The challenge for businesses is to devise communication policies that will control the escalating cost of doing business abroad, while providing employees with access to essential tools and data that encourage communication and productivity in foreign jurisdictions.
Published: Sep 01, 2015
To compete in today’s global marketplace, employees at every level of your organisation need to understand the risks associated with a broad spectrum of compliance issues and feel empowered to make the right decisions - even when no one is watching. Many companies struggle to meet this challenge, but an effective...
Published: Sep 01, 2015
For HR professionals, the need to be flexible in the face of change is constant. From budget constraints to the latest data security protocols and increasing regulatory compliance demands, there’s a lot to keep up with. Juggling so many competing priorities can make it difficult to know where you should spend your...
Published: Feb 09, 2016
As a wide variety of information technology services move to online offerings in the Cloud, more and more IT executives are considering whether to shift their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems there as well.
Running processes and infrastructure from the Cloud can, in the right context, provide greater...
Published: Sep 01, 2015
Employee absence costs are on the rise. Yet while many organisations have processes in place to administer leaves, many lack the tools need to actively manage absences. Employers that enable managers to react quickly to leave requests, and empower HR to rein in excessive absences, can outperform the competition.
This...
Published: Feb 09, 2016
If you’ve ever sat through a meeting and felt it was an utter waste of your time, this guide is for you.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a quick catch-up with a colleague or a regular team get-together: a meeting should be an organised gathering of the right people to serve a...
Published: Sep 07, 2016
Time is money in all successful organisations and boosting workforce productivity is one of the best ways to make more of the limited resources available.
Demanding more for less is a time-honoured way to raise stress, lower morale and kill productivity. There are more effective ways to unlock optimum employee...
Published: Sep 07, 2016
Sickness is one of the number one causes of pain for both employers and employees.
Especially in winter months, a couple of employees might call in sick.
No matter how big the company is, unexpected absences might affect the business’ productivity and profits in a negative way, and if they become a regular...
Published: Feb 24, 2016
The way we work is changing – but not fast enough. In the current challenging climate, most companies and public sector organisations are looking closely at what they do and how they do it.
Now is the time to take steps not only to deal with the impacts of the recent recession, but also to...
Published: Sep 07, 2016
If the thought of leading a virtual team makes you sweat, you aren’t alone. It’s new terrain for many, but it also carries some common misconceptions. Once you get past these, you’ll see it’s not that unfamiliar at all.
This brief explores 5 widely believed myths about leading virtual...
Published: Sep 01, 2015
When a flexible work arrangement is managed well and outfitted with the right technology, people achieve new levels of productivity, job satisfaction and cost savings.
“The manager who is willing to learn new strategies and make adjustments to old systems can garner benefit for both the company and the...
Published: Sep 01, 2015
Poor time management is the bane of many a business. In today’s fast-paced world – a new email lands in your inbox every 10 seconds, the phone doesn’t stop ringing, and your day is filled with multiple meetings – it can be difficult sometimes to focus on the job in hand.
This report will help...
Published: Sep 01, 2015
When roaming, voice calls and data sessions typically need to be routed back to the domestic ‘home’ network of the subscriber – adding latency and reducing data transfer rates and call quality.
By treating subscribers more like domestic home subscribers, Truphone is able to reduce latency and provide...
Published: Sep 01, 2015
The Big Data revolution is here, and with it comes unprecedented opportunities for gathering and analyzing data. Insights from information that only recently was too difficult to store, search, or understand—especially with legacy systems and tools,are now driving innovation and strategic decision making across many...
Published: Sep 22, 2016