchise Intranet Solutions Maintaining connectedness is a perennial issue for franchise operations; a franchise intranet offers a solution. Franchises are now big business. According to the International Franchise Association, in 2016, the number of direct jobs in...
The benefits of employee engagement are undeniable and in our time-poor working lives, finding quick-win ways to enhance employee engagement can be a challenge. A company intranet offers some solutions that can quickly and easily be implemented, which will enhance...
Implementing a CMS Intranet, whether you are looking to provide employee engagement software for the first time or simply need to update your current solution, is not a small task. More likely than not, months will pass between the initial engagement with a potential...
Intranet Solution Not Delivering? You didn't jump into your intranet solution overnight. You took the time to do your research, choose the intranet software that would work best for your company, and test out the software before deploying it to the business as a...
You know the many benefits that intranet software can have for your business. From enhancing employee engagement to offering ready access to the critical data that every company employee needs to do their job more efficiently, effective intranet software helps solve a...
Internal Communications Strategy Properly developed internal communications strategies within your business have a huge impact on your business's ability to function smoothly. When internal communications strategies are well thought out, employees throughout the...
Communicating with an entire company is a challenge whether you have five employees or thousands. From communicating policy change to letting everyone know there is leftover food from the board meeting, getting the message to the masses is never easy. Printed...
Internal Communications is Key To Success Companies positioning themselves as industry leaders seek to keep up with best practices and trends when it comes to their products, customer service, marketing and many other areas. Business practices being implemented by...
Create An Intranet "Create an intranet," they said. "How hard can it be?" they said. Creating a company intranet is a great way to improve communication within the company, increase employee engagement, and enhance employees' feeling of connection to one another and...
Internal Communications Your business's success hinges on your employees. You can have the best ideas in the industry, the cheapest products, and the most advanced service offerings, but if your employees aren't on board and committed, your business isn't going to see...
One of the important issues with having an internal intranet forum is making sure that users have clear guidelines around its terms of use. To help you through this we provided an example Forum terms use document you are free to use below: Intranet Forum Terms of Use...