Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

A History of Customer Support Technology

There are more ways than ever for customers to get in touch with tech support. Ever wonder what customer service looked like 50 or 60 years ago? It certainly wasn’t as accessible or intuitive as it is today. Here’s a look back at how customer support technologies evolved over the last century, and a peak at where they’re going next.

How to keep teams aligned from strategy to execution

It’s a new year and the time when teams look to the months ahead with unblinking optimism. Maybe you’ve already planned a strategy to delight your core customer and focus on product innovation. Or perhaps you’re still working toward alignment on high-level goals. No matter which stage you’re in — goal-setting, planning, or execution — it’s all hard work.

How to automate repetitive tasks in 5 steps

Your team is in a relentless, repetitive cycle: manually updating project statuses, sorting through work requests, and dealing with endless email threads—tasks that demand attention but add little to your organization’s strategic goals. This scenario is all too common in today’s enterprises, where manual tasks eat into valuable resources and sideline core objectives. That’s where automation comes in.

6 Types and Features of Technical Communication

Interpersonal communication is an essential aspect of human interaction, serving various purposes in our daily lives. However, there are different types of communication, each of which is suitable for a particular setting. One of the most common kinds of communication that occurs in a business is technical communication. Technical communication is specialized, targeting audiences in specific fields like science and engineering with detailed and complex information.

Four new reports to better understand your team, projects, tasks, and time

As we wave goodbye to 2023, it’s a natural time to look back and reflect on all of your achievements from the past year. To help you out during this time of observation, we’ve launched 4 new reports that will help you analyze, understand, and draw conclusions about your work. Now with greater ease, you can report on the past and know what actions to take to set your team, projects, tasks, and time up for success in the future. Here we come, 2024!

Employee monitoring software with screenshots - Know how employees spend workday

Evolving workplaces are witnessing more organizations adopting the future of work which results in growing remote teams. With that, equally growing are the concerns for organizations to know what productive work distributed teams perform and how compliant they behave. Stats reveal around 44% of security violations were caused by insider threats which hint at the seriousness of risks that come from within the organization. It has encouraged businesses to bring into practice screenshot monitoring software.

The Ultimate Work From Home Toolkit

Have you ever wondered what it takes to make remote work feasible, highly efficient, and productive? A well-equipped Work From Home Toolkit becomes paramount as the boundaries between office and home blur. This blog explores “The Ultimate Work From Home Toolkit,” a curated collection designed to elevate your remote workforce management experience.

6 steps for operations leaders to build a better annual plan

An effective annual plan is critical to keep your teams, departments, and company together, working toward the same goals. As an operations leader, you oversee how your organization runs its business. By reviewing how your company performed in the past year, you and your operations teams can identify which strategies worked—and which fell short—to build an effective annual plan designed to maximize the impact of every department.

KPI reports: Exploring the building blocks and advantages in professional services

What goes through your mind when you hear the term “KPI report”? A small percentage of people are already big believers, having seen the results that KPI reports can create. Another slice of folks might not be entirely sure what a KPI report is. And the rest? Well, we can’t blame you if you’re muttering, “Please, not another report!” while pulling your hair out. But stick with us: a KPI report isn’t just another TPS report.