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Experience Isn’t Enough – You’ll Need a Map Where You’re Going!

Author: Rebecca Brown There are lots of different styles when it comes to leadership. Lots of approaches, lots of management books and leadership guides. Volume upon volume of materials that you can digest online, on your kindle or even these days, in...

A Crash Course in Survival: What We Learned from Lockdown

The global pandemic has forced businesses to quickly implement new working practices and customer communication approaches. Although we’re all hoping to go back to normal as soon as possible, the old normal may not apply any more: Covid-19 is unlikely...

Half of employees feel neglected by bosses, new research shows

The findings of research done by MHR reveal that 53 percent of all employees believe their employer is not showing concern about their mental health well-being during the current lockdown. The research involved 5,000 UK employees, two-thirds of which (66 percent)...

A Housing Firm Goes Above and Beyond for Customers During Lockdown

In light of the current situation we knew many of our customers would be extremely worried and it was decided that a simple phone call might be able to alleviate some of their concerns. Many colleagues within PA Housing volunteered...

Streamline your digital workspace to curb tech fatigue

We believed that digital technology would bring seamless collaboration and boost the productivity in our digital workspace. The reality turned out differently.  Over 80% of companies believe that they still need to improve their collaborative working methods to hit their productivity...

Video Customer Support: A New Standard On The Horizon?

Video conferencing has been established as a new communication norm since the majority of the UK population began working from home. Whether it’s conducting work meetings or catching up with friends and family in the evenings and at weekends, major...

Brush up Then Join in: Self-presentation On Video Conferencing Might Affect Your Career

According to a new nationwide study commissioned by Eskenzi PR and carried out by Onepoll, 40 percent of respondents say they have judged their co-workers based on what their house looks like during video conferencing. Thankfully, 28 percent of those admitting...

The Future Accelerated: Five Post-COVID-19 Predictions

Recently I have found myself comparing COVID-19 to 410AD, but not because it was the prelude to a new Dark Age, but rather the reverse, that we have been sleepwalking for decades into an apocalyptic future, with no regard for...

Genesys Chat Helps Deliver 100,000th Meal to NHS Key Workers

Genesys, the global leader in cloud customer experience and contact centre solutions helped Food4Heroes, a not-for-profit organisation deliver 100,000 meals in over a month by providing the organisation with Genesys Cloud webchat. Food4Heroes works with local catering companies to provide nutritious...

Data Maturity: The Key to Overcoming Challenges in Telecoms Industry

The telecoms industry is one of the richest in terms of data, but many are struggling to realise its true value and potential. The very nature of the telecoms industry means that it is a data-rich environment. It, more than almost...