With the explosion in hybrid working, nailing a business casual look in the workplace has got a bit more complicated. Here’s the deal: Business casual means different things in different companies and industries. What’s acceptable in a law firm may be too formal and...
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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 If there is one, it’s usually cluttered with outdated content, making it impossible to...
Communication Matrix: A Step By Step Guide With Free Template
We all know that internal communication has gotten a whole lot harder. With hybrid, fully remote, and on-the-go workers, keeping everyone in the loop is a labor worthy of Hercules. A communication matrix is a handy tool that makes the task a whole lot easier. Whether...
How To Build Trust In A Team: 10 Proven Strategies That Work
Every HR professional worth their salt knows that building trust is the key to lasting success in teams. After all, you deal with the fallout from breakdowns in trust every day. Miscommunication, conflict, poor performance, and high turnover are just some of the...
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...
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...
15 Top Tips To Improve Information Cascade In Your Organization
If you played the children’s game telephone, you know how easy it is for messages to get distorted as they pass from person to person. Imagine then the devastating consequences if you were relaying company-critical information. Misunderstanding, falsehoods, and 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...
Employee Offboarding: How To Ensure An Effortless Exit (Checklist Included)
Breakups are never easy. However, employee churn is inevitable and how you handle the process impacts the rest of your workforce and brand reputation. And while most companies have robust onboarding systems, things are often a bit loose when it comes to offboarding....
Employee Profiles: How To Improve Your Employer Brand
The Great Resignation may no longer be hitting the news headlines. But that doesn’t mean it’s gone away. A strong employer brand can make a big difference in attracting and retaining the best talent in the marketplace. Companies with strong employer brands have no...
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...
Is An Enterprise Social Network Right For Your Business?
We all know that every great workforce needs great collaboration and communication – that’s a given. But today's workplaces look different. Connecting, collaborating, and communicating are challenging in hybrid teams. An enterprise social network (ESN) can help bridge...
Communication Best Practices: How To Boost Your Business Communication
We don’t need to tell you how much the communications landscape has changed. With remote and hybrid working, social media, and digital technology, communication is different even from five years ago. The old favorite all-staff email probably no longer hits the mark....
All You Need To Know About Instant Messaging In The Workplace
The ping of instant messages is now commonplace in businesses worldwide. Many of us already use instant messaging (IM) to connect with friends and family, and the total number of worldwide IM accounts has hit over 8.3 billion. So, it's no surprise the use of instant...
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 -...
University Intranets: Improving The Employee And Student Experience
It almost goes without saying that universities are knowledge hubs. Students, lecturers, and staff come together to learn, share and collaborate. But their sheer size and complex structure can also make them an administrative and communications nightmare. Disparate...
The Truth About Employee Engagement
Bestselling author and business guru Patrick Lencioni’s seminal book The Truth About Employee Engagement was first published in 2015. And it’s still a must-read for anyone interested in employee engagement and the impact disengaged employees have on organizations. The...
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...
Approval Forms: Automate Your Forms With An Intranet
Are paper and email systems slowing down your business? Are they also costing your company valuable dollars? The truth is just because you’ve been doing it the same way for years, doesn’t mean it’s the most efficient and effective methodology. In fact, paper and email...
Intranet Definition: What Is An Intranet?
Intranet, extranet or portal, which is the right platform for your company? Often the terminology is used interchangeably which makes it very confusing, especially if technology isn’t really your thing. In this post, we make the selection process simpler by unpicking...
How Your HR Intranet Can Improve Employee Relations
The human resources (HR) department is at the heart of every organization. Traditionally, its primary focus has been people and relationships. In today’s digital world, those face-to-face relationships that have been so integral to HR are changing. The Covid pandemic...
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...
Intranet vs Extranet: The Essential Guide To Understanding What’s What
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....
10 Tips To Overcome Remote Team Conflict
Conflict resolution within remote teams is a difficult task for any manager. But when the dispute involves employees who are working remotely, it’s an even bigger challenge. And yet, home working is undoubtedly here to stay. The pandemic has simply fast-tracked what...
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...
Beyond Covid-19: New Zealand’s Insights Into New Normal Working
Around the world, employees are tentatively returning to workplaces. But not wholesale. And not like before. So what does new normal working look like? The experience of New Zealand - where MyHub was born - offers some unique insights. Our island nation remains...
Re-Entry To Work Post Covid-19: Tips For Employee Wellbeing
Over the coming months, staff will be tentatively swapping their slippers for shoes as they head back into offices and workplaces. While this re-entry to work post-covid-19 is welcome news, business leaders and managers need to sensitively and carefully manage the...