Make your office culture collaborative not combative

What is web conferencing?

Messaging means more than talking.

The technologies of web conferencing put one or more documents front and centre, and enable a conversation around them. They include whiteboarding, interactive

presentations and online chat.

What is unified messaging?

How often do you check your phone messages? Your texts? Your email? On which device?Imagine all of them - voice, email, video, even SMS - coming together in a single dashboard, often one you can access across different devices. That’s unified messaging: all your conversations in one place.

It is important for HR to use the right technology and tools that will build a culture of collaboration

throughout the organisation.

of employees said they are learning what they need to know for work by collaborating with others.

86%

Using the right technology, tools and also channels will help your teams to work better.Employees don’t communicate during separate exchanges by email and phone; they are discrete individuals, using different channels at different times, so you need to utilise this information to enhance your office culture.

of companies believe “no single solution is right for all employees” (Arkadin - Where are you on the UC journey survey). Offer your employees multiple options with a unified solution, demonstrating the collaborative value throughout your organisation.

64.7%

The key here is to remember you’re enabling communication, not technology. If your

employees feel they’re able to communicate with each other - in ways useful to them

and their KPIs - they’ve developing the right habits.

In order to ensure adoption of your unified solutions and collaborative communication tools, you need to provide employees with concrete guidance on usage.They may have concerns about whether what they’re doing is allowed - especially if they work at a different pace to everyone else.

Technology facilitates

collaboration.

Use it to enable a “marketplace” of new ideas within your company. Virtual town

halls, whiteboarding and webinars-of-the-week can all help spread ideas and let

people offer constructive criticism, rather than combative insults. This will enhance a

collaborative culture.

A collaborative culture built off the back of the correct tools, solutions and technologies will increase employee satisfaction, collaboration and productivity. Communication doesn’t have to be complex - a combative culture can easily be shifted into a collaborative one.

Takeaways

Implement the right tools and technology across your business to encourage collaboration.

Helping your employees to communicate with one another will help foster a culture of collaboration.

Your teams will become more satisfied when giving the tools they need to do their jobs properly.

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