Companies frequently encounter the need for handling employee churn in our rapidly changing world. What are some of the steps to follow to manage employees when they are moving between jobs? What can set your business apart from others to prevent employee churn? First, always have a back up plan. At some point, employees will leave, move up or down, express dissatisfaction in their position, or need to be let go. Ensure that your knowledge of the company encompasses at least part of what … [Read more...]
Prepare For A Permanent Remote Workforce With UCaaS
We have seen how effective and cost-saving remote working has become. For these reasons, prepare yourself and your business for cloud services in our workforce. Unified Communications as a Service, or UCaaS, is allowing more freedom to many companies. For example, the ability to accommodate workers that can connect with each other and the cloud is changing the world. What else can UCaaS do for our companies? Maintaining efficiency while lowering overhead costs are some of the most impactful new … [Read more...]
Why is Clearly Documenting Your Work Processes so Important?
As our work climate continues to move towards a remote landscape, the availability of processes and procedures is becoming ever more important. Employees need a quick and easy way to access and reference how to do certain job functions. In addition, info about product information and who to contact for specific requests, are also necessary to have available. Clear documentation allows workers without face-to-face contact with their leaders to feel and perform more autonomously. This creates a … [Read more...]
Skype for Business Retiring End of July: What Does This Mean for You?
Microsoft's Skype for Business Online service is retiring end of July, 2021. The company recommends anyone using that platform, move to their Teams product/service. Teams has been consistently growing bigger as the weeks go by, organically replacing any needs for the older platform. As we have all noticed, the remote workforce explosion has pushed the need for group and individual IM usage. In-person meetings are quickly becoming a thing of the past, with company and personal communications … [Read more...]
Why are IT Advisors Often Kept Up at Night? Data.
This may sound like a riddle, but it is a real concern. Advisors in the IT industry continue to feel troubled by the issues that arise in two major areas: The quality of their customers' data and ensuring it is secure. IT Advisors Can Maintain Comfort With Quality Data Maintaining comfort with data can be achieved when IT advisors ensure the quality and security of that data are successful. Customers will be the first to let you know if their connection, reliability, and security do not … [Read more...]
4 Positive Ways Remote Working Benefits All Parts Of Our Business Culture
Since the onset of our culture's experience with the current COVID-19 phenomenon, more and more companies have chosen to keep their workers at home. Before the virus and its effects, hit so many in the whole of our workforce, remote working was not nearly as common. Now, there are seemingly endless positive benefits for employers to continue on this path, and to increase their efforts geared towards ramping up the process. Here are four of the most valid reasons, and how they relate to … [Read more...]
How to reduce your ‘ahs’ and ‘ers’ in your speaking
“Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man!” Jeff Bridges’ quip from The Big Lebowski may be one of the most quoted lines from the 1998 cult classic. But if your speech is filled with “you knows” and “likes,” you’re more likely to be dismissed than be quoted. So, if you’re eager to reduce your “ahs” and “ers,” here are the three types of filler word patterns, along with some simple solutions. 1. Word/sound repeats Word/sound repeats are the most difficult to reduce because you … [Read more...]