Strategic Human Resource Management (HRM) is about aligning the human resource policies and practices with the overall business strategy. This approach ensures that the workforce contributes effectively to the company’s goals. It involves planning, developing, and managing HR initiatives that support long-term business objectives.

On-premise, off-premise, or hybrid software deployments. There’s no shortage of options for companies and IT teams looking to create robust, secure, and scalable networks for their employees and end-users. But with more options comes more research and decision-making, as each choice comes with its own benefits and drawbacks that can impact everything from cost to performance and data security.

Employee experience has been in HR and IT leaders’ minds ever since companies started shifting their ethos into a more employee-centric model. It’s no longer a matter of how much an employee can get done but how they can do it while still feeling like they want to keep doing it.Now that employees are in that strange transition period between home-office and hybrid work, everything about achieving an optimal employee experience has been brought to the forefront even more.

Kanban has become a very popular work—or workflow—management tool, especially in the Lean, Agile, and DevOps worlds. It has also found its way into IT Service Management (ITSM) as a way of providing focus and insight into work jobs/tasks and flows, such as ticket queues, planned and unplanned tasks, or projects and improvement activities.

Unlocking the full potential of teamwork is like solving a complex puzzle. It involves a symphony of various professionals, each an expert in their own right. However, aligning everyone towards a shared vision and facilitating smooth collaboration is a task full of intricacies and nuances for any project manager. It's not just about managing the operational aspects of the project; it's about ensuring each team member 'gets' each other, promoting an atmosphere of clear, precise communication.

Verifying email performance is more than the basic understanding of message flow. Outbound mail in the form of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and inbound mail through MAPI or Microsoft’s Graph API only parts of email systems to monitor, usually through pings or basic delivery confirmations. Often, once email is moved to Exchange Online, even basic visibility of mail flow and reliable delivery is lost.

If you have employees, you need a workforce management strategy. Our guide dives into the basics of WFM so you can implement it within your business.

Back-office workforce management is crucial for maintaining efficiency, productivity, and high service levels. Managing shared services or a global business services unit requires specific, sound strategies, which can make a remarkable difference in employee performance and overall operational success.

Generative AI can help streamline workflows, improve CX and enhance agent performance. Learn how to leverage these AI-powered tools in our guide.

A windowless conference room with a dozen people elbow to elbow isn’t the best environment for innovation to thrive. Yet, that’s often where we expect productive work to take place. Many of the best thinkers work most efficiently in deep focus mode, but our modern work culture doesn’t protect that time and space.