Collaboration and internal collaboration is continuing to be a major focus of all businesses, and there were insights from several different industries during the Business Development Institute's Future of Collaboration and Internal Communications Summit in New York City last month. (Enterprise Strategies Principal Patrick...
Senior executives are increasingly recognizing the value of implementing of social tools and processes in the workplace. Due to lack of time or conflicting priorities, though, many of these senior leaders do not participate in these social networks themselves. Getting Senior Executives Involved in Enterprise Social...
What is the critical component of successful social business adoption in both small and large companies? Social business transformation must happen from the inside out. At Pivot Conference in New York City, Founder Andy Jankowski talked with Kare Anderson about why social business goes beyond the latest social media trends--organizations must transform...
Last month, I was in New York City for business meetings. I’ve been to NYC several times before--I love the city, the shopping, and the food! However, I’ve never been able to master the subway. I’m directionally challenged anyway, and the subway continues to be...
In the Winter 1999 edition of the California Management Review, Peter Drucker stated, “The most valuable asset of a 21st century organization will be its knowledge workers and its productivity.” Drucker’s Prediction is Proving to be True. Demanding economic factors and intensely fierce global competition have firms...
Imagine you were browsing one of those job web sites. (I know, this is purely hypothetical since everyone I know is extremely happy and content with their current job. But let’s play pretend for a moment.) Now imagine you came across this ad: Wanted: Motivated applicants...
“Social is more than a trend, it is a revolution that is changing the way we work and collaborate," Chatter Product Marketing Director Dave King told me recently. I admit. I wasn't necessarily sold on the idea. The business case for replicating popular social networking functionality...
Content Is King. Especially when it comes to engaging employees. In this era of information overload and short attention spans, choosing the type and style of content that will engage your corporate audience is a daunting task. Here are a few ideas to get the creative...
Enterprise social media engages employees. I’ve mentioned that a time or two on this blog. But it also has the power to recognize and encourage those particularly special employees I call “emergent leaders.” Never heard of ‘em. What are emergent leaders? This term is...
Something that you need to optimize from your employees is Time and attendance. Without your employee's engagement then work just won't be done and your business will suffer. If you doubt the value of employee engagement, it’s not hard to become a believer. On Elizabeth...