Do you suspect some of your employees are accessing adult websites, social media, or blogs while at work? Have you caught some of your employees wasting time or sending inappropriate emails? Do you suspect certain employees are harassing another member of your team? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it might be time to start monitoring employees while they’re at work. It’s true that employee monitoring can have adverse side effects, but it also offers a handful of benefits. We’ll take a look at the pros and cons of employee monitoring, and then give you a few tips on conducting ethical surveillance in the workplace. But first, let’s define employee monitoring and see why it’s so important. What Is … [Read more...] about Monitoring Employees Is Good and Bad: Here’s How to Do It Right
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How to Optimize Your Company Intranet in 3 Steps
Your company intranet is an intricate part of a strong company culture that should help employees work better and faster through collaboration. Unfortunately, many intranets fail to be the “intuitive, go-to information silo” they’re supposed to be, instead falling into the category of “clunky, not-going-to-waste-my-time information hole.” This is a problem of intranet optimization - which we know isn’t usually at the forefront of most company leader’s minds. Perhaps you believe your company’s intranet is just fine, even though you haven’t invested any time into researching how employees actually feel about and use it. We politely suggest you may want to reconsider. Nielsen Norman Group, a user experience research firm, … [Read more...] about How to Optimize Your Company Intranet in 3 Steps