{"id":13534,"date":"2020-11-05T08:55:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T08:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=13534"},"modified":"2021-04-15T09:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:45:28","slug":"boost-collaboration-prepare-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/boost-collaboration-prepare-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Boost Collaboration and Prepare Your Workforce for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Check out this video preview to see what the blog\u2019s about:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rc-responsive-embed\"><iframe title=\"How to Boost Collaboration and Prepare Your Workforce for the Future\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1XfJfm5F3qU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now&#8217;s the time to start deep cleansing your collaboration tools. As we&#8217;ve experienced this year, <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/remote-work-resources\/\">remote work<\/a> is critical to surviving major disruptions. Like many organisations, yours might have quickly adopted solutions to enable remote work with the intent of \u2018getting through\u2019 lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Companies were forced to cobble together solutions that worked well for some teams but were virtually unusable for others. After that initial rush, your company may now be dealing with different solutions, apps, or platforms that don&#8217;t play so friendly with one another. You might also be using a mixed bag of on-premises and cloud solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Today\u2019s workplace communications consist of three main channels:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Message: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sending text-based messages to colleagues and groups in real time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Video: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live face-to-face virtual communication using computers and mobile devices<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Phone: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calling colleagues to exchange voice-only communication<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All three options (message, video, and phone) are essential to today\u2019s workplace, but they\u2019re even more important in the context of remote work.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All three components should ideally be embedded in an all-in-one inclusive cloud solution allowing communication through the users&#8217; channel of choice<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Whatever your chosen communications platform, it should include open integration with your other business productivity applications such as <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/ringcentral-answers\/ringcentral-for-salesforce\/\">Salesforce<\/a>. If you&#8217;re one of those many organisations that have adopted Microsoft Teams for message and video, and have added-on direct routing to run your phone calls through, make sure the voice component also seamlessly integrates with the rest of your communications stack to reduce friction and give users a consistent experience.<\/p>\n<p>platforms such as MSFT Teams, Salesforce so that they seamlessly interoperate and help you for example to add easily <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/definitions\/telephony\/\">telephony<\/a> to your existing MSFT Teams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/netstorage.ringcentral.com\/uk\/infographics\/5_things_for_wfh_2_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Five things you&#8217;ll need in your ideal <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collaboration solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why the all-in-one cloud collaboration solution benefits every part of an organisation<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>How it helps the Head of HR<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving your team the right tools to collaborate is vital to their success in their role. It also plays a major role in the success of your company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The easier it is for employees to connect and collaborate, the more likely they are to do so. This improves communication between teams, which can be reflected in communication with customers, and therefore their experience and opinion of your brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better communication also leads to happier employees and a more productive working environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offering the remote or flexible work options afforded by cloud communications gives you a better chance of attracting the best talent\u2014especially Millennials and Gen-Z.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Improve employee engagement:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 50.9% of remote employees are engaged at work, compared to 40.4% of office employees. Highly engaged business units result in 21% greater profitability.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<div class=\"cta-banner  CID-2FdM5dTp IID-69d2837adb3a7\"\r\n\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-banner-img-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-banner-img\" style=\"background-image:url(\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/remote-teams-cta.jpg)\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-body\" data-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cta-sub-heading\">Collaborate from anywhere<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cta-heading\">One application for all interactions<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p>Keep your team connected and collaborating while working remotely.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/why-use-ringcentral-desktop-app.html?\" class=\"btn btn-primary\"\r\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-dl-additional-info=\"One application for all interactions\"\r\n\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"One application for all interactions | Find out how\">Find out how<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n<h3><b>How it helps the CIO<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The role of the CIO used to be more about infrastructure, software and IT support. Now it\u2019s about<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> GDPR compliance, cybersecurity, strategy and how technology can <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">improve business performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/technology-in-the-workplace-the-role-of-the-cio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The role of the CIO<\/a> is about enabling the success of the business by accurately answering its technology needs. CIOs are considering answers to questions such as, \u201cHow do I enable collaboration?\u201d and \u201cHow do I facilitate margin?\u201d. Improvements in these areas can be improved by addressing workflows and minimising cost by incorporating efficient tools via a single vendor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ultimate consideration is, \u201cHow do I enable people&#8217;s success and get their problems out of the way?\u201d. How do you empower a workforce? If employees aren\u2019t provided with the best technology that enables them to perform, they will find and implement tech solutions of their own. Thus, the introduction of \u201cshadow IT\u201d creates an unmanaged and disparate spread of technology tools that increase business costs and potential risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fringcentr.al%2F3eofR7h&#038;text=Giving%20your%20team%20the%20right%20tools%20to%20collaborate%20is%20vital%20to%20their%20success%20in%20their%20role.%20It%20also%20plays%20a%20major%20role%20in%20the%20success%20of%20your%20company.&#038;via=RingCentralUK&#038;related=RingCentralUK' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giving your team the right tools to collaborate is vital to their success in their role. It also plays a major role in the success of your company. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fringcentr.al%2F3eofR7h&#038;text=Giving%20your%20team%20the%20right%20tools%20to%20collaborate%20is%20vital%20to%20their%20success%20in%20their%20role.%20It%20also%20plays%20a%20major%20role%20in%20the%20success%20of%20your%20company.&#038;via=RingCentralUK&#038;related=RingCentralUK' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span><\/blockquote>\n<h3><b>How it helps the CFO<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The role of the CFO is also transforming. The CFO needs to prepare the company for new challenges. Building strong relationships and fostering a collaborative work environment will be the key to success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementing an effective modern collaboration <\/span>solution<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is key to keeping up with the increasingly complex business environment and will help increase productivity by enabling teams to accomplish more. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A connected team is a successful team!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An all-inclusive cloud solution will also help the business drive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cost efficiencies. Fewer system management and vendor coordination hassles allow companies to improve operational efficiencies. Several other key financial benefits include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eliminate expensive maintenance of on-premises and hybrid solutions. Free software upgrades for the life of the contract.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save 30-50% by migrating communications systems to the cloud and by consolidating multiple phone systems and telco providers across multiple sites.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Move capital expenditure to operating expenditure for foreseeable, planned costs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re looking to create a more collaborative environment for the future of work in your office, as a CHRO, CIO or CFO, choosing the right technology is one the critical ways to achieve your goals.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta style-3 mid  CID-cta-2FdM5dTp\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-copy text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"h2\">Keep your team connected and collaborating from anywhere<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" style=\"margin-top: 16px; font-weight: bold;\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Learn about collab app\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/teams\/overview.html?\" target=\"_blank\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-dl-additional-info=\"Keep your team connected and collaborating from anywhere\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"Keep your team connected and collaborating from anywhere | Find out how\">Find out how<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this video preview to see what the blog\u2019s about: Now&#8217;s the time to start deep cleansing your collaboration tools. 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