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[Expert Opinion] Steps for Achieving a Successful HR Transformation
Temps de lecture : 6 mnIn recent years, human resources have had to carry out several HR transformation projects to adapt to new organizational needs. Between the waves of lockdowns, the popularization of hybrid working, the return to the office, the quiet-quitting trend and all the related...
[Expert Opinion] Overcoming Intercultural Communication Challenges in the Workplace
Temps de lecture : 6 mnDiversity is a key performance driver for today's workplace. There's proof: companies with the most diverse teams are 35% more likely to achieve above-average financial performance in their sector. However, diversity also brings with it a number of intercultural...
Best Practices for Ensuring HR Data Security
Temps de lecture : 5 mnThe digital environment that modern organizations operate in is a goldmine for hackers. This means that every department of the organization, including HR, is expected to maintain the highest standard of data security. It’s simply non-negotiable. A data breach report...
Why and how can you become a benevolent leader?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnToday's professional world is in constant evolution! In this context, the notion of "benevolent leadership"—as opposed to more traditional "authoritarian leadership"—is proving increasingly important! The figures speak for themselves: one survey conducted by the...
Resistance to change: how to overcome it (and turn it into an opportunity)
Temps de lecture : 7 mnChange is risky, but then so is standing still. To accelerate digital transformation, companies need to continually evolve their working methods and tools. However, many face resistance to change, which can derail their plans. In fact, 70% of change management...
How Can We Overcome Lack of Recognition at Work?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnIt's a gesture all employees appreciate but rarely address openly and proactively when it's missing: recognition. According to a study by the Jean Jaurès Foundation, 72% of British employees feel that their work is not properly recognized—either by their manager or by...
The winning strategy for attracting and retaining talent
Temps de lecture : 6 mnAccording to Gartner, 51% of global employees are now watching for or actively looking for a new job. Their objective is clear: they want higher salaries, access to more development opportunities, and above all, improved well-being at work. These expectations are key...
[Expert opinion] How Can I Develop an Effective HR Strategy?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnDeveloping an effective HR strategy is a major challenge for all human resources managers. It involves careful consideration of teams' operational needs, the management's expectations, and the company's strategic objectives. How can you strike the best balance to...
Sustainable performance: the art of combining productivity and social responsibility
Temps de lecture : 6 mnWhat if implementing a CSR approach (Corporate Social Responsibility) could also improve your company's productivity and bottom line? That's what the concept of sustainable performance is all about! Far from the traditional "make-a-profit-at-any-cost" models, this...
8 Essential Tools for Effective Change Management
Temps de lecture : 5 mnChange management can cause some serious headaches for people in organizations and businesses. Among employee resistance, hidden costs, and unexpected delays, the process can quickly turn into a minefield… To get beyond these challenges, we'd like to stress...
Digital accessibility: why is it important for businesses?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnAre you looking to make access to your digital tools and services easier, and your communication more inclusive? There's one simple solution: invest in digital accessibility! According to the World Health Organization, more than a billion people worldwide live with a...
Transparency: cornerstone of Talkspirit’s own talent retention strategy
Temps de lecture : 6 mnMany organizations are faced with a steady stream of resignations and turnover that can be hard to control. According to one study, 36% of people who changed jobs did so mainly because they were dissatisfied with their work environment or company culture. To retain...
How to Develop a Great Agile Work Environment
Temps de lecture : 6 mnDid you know that companies who adopt agile work environments can see a 237% growth in commercial performance? It's no wonder organizations are increasingly turning to an agile work environment to leverage this flexible and effective approach. However, developing a...
10 Ways To Enhance Your Diversity Recruiting Strategy
Temps de lecture : 6 mnWhen you look around your workplace, do you find that everyone appears suspiciously similar? Perhaps they might all be a bit like you? Same ethnicity, same gender, same background. It can happen all too easily. The thing is, a lack of diversity could be...
How to Successfully Implement an Employee Recognition Program
Temps de lecture : 6 mnOne area of business management that organizations should be prioritizing is employee recognition. The reality is that it is no longer as simple as offering the best benefits package out of your competitors. If you want to have a cohort of happy and motivated...
How can you boost productivity with a collaborative platform?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnDoes your team already use a collaborative platform? Are you perhaps pondering one? Maybe you're simply curious about finding a better way to boost your productivity. For whatever reason, you've come to the right place! Collaborative work platforms offer considerable...
Psychological safety at work: why it’s important and how to promote it
Temps de lecture : 8 mnDo your employees seem to avoid taking initiative? Promoting psychological safety at work can unleash their potential! This term is used to describe an environment where employees are not afraid to speak up : something that 89% of all American employees consider...
Change Management: Our Three-Step Method
Temps de lecture : 7 mnAccording to Gartner, half of all change management projects end in failure! The cause: too much resistance to change, a lack of strategy, poor communication, or an over-ambitious timetable. The solution to these obstacles? Methodology... and, of course,...
How to Ensure Knowledge Capitalization within your Company?
Temps de lecture : 7 mnAn employee has just announced he's leaving the company, and one question springs to mind: how do you ensure that his knowledge is capitalized on and shared with colleagues? Unfortunately, that employee usually doesn’t have time to pass along a neatly organized...
What are the Best Practices for Digital Maturity Assessment?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnWith the ever-more-rapid rise and proliferation of digital technologies, businesses can quickly get overwhelmed. Among all the social networks, artificial intelligence plugins and updates, big data, the cloud, IoT and on and on, it's easy to fall off the wagon....
How to Improve Cross-functional Team Collaboration
Temps de lecture : 9 mnAll innovative businesses will prioritize group collaboration on projects, particularly for design and company-wide changes. In fact, research from Deloitte shows that 83% of digitally maturing companies use cross-functional teams. And with 69% of companies reporting...
How Do I Set Up My Internal Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnAccording to a study by Cegos, 57% of employees believe that their company's approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is primarily a communication initiative rather than a firm commitment. This figure can be explained by a lack of concrete initiatives, but...
How Can You Improve Your Teams’ Well-Being at Work?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnAccording to a Deloitte study, 60% of employees in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia would consider switching jobs to improve their quality of working life (QWL)—proof that companies still have a long row to hoe to stabilize retention....
Turn your employees into ambassadors for your enterprise social network!
Temps de lecture : 6 mnToday, more and more businesses are calling on ambassadors to attract and retain talent, promote their products and services, facilitate their communities or boost the adoption of new collaborative tools. These ambassadors can be active on social networks such as...
5 examples of posts for your enterprise social network
Temps de lecture : 6 mnThe enterprise social network is an extension of the workplace designed to optimize internal communication and information sharing throughout organizations. It’s an opportunity to create connections between teams, to facilitate and offer them a space for open...
Should you use email for internal communication?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnAccording to Lecko's latest study, 64% of employees say email remains one of the primary tools they use to communicate and collaborate with colleagues. This proves the use of email is still a firmly entrenched practice—even after three decades. But let's face it: we...
Accelerate your company’s digital transformation with 8 best practices!
Temps de lecture : 6 mnAccording to a Harvard Business Review study, 90% of executives around the globe replied that they believe the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of their organization. A transformation that has helped boost team productivity, centralize...
How can companies combine digital sobriety with well-being at work?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnWhat if we could reduce our energy consumption by using digital technology in a responsible way? That's what the concept of digital sobriety—which companies are talking about more and more—is all about. Yes, contrary to what we might think, digital technology has a...
Why implement a CSR strategy within your organization?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnFaced with the climate crisis, CSR (corporate social responsibility) is becoming more and more important for organizations. What's behind the trend? Implementing sustainable initiatives that have a positive impact on the environment, our society, and/or the economy is...
How can you reduce information overload associated with work tools?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnIn today’s work world, 80% of employees worldwide experience information overload, a surplus of information that they are not able to process.¹ The cause: the constant drizzle of data coming from our digital tools. In the long run, this barrage of information can...
How to reduce your company’s digital carbon footprint
Temps de lecture : 6 mnESG—environmental, social, and governance—is a framework increasingly adopted by organizations with an eye on eco-friendliness, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability. This concept took off in 2021, with many organizations looking for ways to reduce their...
How to implement an enterprise social network in your company
Temps de lecture : 5 mnWhen you think of a social network, what comes to mind? Sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are used by 59 percent of the world, but their business use is typically limited to marketing and networking—not fostering employee productivity or collaboration. An...
How Smart Team Collaboration Can Boost Productivity
Temps de lecture : 5 mnCollaboration is a key part of success in any workplace. Working together allows employees to share ideas, brainstorm, and more effectively find solutions. However, collaboration is not always easy to achieve; it requires clear communication, trust, and common goals....
4 best practices to develop collective intelligence in your company
Temps de lecture : 6 mnThere’s an old saying that a team is only as strong as its weakest player. But, if you subscribe to the school of collective intelligence, a team’s strength isn’t necessarily dependent on how strong or weak individual players are—but instead, on how strong those...
A Comprehensive HR Onboarding Checklist for New Employee Success
Temps de lecture : 6 mnA 2017 study by Kronos revealed that 76 percent of organizations fail to properly use onboarding practices, with only 47 percent of responders considering their onboarding process effective in retaining new hires. With onboarding such an integral part of a new...
How to Effectively Implement Workplace Gamification
Temps de lecture : 5 mnWork hard, play harder! With such staggering worker dissatisfaction and disengagement, we can’t help but wonder–what if we could harness that zen-like focus that people get when they are fully engrossed in a video game for twelve hours straight onto their real-life...
4 best practices to train your teams to a new digital tool
Temps de lecture : 4 mnImplementing a new digital tool or software within your organization can improve everything from productivity to efficiency to engagement—but only if your team knows how to use it. And whether your team knows how to use a new digital tool or software comes down to how...
4 tips for effective remote team collaboration
Temps de lecture : 6 mnRemote work has dramatically increased over the past few years—and the number of people working remotely is only expected to grow in coming years. For example, the Economist Report: Future Workforce report from freelance work platform Upwork projected that, by 2025,...
4 steps for managing a project in the most effective way
Temps de lecture : 6 mnManaging a project is a big responsibility. There are a lot of moving parts, from how to assign tasks to how to manage communication to how to ensure deliverables are being completed on time. And if you don’t manage all of those moving parts effectively, it could lead...
10 tips and tricks for improving the efficiency of your remote meetings
Temps de lecture : 5 mnRemote meetings are a key part of all remote and hybrid organizations. But remote meetings aren’t always the most effective. For example, according to the State of Virtual Meetings 2021 report, a whopping 94 percent of employees admit to multi-tasking during remote...
How to set up a company intranet
Temps de lecture : 5 mnIntranets are powerful social tools. They can empower better collaboration, knowledge management and sharing, and networking across your organization—whether your team works remotely, in the office, or a combination of both. This can lead to serious benefits for your...
4 steps to launch a new internal communication tool
Temps de lecture : 4 mnIf you want to inspire your team to do better, more efficient work it starts with creating better internal communication within your organization. According to data from RingCentral, a whopping 97 percent of workers surveyed said that communications impacted their...
How to improve internal communication in your company
Temps de lecture : 4 mnWe’re in the middle of the Great Resignation where employees are leaving their jobs at record rates. According to data from the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 24 million Americans left their jobs during the second half of 2021—and...
How to choose your internal communication tool
Temps de lecture : 5 mnThe right internal communications strategy is a must if you want your organization to thrive. However,according to data from consulting firm Arthur J. Gallagher, 60 percent of companies lack a long-term internal communications strategy. And even in companies that do...
4 steps to build a successful internal communications strategy
Temps de lecture : 4 mnIf organizations want to empower their team’s best work, they need to create a framework for open and effective communication—or, in other words, they need to build a solid internal communications strategy. But for many organizations, how to build that strategy...
CIOs: what IT investments should you prioritize in 2021?
Temps de lecture : 4 mn2021 has been an uncertain year for businesses. Many companies made the decision to permanently shift to remote or hybrid work—and had to figure out how to best support their teams and keep things moving forward. And as pandemic-related challenges continue, that...
The CIO at the service of the employee experience
Temps de lecture : 4 mnThe experience your employees have while working at your company—also known as employee experience—has a profound impact on the success of your organization. For example, when you create a positive employee experience, it can drive employee engagement—and when...
How can CIOs rationalize their application portfolio?
Temps de lecture : 4 mnYour application portfolio is an essential part of your company’s success. The apps you include in your portfolio can increase efficiency across your business, streamline operations, and empower your team to do their best work. But companies’ application portfolios...
[Expert Opinion] How To Find The Right Balance Between Remote And In-Office Work In A Hybrid Work Environment
Temps de lecture : 5 mnEmployees are looking for more flexibility in how, when, and where they work—with the majority preferring to split their time between working from home and working in the office. According to The Future of Work: Productive Anywhere report from Accenture, 83 percent of...
[Expert Opinion] Evolution Of The Workstation: What CIOs Need To Know
Temps de lecture : 5 mnThe way we work is evolving—and in order for employees to perform at the highest level, CIOs will need to be strategic when planning the evolution of the workstation. But what, exactly, does that look like? Tony George is the Chief Operating Office of Denver-based...
[Expert Opinion] How To Make Your Workplace More Attractive To Top Talent
Temps de lecture : 5 mnIf you want to build the best, most successful company, you need to hire the best, most successful people. But competition for talent can be fierce—and if you want to attract top talent, you need to do everything you can to make your workplace as attractive as...
How To Use Workplace Design To Increase Employee Productivity And Engagement
Temps de lecture : 4 mnThere are few things that impact your organization’s success more than your team—and, more specifically, how engaged your team is with their work. An engaged team is more productive—and performs at a higher level—than a disengaged team. According to 2017 Gallup...
How to Reinvent the Employee Experience in the Era of Hybrid Work
Temps de lecture : 5 mnCOVID-19 forced companies across the globe to send their workers home—where many have been working remotely for the past year. But while many employees have embraced the flexibility of working from home, the majority are ready to get back into the office—at least part...
5 Communication Challenges of Multi-Site Businesses
Temps de lecture : 5 mnToday, work doesn’t happen under one roof—and that’s especially true for multi-site businesses. These types of companies have locations and employees scattered across different regions, time zones, and sometimes even languages.That’s a positive thing, as it means the...
Why The Right To Disconnect Is A Must—For Your Team And Your Organization
Temps de lecture : 5 mnIn the wake of COVID-19, more people than ever are working from home. And as a huge portion of the workforce has shifted to remote operations, the line between “work life” and “home life” has become blurred—and, as a result, many employees feel the pressure to be...
Create Your Intranet Easily with Talkspirit
Temps de lecture : 3 mnHaving first appeared in the early 1990s, intranets have become an essential tool to facilitate the flow of information, improve internal communication and connect entire organizations. Thus, in 2020, 85% of all companies will have an intranet.¹ At first glance,...
[Expert Opinion] Brigitte Vaudolon (2/2): Best Practices for Successful Remote Working
Temps de lecture : 5 mnImposed during the 2020 confinements, teleworking highlighted the psychosocial risks (PSR) associated with this work mode. Anxiety, hyperconnectivity, isolation, management difficulties... so many pitfalls that can be avoided if companies create the ideal conditions...
Tackling the Risks of Hybrid Work
Temps de lecture : 5 mnFatigue, stress, burnout, musculoskeletal disorders... Hybrid work exposes employees to numerous psychosocial risks (PSR) that directly impact their quality of life at work. Tackling these various risks requires companies to be proactive and implement a series of...
Deloitte Predicts 5 Key HR Trends for 2021
Temps de lecture : 6 mnThe year 2020 hasn't exactly been easy for human resources. Having to adapt to a totally unpredictable health crisis, the HR function needed to take on new responsibilities and support the implementation of new work methods. In this uncertain environment, anticipation...
Hybrid Work: HR and Internal Communication Best Practices
Temps de lecture : 3 mnHybrid work, which combines office and remote work, is now THE working model of the modern world. Although it has been around for several years, it is only since mid-2020 (and the first lockdown due to the COVID pandemic) that it has really taken off. This new way of...
Hybrid Work: Management Best Practices
Temps de lecture : 4 mnAccording to this Adecco study, nearly 80% of the world's leaders believe that their companies will now organize themselves according to a hybrid work model. How will managers have to adapt? And what skills will they have to develop to cope with this new work...
5 Best Practices to Maintain Your Company Culture While Working Remotely
Temps de lecture : 7 mnCompany culture plays a key role in talent retention. According to a 2019 Glassdoor survey, 56% of employees believe it's even more important than their salary. Fine, but how do you maintain that business culture with a remote workforce? In order to adapt to changing...
Hybrid Work: Definition and Challenges
Temps de lecture : 5 mnRoughly three quarters of French employees say they would like to adopt a hybrid work method. Such is the conclusion of this Adecco Group study published in June 2020. Although it has already been around for several years, hybrid work (i.e. the combination of office...
Centralizing Exchanges Within an International Company: Amicio’s Testimony
Temps de lecture : 5 mnDeploying a tool that creates internal cohesion, centralizes exchanges and facilitates collaboration for more than 500 employees has been the project carried out in... just three weeks by Amicio (ex-Relaytion), a company with an international presence. This is a feat...
The Digital Workplace: The tool that Makes Teleworking as Easy as 1-2-3
Temps de lecture : 3 mnIf for some companies, teleworking has already become a common practice (especially in the context of the COVID crisis), for the majority of them the challenge is still to be met. There are many tools that can help organizations in the development of work...
How to increase productivity by centralizing exchanges ? (CNPF)
Temps de lecture : 6 mnIt's not easy to collaborate when your 500 employees are scattered all over France, and use different tools depending on the day's tasks. The French National Center of Forest Properties (CNPF in French) wanted to simplify exchanges and improve information circulation:...
Talkspirit: The Best Alternative to Workplace by Facebook?
Temps de lecture : 4 mnBefore deciding if Talkspirit is the right alternative to Workplace, let's remember the context. You obviously know Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's social network is used by more than 1.7 billion users every day around the world. Born in 2004 amid dozens of other social...
Talkspirit, best alternative to Microsoft Teams?
Temps de lecture : 4 mnYou probably know Microsoft Teams. The rocket of the Microsoft 365 suite has been much talked about in recent months, especially during the period of forced remote work due to COVID. You may be wondering how to choose between Microsoft Teams and Talkspirit. Is...
Talkspirit, best alternative to Slack?
Temps de lecture : 4 mn"Talkspirit: the collaborative tool made in France, which has nothing to be envious of Slack." This is often how our solution is presented. So let's take this opportunity to look at the specifics of these two collaboration tools. What are the specificities of...
Connecting employees without an email address: a challenge Lyon Parc Auto took up
Temps de lecture : 6 mnHow can we strengthen internal cohesion and the circulation of information within the company, when more than half of the employees do not have a professional email address? After an extensive market study, Lyon Parc Auto turned to Talkspirit. Their information system...
Know everything about the digital workplace – Definition
Temps de lecture : 6 mnDo you like to have your own office and documents as it pleases you? You'll appreciate using a Digital Workplace. The digital workplace: a workspace accessible anywhere, at all times... The Digital Workplace is a true digital office: a digital workspace that you...
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