Efficient team communication is the prerequisite for collaboration, which in turn ensures high productivity and innovative thinking. In other words, team communication is at the core of a competitive business. However, the way teams communicate has profoundly changed. Long gone are the days of casual office talks and counting on everyone to be on-site every day 9 to 5.
The past year has seen flexibility and adaptation in the face of large-scale changes—with companies investing in tools like chat, content, scheduling, and more to collaborate. That said, organisations haven’t seen a meaningful uptick in productivity. That’s because all those tools aren’t doing what they’re supposed to—helping teams manage and coordinate work.
If you’ve heard someone in your company reference an “org chart” and were left scratching your head, you’re not alone. It’s a common shortening of the term “organizational chart,” which was coined by engineer Willard C. Brinton in the early 20th century. What is an organizational chart? A visual diagram showing the relationships between people and departments inside an organization.
In SaaS companies, retention of customers requires more effort than onboarding a customer. These are the customers who were your active subscribers for a time and then resubscribed for the next period expecting quality services from your company. SaaS companies usually consume their quality time, money in working with the sales team and in creating new marketing strategies giving the least importance to the existing customers.
Outsourcing involves handing over non-core business processes to another company. Unfortunately, outsourcing can lead to reduced productivity and security risks, both of which negatively affect business. As a result, many companies are reconsidering outsourcing. Fortunately, there are many cost saving outsourcing substitutes that you can go for instead. In this article, we’ll introduce you to the 7 best alternatives to outsourcing that can increase your business’ growth.
Video meetings are a key source of connection between team members—whether your team is remote, hybrid, or globally distributed. Yet more face time through video calls doesn’t always equal more high-impact work. In fact, our research shows that casual chats have been replaced with unnecessary meetings, costing individuals 157 hours of productivity over the past year.
It’s no secret that the workplace has changed quite a bit over the past year. And the reality is that the future of how teams collaborate, communicate, and connect is still very much in flux. As companies navigate the uncertainty around reopening and tackle big questions when it comes to how and where they want to work, there’s a lot on the table: The answers, likely still forming, will look different for every company.
Agile meetings have two specific features that set them apart from regular meetings: they are focused on delivering value, and are strictly time-boxed. In fact, these two features make them quite productive, in contrast to most other regular meetings. These meetings are inseparable from an effective agile approach to product development. The reason is ingrained in the nature of agile approaches.
Are you unsure of the difference between inbound vs outbound call centers? What makes them different, and which one is best for your business? In this post, we want to set the record straight. Since outsourcing to call centers has become an increasingly important part of running a business in the new age of marketing and sales, your company might find itself wondering what the differences are between inbound and outbound call centers.
