91% of employees said their employers lacked critical communication skills. That means a lot of businesses aren’t communicating effectively. The knock-on effect of this is huge and as wide-ranging as missing deadlines, to limited collaboration and engagement between employees. So how do you facilitate effective communication in the workplace as a manager? In this post [...]
Want to switch to a 4-day work week but not sure where to start? You’ve heard about all the stats around how it can help improve productivity (by up to 40%, according to Microsoft) or that it helps attract or retain talent (63% of managers said this, according to Henley Business School). But you’re still not [...]
With many workplaces offering flexible hours instead of working a typical 9-5, more and more people are finding themselves working a ‘triple peak day’. Microsoft’s research found that the average Teams user now sends 42 percent more messages after hours, and this number is expected to grow. So with the Triple Peak Day becoming more [...]
As a remote manager, you may notice your employees engagement is starting to slip. It could be that they’re submitting work later or aren’t performing to their usual high standards. Or perhaps they’re not being as social within their team? Whatever it is, it can be pretty worrying for a manager, especially if you’re [...]
If your organisation aims to get new starters up to speed as quickly as possible, the chances are it’s not saving you money. In fact, it’s probably costing you money. That’s because poor onboarding is a major cause of employee turnover, costing companies several thousand pounds to replace them. But with a good onboarding strategy in [...]
Going remote is a huge shift for internal communication within a business. It completely removes all the old ways of communicating across your team and presents a whole new set of challenges like: How do I make sure I don’t over communicate? How do you make sure the right messages get to the right [...]
While remote working has become the new normal for many organisations, one of the biggest challenges they face is keeping their remote workers connected. A survey conducted on 3,000 remote workers found that: More than two thirds (67%) of workers feel disconnected from their colleagues Two fifths (42%) feel lonely at work Half (49%) admit it’s [...]
The number of businesses going remote is increasing. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen a large number of businesses transition from forcing employees to experience the daily grind of commuting, to having the freedom to work from home. It’s been a swift shift in the way people work and it isn’t going away! [...]
Internal communication is a staple in the modern, digital workplace. Without proper and effective internal communications, many aspects of an organization can fail and morale can fall flat. Employees are left feeling demotivated and unappreciated, whilst managers can feel frustrated and left out of the loop. This is especially important in the age of [...]
Mastering virtual communication is imperative for boosting morale, employee satisfaction and keeping that sense of community within the workplace. Since Covid-19, the rise of work from home-ers has skyrocketed- and doesn’t look like it will be stopping anytime soon. If your workplace has moved into a more hybrid working scheme, this list of 15 [...]