Happy New Year! Welcome to 2016. How many of your resolutions remain intact? Are you still on track for a healthier, wealthier and more productive you? And are you still doing things differently and feeling positive for the future, or is your resolve starting to crumble?
The trouble with New Year’s resolutions is that they usually represent deprivations and hardships – stop doing that pleasurable thing (eat less or cut down on drinking, for example) or do more of that difficult or unpleasant thing (work harder or go to the gym more often, and so on). So what if we told you that you can improve productivity by doing more of the things you love!
With the rise of remote working, individuals and teams are able to fulfil their job roles from anywhere they choose. That means that organisations can work effectively with their teams spread out across town, the wider country, or anywhere in the world. And it also makes it easier for people to be more flexible and suit themselves with their working hours.
So how about catching up on your e-mail correspondence while you’re waiting to pick up your kids? Or why not pop along to the coffee shop to reflect on your latest business results? And why not work on your sales proposal at your customer’s office, so you can match it more precisely to their needs? Indeed, next time you travel by rail you could use the time to plan strategy more effectively… with an uninterrupted train of thought. As well as improving productivity, you’ll get more time for your friends and family, and for doing enjoyable things.
Indeed, 70% of UK white-collar workers say they “get more done” when they’re able to work flexibly, and 38% say they are more creative*. So people who can match their location to the nature of the task in hand both achieve more and deliver better work. Unlike most New Year resolutions, there’s no downside – you’ll be glad to keep doing it.
Here’s how some Konnetix customers are using flexible working to their advantage:
The engineers at Central Power, use Office 365 and Windows tablets to work securely from anywhere, with detailed information at their fingertips, and all the tools they need to be compliant, efficient and in control at all times.
Abel of Hertford use Office 365 to make their email, documents, video conferencing and instant messaging accessible on all their devices, removing all restrictions on where and how the team works.
Innovating Prestige Design use Outlook business email and Azure for Business so that employees can be in multiple places at once, creating designs and interacting on social media whether in the office or on customer sites.
Award Winning ‘JTM-Services ‘has standardised its systems with Office 365 and mobile devices, providing secure, remote access features when people are on the move.
Microsoft Cloud tools are the easiest way to quickly achieve effective remote working and collaboration. Enterprise Mobility Suite gives you access to corporate applications and resources; Office 365 delivers email and allows for remote productivity; Skype for Business provides instant messaging, voice and video communication; Yammer enables powerful enterprise social networking; Azure is a platform for hosting cloud applications, and Dynamics CRM Online gives you a 360o view of customers with built-in social, research and planning capabilities.
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