HR
Powell Software Launches Employee Onboarding Templates
Starting a new role is always a challenge for HR and the newcomer, and today’s employees are having to navigate joining a new company remotely....
November 13th, 2020
Step-by-Step Remote Employee Onboarding with Powell Software
The shift in workplace culture towards hybrid working means that today's employees split their time between the office and their home workspaces. One challenge this is causing for organizations is remote employee onboarding. Welcoming onboard new hires who have never stepped foot in the office is a ...
November 4th, 2020
How to Motivate Employees Remotely
Knowing how to motivate employees is always difficult, but never more so than now. So here are 8 ways to motivate your employees, even if they work remotely....
November 3rd, 2020
How Microsoft Teams New Features are Tackling Employee Wellbeing
Although many of us have adapted well to working from home, there are some things that the virtual office lacks. After remote working for several months, employees are starting to miss things they never thought they would. With many companies now deciding to transition to hybrid work fully, it’s tim...
October 1st, 2020
Build an Employee Advocacy Program With Your Intranet
Half of employees post about their employer on social platforms. But far too many employers do little more than enforce a boilerplate social media policy. As it turns out, this is a major missed opportunity....
September 28th, 2020
8 Ways to Leverage the Social Intranet for Remote Workers
Companies everywhere are preparing for a new era with the future of remote work. Despite the many advantages of a remote workforce, there’s no denying that it has its challenges. Managing remote employees is vastly different from operating physical offices, which means changing gears and adopting a ...
September 10th, 2020
How to Transition to Full Remote Work
Short-term work-from-home measures introduced in March 2020 quickly resulted in a permanent shift in the way we work. A full return to the office looks unlikely for most businesses as many have instead embraced remote working fully and plan to do so indefinitely....
July 7th, 2020
Mastering Digital Communication in the Digital Age & Workplace
Unless you’ve been operating under a rock, chances are your company relies on digital communication on a day-to-day basis. Digital communication tools power both internal and external initiatives, from team collaboration to sales strategies. While it’s easy to sit back and let these tools do all the...
June 2nd, 2020
How Can You Keep Your Remote Team Connected?
Remote workers have a physical disconnect to an organization due to their location, but when this generates feelings of detachment and isolation everyone suffers. Decreased productivity, lower engagement, higher staff turnover, there are many costs with a disconnected remote workforce. So how can yo...
May 22nd, 2020
Designing an Employee Experience Strategy for the Digital Workplace
Employee experience (EX) is a term that has long been used to describe how satisfied employees are with their day-to-day lives at work. But with remote working trends on the rise, there’s a new topic being discussed: digital employee experience (DEX). As more companies go virtual, adapting employee ...
May 19th, 2020
10 Employee Engagement Strategies for Remote Teams
Employee engagement is key to business success. It impacts nearly everything, from profits to productivity, and can be used as a benchmark to help measure employee happiness and manager effectiveness....
April 28th, 2020
Digital Dexterity and the Digital Workplace
The major plight of the digital workplace is user adaptation. As workplaces move towards newly available technologies, employee use of these technologies lags behind. But not all workplaces adapt at the same rate; where some catch on quickly, others take months or years to acclimate. The ability of ...
March 24th, 2020