Ensure you and your company are prepared for 2018
Welcome back. While the weeks after the holidays can be painful at times (we’re all missing the champagne, dessert and naps), this is a perfect time to reflect on 2017 and prepare for 2018 – it’s only just begun! Many make personal New Year’s resolutions – just as important is to make professional plans and […]
7 Approaches to Lead Better Internal Communication Initiatives
With the New Year quickly approaching, many begin thinking about goals and vision for the coming year. Companies are no different. The year-end is the perfect time to evaluate where you have been, where you would like to be, and exactly how to get there. A consistent goal should be improving communication practices internally. A […]
How to Ensure a Positive Culture at Your Company
Company culture is an important aspect of the workplace, and an increasingly important component for people looking to be hired at a company. An employer can offer perks like extra vacation time, a casual dress code and after work happy hours to retain employees and maintain a positive culture. While these or other similar incentives […]
6 Ways to Increase Employee Engagement and Development at Your Company
Only 33% of employees are engaged in the U.S., according to Gallup, and this number has been stagnant for several years. Reasons for unengaged employees range from lack of passion for a job, having leadership that is not involved, to not feeling appreciated in the workplace. While it is the responsibility of both leaders and […]
Volunteering: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Human Connection
Volunteering is more than just the “day of service” that we read about in our company newsletter or on the home screen of our intranet. Those who desire to volunteer have many reasons and motives for wanting to do so. Many organizations have commitments to corporate social responsibility – a business approach that contributes to […]
Engage Employees with New Groups on your Enterprise Social Network
Most enterprise social networks (ESNs) have many groups related to a company’s different business functions and departments. While many of these are necessary to business operation, such as HR for employee docs or All Company for company-wide announcements, include some lighter groups for employees to participate in and browse through on occasion. These engaging groups […]
Find your Work-Life Balance
Finding and maintaining a healthy work-life balance is essential for success and happiness. Doing so does not sound so difficult in theory – work your set hours, then after you leave the office, make time for leisure activities and other obligations. But, for the average worker, it is not so simple. Sometimes you have to […]
Intranet Launch: Cultivate A Social Intranet
I don’t know about you, but I can easily find myself engrossed in HGTV. Whether it is Chip and Joanna shiplapping Waco, Karen and Mina revamping downtown Indianapolis, or the Yard Crashers searching home improvement stores for someone who could use a pro’s expertise – there are a few common format elements. In each show, […]
Millennials in the Workplace: Are the Stereotypes True?
Ideas and insights about millennials in the workplace seem to float around a lot in the media – reported trends, what millennials like and do not like, ways they spend their money, and how they are different than generations before them – the list goes on. These topics and opinions from a range of professionals […]
Intranet Launch: Include Employees from the Start
Launching a new department or company-wide intranet can be daunting. Whether it be constraints on the IT side, budget, sliding dates or gaining executive buy-in, getting to launch can seem like a slow and winding road. And launch is just the start. The benefits are huge though as it helps you to centralise operations and […]