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Increased Importance Placed on Tools and Technology That Enhance Employee Productivity and Engagement
Implementing the right collaboration tools and technology continues to be a critical aspect of employee empowerment.
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Flexible Work Arrangements are Here to Stay
Individuals overwhelmingly desire to have flexibility in their work schedule and work arrangements.
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Invest in Your Employees’ Home Offices to Ensure Comfort and Productivity
Many organizations have helped their employees invest in their home offices to make up for some of the deficiencies that the home office inherently has.
23 septembre 2021
How Organizations are Adapting to Maximize Employee Empowerment and Engagement
Read our blog on some of the ways organizations are adapting to maximize employee empowerment and engagement in the new hybrid workforce.
Increased Importance Placed on Tools and Technology That Enhance Employee Productivity and Engagement
Implementing the right collaboration tools and technology continues to be a critical aspect of employee empowerment. When employees feel empowered in the workplace, productivity and engagement increase which ultimately helps propel organizational success.
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Some of the most popular tools organizations have been implementing include video conferencing platforms (such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Webex), shared drives and data centres (such as Google Drive and SharePoint), cloud productivity software and software as a service (SaaS) tools (such as Microsoft Office 365 and Salesforce).
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Of all the tools mentioned here, video conferencing platforms have been cited as the most important to organizations’ productivity and engagement (89 percent of respondents), followed closely by shared drives and data centres (87 percent of respondents). We also observed that Microsoft Teams was one of the tools that most Canadians began using during the pandemic and continues to be important to their organization throughout the pandemic, indicating that the increased collaboration and video conferencing tools trend will likely remain post-pandemic.
Flexible Work Arrangements are Here to Stay
Some of the most common flexible work arrangements organizations have been implementing over the last 18 months include flexible start and end times (staggered hours), work-from-anywhere policies, compressed workweeks (4-day workweeks) and reduced hours.
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Individuals overwhelmingly desire to have flexibility in their work schedule and work arrangements, and many (59 percent) are finding that their engagement and productivity at work has been positively affected by this.
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This indicates that flexible work arrangements are not going anywhere, even once the pandemic is behind us. Organizations are already beginning to implement plans and strategies that support this permanent change and it’s key for these organizations to ensure they have the right tools and technology in place to have lasting success and positive results as we look to the future.
Invest in Your Employees’ Home Offices to Ensure Comfort and Productivity
Many organizations have helped their employees invest in their home offices to make up for some of the deficiencies that the home office inherently has. Investing in tools that provide employees with comfort and flexibility at home doesn’t require as much capital or real estate to build out or maintain as regular office spaces. Some of the home office tools we’ve seen organizations investing in include a company-supplied laptop, monitor, webcam, printer, software and subscriptions. We have also seen many organizations (92 percent) supply ergonomic tools such as desks, chairs and risers to ensure their employees are comfortable at home and can work effectively and productively.
It’s important to remember that in order for an organization to have an empowered workforce, they must provide their employees with the proper tools, technology and services that will boost productivity, promote collaboration and foster engagement in the workplace – wherever employees choose to be.Disconnected tokens are the most common types of hard tokens. Ils nécessitent une authentification à deux facteurs, généralement un code PIN, avant d’autoriser l’accès. Bien que les jetons déconnectés n’aient pas besoin d’être branchés à l’appareil prévu, l’authentification est saisie manuellement via un petit écran sur le jeton lui-même.
To learn more about the results of our survey, you can read the full market trends report here.