HR is at the heart of most organizations. Whether it’s recruitment, staff retention, performance appraisal, employee metrics or overseeing payroll, professional development and employee wellness programs, there’s certainly plenty going on in HR. That’s why productivity is a key issue – and where HR technology can help. The challenge for many HR departments is that
Let’s face it, nowadays there’s an app for pretty much every business function you can think of. Whether it’s cloud computing, collaboration, communication and messaging apps, customer relationship management software or project management tools, there’s a SaaS solution out there. Why not take a look at your PC or smartphone now and count up the
The transfer of knowledge within an organization is often a poorly recognized issue. Most businesses will agree that it should be done, but very few have approached knowledge transfer in any systematic way. Usually an ad hoc approach involving a hastily arranged exit interview or a quickly drawn up handover checklist is the sum total
In today’s competitive marketplace, any advantage you can muster over the competition is worth investigating, right? Employee motivation and knowing how to get the best out of your workforce is one of those areas that can yield quite significant gains and yet it’s a poorly understood and under-utilized area of management. At best most companies
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 chanting, then it’s time to think again. You
Have you heard about the benefits an intranet offers businesses but thought it was only for big companies? Or perhaps you’re interested in the idea of an intranet, but without an internal IT resource, you put it in the too-hard basket? Maybe you’ve identified a number of pain points in your small business, but have
What items are on the wish list for your business this year? Is it increased productivity, streamlined and more efficient processes, or perhaps it’s enhanced employee engagement and improved internal communications? The chances are most business owners will have these items on their wish list. But it’s one thing having them as a goal and
The trouble with meetings is that they are a monumental waste of time. Come on, be honest with yourself. Deep down you know it, I know it, we all know that meetings are an unproductive use of everyone’s time. The only reason we continue with this great charade is because none of us wants to
As marketing department budgets become tighter, companies are looking for new ways to increase their return on investment, as well as spend less capital than the following year. Leveraging the company’s intranet portal allows for office processes to be streamlined and automated, which could just be the effective solution needed to get more bang for
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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, sales, quality, safety, retention, profits and total shareholder returns. The decision to
Too much email is a modern-day workplace scourge. Email is now the default method of communication and its abundance is stifling office collaboration, internal communications and may even be affecting employee morale. If you find that your organisation is drowning in an electronic sea of email, then a company intranet may be the solution. In