Category: Employee Experience

Is Project Management Keeping Work Siloed?

One of the biggest questions keeping business leaders up right now is whether they should be preparing their staff to return to the office next year or simply embrace remote work long term. But that is the wrong question to...

Recruiting and Onboarding New Starters in a Virtual World

Long before Covid-19, working remotely was a benefit many businesses offered their employees, alongside additional holiday or private health insurance. But as hybrid working shifts to become ‘business as usual’, it’s hard to imagine exactly what the world of work...

Gamification: employee retention strategies in customer service

It’s no secret that employee retention is one of the largest operational issues facing companies around the world. From profitability to workplace morale and service quality, a high staff turnover rate can be detrimental to all aspects of a business. As...

Why Workwear is Important for Remote Employees

As new lockdowns come into effect, remote working is becoming more widespread again. Offices have been instructed to close in order to manage the spread of the virus. While some workers jumped at the opportunity to go back into offices...

Using Technology to Provide Agility to Contact Agents

Contact agents’ work is often thought of as synonymous with the physical contact centre. So, when the British government announced a lockdown at the end of March and most businesses had to empty their offices, customer service was instantly disrupted. The...

How To Support Staff Through Redundancy

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented tough times for businesses in every industry and many employers are having to make difficult decisions regarding the future of their workforce. A recent study by Acas found that over a third of employers are...

Gulf Sustainability & CSR Awards 2020: Meet the Winners

The winners of the 2020 Gulf Sustainability & CSR Awards have celebrated success in Dubai, with Splash by being crowned as the day’s Overall Winner. The event took place yesterday at Jumeirah Creekside Hotel and welcomed representatives from over 40 companies live and...

Gulf Sustainability & CSR Awards 2020: Live Awards Ceremony in Dubai

Today marks a very special day as the ceremony for the Gulf Sustainability & CSR Awards 2020 is going to take place face to face. This is the first live event hosted by Awards International since March this year. The finalists...

Fast-tracking a Remote Workforce: What’s Next for IT Teams

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world of work forever. Teams became virtual overnight. Employees embraced collaboration tools and video conferencing technology as part of their new day-to-day. Organisations have moved huge sections of their business online much faster than...

Relevance: The Key to Organisational Engagement

Employees within your organisation — no matter where they rank in the org chart — are a lot like the customer of today. Rather than being interested in communications that are all about telling the company story (i.e., “Look at...