If you want your business to succeed, it’s not enough to just bring in new customers over and over again. Yes, new customers are always needed, but if you’re not retaining the customers that you already have, you’ll always be working from a marked disadvantage. That has always been true, but in 2020 it is more true than ever before. A whopping 65% of a company’s business comes from existing customers.

One of the great things about Mattermost is how well it integrates with all the other systems you use. But this flexibility can make it difficult to figure out which integration to use for each purpose. This series will review the various ways Mattermost can connect to other systems to give you an idea of what is possible and when to use what method.

The difference between goals and dreams is the action plan to achieve them. Projects that are laid out coherently with digestible milestones and enforced through deadlines achieve results, and perhaps more importantly, provide a framework to navigate the unexpected. Milestones drive a project’s trajectory while providing smaller, achievable markers that structure process, responsibilities, and decisions.

See why adopting Slack just isn’t enough for your remote workflow. Talk is cheap— except when it’s getting in the way of productivity, as then it becomes rather wasteful. The most common mistake when working remotely is to think that discussion is the same thing as collaboration, when in reality it’s only one component of it.

Wondering how to measure employee productivity in a call center? Running a call center can be incredibly hectic. While you always have tons of calls coming in and going out, modern call centers are also expanding to provide customer service on other channels like social media and email. And with everything that’s going on in your call center, it can seem impossible to measure employee productivity rates accurately.

When you’re responsible for a team’s performance, you might feel the itch to micromanage. You might be thinking, if you don’t watch employees’ every move and assign all tasks, how will the group stay on track? But micromanaging stifles the creativity and collaboration that drives high performance teams. Multiple studies have shown that micromanaged employees are less creative, produce lower-quality work, and are less engaged overall.