10 Onboarding Software Tools You Need Right Now
Onboarding employees is a crucial part of their journey and can even have an impact on your company’s overall brand. It creates a strong first impression of your organization and impacts the employee’s performance as they get consumed into business as usual. This is especially true during the current pandemic...
July 8, 20200 Comment Digital WorkplaceContinue ReadingDigital Transformation of Recruitment and HR: 7 Tactics That Worked
Even before the sudden shift to remote teams and digital workplaces, there was a push for digital transformation in recruitment and HR. A 2017 survey found that more than 50% of companies were in the process of increasing their adoption of digital tools for HR teams. A 2020 study shows...
July 7, 20200 Comment Digital TransformationContinue ReadingDigital Transformation in Insurance: 5 Must-Know Trends for CIOs
Digital transformation in insurance is happening in many ways and affecting everything from the underwriting process to customer retention. In fact, more than 60% of insurers say that technology already has a major impact on their underwriting processes, and more than 63% “expect technology to have a significant or very...
July 3, 20200 Comment Digital TransformationContinue ReadingDigital Transformation in Healthcare: The Biggest Challenges Aren’t What You’d Think
“You can’t see the forest for the trees.” What does this saying have to do with digital transformation in healthcare? More than you’d think. Often, CIOs and champions for digital initiatives are so focused on the actual technology (trees) that they miss out on the big picture (the forest). The...
July 2, 20200 Comment Digital TransformationContinue ReadingDigital Adoption: A Bookmark-Worthy Guide for Enterprises
Digital adoption is becoming increasingly important as technology evolves. As you introduce new software, tools, and features into your company, employees need ways to stay up-to-speed without disrupting their work. For enterprise organizations, digital adoption could be the difference between a successful digital transformation and a costly failure. Think about...
June 29, 20200 Comment Digital AdoptionContinue ReadingDuring A Recession, Digital Adoption Strategies Must Be More Aggressive Than Ever. Here’s Why
Recession — it’s a scary word, especially for businesses. But when a downturn hits, it opens up opportunities to drive digital adoption within your company. Lower opportunity costs and embattled competitors make it the perfect time to invest in new technology. Digital adoption can help you both prepare for and...
June 26, 20200 Comment Digital AdoptionContinue ReadingSalesforce Trailhead 2.0: Adopting The Learning in the Flow Approach for Your Training Efforts
If you are a Salesforce user, you must’ve surely come across the platform learning tool known as Trailhead. If you are new to the Salesforce world, Trailhead is a learning platform that allows you to, as they market it, learn Salesforce in a fun way. And rightfully so, as Trailhead...
June 25, 20200 Comment Salesforce TrainingContinue ReadingManaging Remote Employees: Learn from 11 Experienced Remote Team Managers
Managing remote employees takes practice. Unfortunately, in-office management skills don’t always directly translate to leading work-from-home teams. Remote workforces face unique challenges in everything, from communication to training. “You have to get comfortable asking them for information, and digging in for more detail than is totally comfortable,” says Janine Anderson,...
June 24, 20200 Comment Remote WorkContinue ReadingBuilding an Employee-First Digital Adoption Process - Understanding Your Users
Did you know that 59% of white-collar employees are unable to name all the software their own department uses — according to a G2 report. No, really! This scenario is even more stunning when you consider that businesses spend $1.4 trillion a year on enterprise software and related IT services. ...
June 23, 20200 Comment Digital AdoptionContinue ReadingThe Wartime CIO: How To Think About Digital Transformation During a Crisis
When Silicon Valley investor Ben Horowitz wrote about the difference between a “wartime” CEO and a “peacetime” CEO in 2011, he redefined the way we think about business leadership in times of crisis. But it’s not just CEOs who have to adjust their strategy in uncertain times. CIOs also have...
June 11, 20200 Comment Digital TransformationContinue ReadingDigital Adoption Solutions: A Thriving Industry During The COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted the way we work today and has certainly influenced how we will conduct business in the future. Companies have turned to remote work to run the business as usual, conferences have been canceled or become virtual events and most importantly, sales for businesses in most...
June 10, 20200 Comment Digital AdoptionContinue ReadingTechnology Adoption Curve: Traits of Adopters at Each Stage of the Lifecycle
The technology adoption curve describes how different people react to new technology. While there are many adaptions of the original model, Everett Rogers’s diffusion of innovations dives into the characteristics of each of the five adopter categories within the technology adoption life cycle: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority,...
June 9, 20200 Comment Digital AdoptionContinue ReadingA Guide on Remote Team Management for Enterprise Companies
One of the top concerns facing many managers today is how to adjust to remote management while helping their teams adjust to working from home. Employees working remotely for the first time face numerous challenges. These include learning new technology, feeling isolated, and having to collaborate without meeting in person....
June 4, 20200 Comment Remote WorkContinue ReadingHow to Leverage Self-Paced Learning in Employee Training
Whether you’re onboarding new employees or offering professional development to your current team, employee training is an ongoing and vital part of any manager’s job. But planning and structuring employee training isn’t always easy. How do you know you’re creating the best learning setup for your team and your company?...
June 1, 20200 Comment Employee TrainingContinue ReadingHow to Make Remote Training Work For Your Organization
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, roughly one-third of the world’s population has been ordered to stay home. Countries like Italy, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, France, Colombia, South Africa, India, and more have even implemented quarantine policies for their entire respective countries. As a result of these quarantine measures...
May 27, 20200 Comment Remote WorkContinue Reading