Leaders must coach to make change successful
A soccer team is preparing for the start of their season. Players put in time and effort to improve by practicing daily, motivating each other and working on specific skills to be better as a team. The team purchases necessary equipment, coordinates referees and outlines the season’s game schedule. After planning and preparation, everyone is […]
Every Leader Should Have These Attributes
Only 21% of employees in the U.S. agree that “their performance is managed in a way that motivates them to do outstanding work,” according to a Gallup poll. That means 79% of people in the workplace feel that leadership does not do their job effectively – to lead by example and help make the employee […]
Amplify Your Human Resource Department with Social Collaboration
Each Human Resource department handles day to day operations, and any or all of the following: recruiting, screening, interviewing and placing workers. They also regularly take on employee relations, payroll, benefits, and training. Further, Human Resource managers plan, direct and coordinate administrative functions and act as a middleman between employee and management. The department is […]
The Digital Workplace is Not About Software
A New Way of Working and Keys to Success If you enter “digital workplace” into a search engine, you’ll find some links to vendor pages as well as articles that touch on the different software needed to create a digital workplace. If you really dig, you may find some good information that goes beyond the […]
5 benefits of business chatbots
The conversation surrounding chatbots is growing, and the way this benefits a company’s business model is better understood. Chatbots can fulfill many requirements and help your business align with what both employees and consumers want to experience. Implementing a chatbot provides many benefits, and our partner Tangowork can help visualize your chatbot goals based on […]
Community Management: A Catalyst for Your Social Business Strategy
This updated post originally appeared on Sitrion’s blog. Community management is not often seen as a critical element for your social business strategy. Some organizations may recognize the importance of community management to adoption and consider it at some later point in their planning efforts or, more commonly, after the technology has been chosen or […]
People are the critical success factor for enterprise collaboration
This post originally appeared on Allison Maguire’s LinkedIn. Over the next couple of weeks I will be wrapping up some concentrated coaching of five different communities across two organizations and a host of use cases. The seeds for this enterprise community coaching service came from something I had initially developed and applied internally at a […]
Internal communications is just the beginning for social success
This post originally appeared on Sitrion’s blog. First let me start by saying that internal communications is a very valid use case for enterprise social. In many organizations it is a leading use case and the communications group or department may be a leading stakeholder and proponent of social. These are things that can really […]
Digital Transformation May Require Company Culture Shift
Organizations see the correlation of employee experience and engagement with productivity and innovation. The intersection of these positive employee attributes is directly traced from a well-implemented digital workplace ecosystem. It is not an “if” but a “when” for organizations that have not digitally transformed, as it ties directly to competitive advantage. An overarching strategy, comprehensive […]
Chatbots Are the Next Big Thing for Internal Communicators
This post about chatbots originally appeared on Tangowork’s blog. What are chatbots? Why are communications experts calling chatbots “the next big thing for internal communicators?” This 30-minute webinar, hosted by Chris McGrath, will show you exactly what they are and how you can use them for internal communications through examples. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTNfdhBwAgM&w=600&h=520 ] See chatbots in […]