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8 steps to write an effective project status report

Effective project status reports are the best way to keep your stakeholders aligned and in the loop during your project progress. These high-level updates proactively let your team know if a project is on track, at risk, or off track—so you can course correct if necessary to hit your deadlines every time. Learn how to create project status reports in a few easy steps, plus check out a template you can use right away.

9 steps to craft a successful go-to-market (GTM) strategy

A go-to-market (GTM) strategy is a step-by-step plan for launching a new product or expanding into a new market. It helps you launch your product to the right audience, with the right messaging, at the right time. Learn how to craft a go-to-market strategy in nine steps and set your next product launch up for success.

What is a request for proposal (RFP)?

As an agency leader, do you ever feel pulled in opposite directions? That’s a real possibility when it comes to requests for proposal (RFPs). An RFP solicits proposals for services, usually on projects with multiple facets, phases, or deliverables. Agencies can be on both the giving and receiving end of the RFP process. For example, a business might create an RFP for a comprehensive marketing campaign, including commercials.

Introducing: Odie OneDesk's AI Assistant

The March 2024 release of OneDesk has brought an exciting new feature — Odie the Ai-powered assistant! Odie (‘OD’) is a Chat-GPT-like AI tool integrated with OneDesk’s messenger and customer-facing applications. The AI uses advanced and modern technology such as large language models (LLMs) and generative AI to make suggestions, generate replies, and answer customer queries. Odie is a personalized assistant, meaning its answers are trained on your own content.

The role of leadership in achieving operational efficiency

Operational efficiency is more than just a goal in today’s fast-paced business world; it’s essential for success. Optimizing every part of a business’s processes to boost output, cut down on waste, and provide better value is what operational efficiency means. To get a company to this level of success, leadership is essential. Leaders’ job is to ensure that their companies are operationally efficient and stand out in a crowded market. This blog post talks about that job.

Leveraging technology for operational improvement

In the ever-changing world of contemporary company, attaining competitive advantage and long-term success is contingent upon operational improvement. It includes a methodical optimisation of procedures, techniques, and technologies with the goal of increasing production, cutting expenses, and strengthening efficiency. Technology is at the center of this revolutionary journey, acting as an accelerator and facilitator of operational excellence.

The remote work dilemma for young employees

Young Americans are entering the workforce without ever setting foot in a typical office, thanks to the shift in the workplace from temporary to permanent remote labor. Researchers and professionals in the workplace are debating the possible long-term repercussions of this shift on employees in their early careers.

How to write requests for information (RFI)

RFIs, RFPs, RFQs: we know, it’s an acronym overload. But for many agencies, documents like these are core to their sales and operations processes. Like it or not, the “RFs” are a part of how business gets done. But all this alphabet soup can get a little nebulous. If you aren’t working with them every day (and maybe even if you are), it’s easy to lose track of what each document is there for. What exactly is an RFI, and when should your agency use one?

The role employee engagement plays in operational improvements

Operational improvement has become a need in the fast-paced corporate world of today in order to remain competitive. But the people who carry out plans and technologies on a daily basis are the real heart of every organization. This article explores the vital role that employee engagement plays in fostering operational improvements and provides advice on how companies may best utilize the potential of their employees to increase output and efficiency.

4 out of 10 employees call in sick from burnout

A shocking trend has surfaced in an era where the boundaries between work and life are becoming increasingly hazy, having a lasting impact on workplace dynamics and employee well-being. 4 out of 10 workers, or a hefty 40%, have called in sick due to burnout, according to a recent MetLife UK survey of 2,009 employees. This is alarming data. This information highlights the growing problem of employee burnout and highlights the pressing need to review present workplace policies and health care programs.