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Tips for Managing IT Team Effectively

March 4, 2022 by Sydney Kendellen Leave a Comment

How to utilize your team effectively
Your team can either lead the company to success, or failure, which is why you need to utilize them as best as you can.

Teamwork is essential for creating the foundation of a high-performing business. Good team ethic leads to the success and smooth operations of your company. By identifying employees’ skill sets and assigning tasks that are well suited to their abilities helps to improve team efficiency. An effective team includes skills such as good problem-solving skills, decision making, communication and interpersonal skills. Here are some tips you can use when managing your team to benefit your company.

First, behind every successful business lies a great team. Teamwork maximizes the individual strengths of team members to bring out their best. Selecting individuals with the proper skills for the job is an important part of building a strong and successful team. When the right people are in place, work is always a priority and projects are completed effectively. You can find this out by:

  • How they embrace challenges
  • What motivates them
  • How the work with others
  • What their strengths and weaknesses are
  • How they handle stress and negative situations

When an effective team is set in stone they ensure success for your company operations.

Second, communicating the idea of success you’ve developed to your team in a way that clarifies both goals and expectations. All team members should trust, respect, and support each other, once the team is established and each member should know the value of their personal contribution to the team goal. By involving team members in the decision making process, it helps to limit conflict and complaints related to projects and tasks. The quality of decisions made will improve when the whole team is involved. Team decision making is beneficial, as it offers a diverse set of views that work towards creating a positive outcome for the company.

Third, conflict often arises when team members focus on personal issues rather than work related issues. Building a positive relationship with your colleagues can make for a much less stressful environment and work to reduce conflict. Teams who work particularly well together enjoy each other’s company and get together outside of the office from time to time to socialize and have some fun. This will lead to more productivity and success in the long run.

Finally, motivation can be in short supply during times of stress for some employees. However, if you have employees that approach work with a positive attitude and complete their tasks, other employees with recognize their hard work. Seeing others working productively will encourage underperforming employees to work harder as well. This will help to increase motivation and efficiency in your workplace.

Overall, these tips help to create an effective team and successful company!

Filed Under: IT Work Management, Leadership, Working Efficiently Tagged With: Productivity, team engagment, Teamwork

Software Integration

February 23, 2022 by Sydney Kendellen Leave a Comment

 

Benefits of software integration
With one point of data entry and no need to switch between different software applications, processing is simpler and quicker.

A growing business can quickly turn into a complex web of software apps, inventory management, accounting, and finance systems. Utilizing a wide range of software can obstruct your chances for success. This has seen a lot of companies turn to single purpose applications to cut down the time spent on project management, billing, help desk support, and other business operation tasks. Software integration is guaranteed to increase efficiency and productivity.

Most business organizations use various software platforms, it can be difficult to make all of the systems work together. Multiple software solutions can slow down your process and eventually break your system. The goal of software integration is to get IT systems to work together, so costs are reduced, and the speed of data and information transfer is increased. Integration is not only used to connect an organization’s internal systems, but to also integrate third parties that organizations operate with. More importantly, software integrations can be designed so that you don’t lose any valuable information when they interface.

Cost Efficiency

Maintaining multiple systems is expensive and requires substantial IT resources. Depending on the number of systems, the cost can quickly add up. Consequently, valuable IT time that could be used to make the business more productive is wasted, while maintenance costs significantly increase. An integrated software solution eliminates the need for repetitive tasks. As a result, essential tasks can now be completed more efficiently while using the same resources, reducing unnecessary costs. This not only saves you money but also valuable time and effort that would otherwise be spent training employees to use a new system.

Integrated software helps achieve higher efficiency by eliminating the need for repetitive manual data entry. It is also easier to train employees on a more simplified system rather than various platforms. All information is saved in one location, so you do not have to spend extra money for additional storage of multiple systems. Not only will this lead to better organization but also to less stress when locating where information are stored for informational and reporting purposes. This also helps you save time, so you can prioritize more important tasks efficiently.

Ultimately your data will be easier to access and report on across the enterprise. Your IT team will be far more productive in a short period of time.

 

Filed Under: Software, Working Efficiently Tagged With: improve service, Productivity, Software integration

How to Motivate your IT Team

February 17, 2022 by Sophie Donais Leave a Comment

Employees may lose motivation over time leading to a decrease in work efficiency. This declined motivation can cause the company’s productivity rates to go downhill. The implementation of incentives may improve employees’ health and drive. Happy and healthy employees make for satisfied managers. Incentivizing properly provides a motivating and energized work environment which leads to a successful company. Here are a couple pointers below on how to motivate your employees to improve productivity and company success. 

Set Individual Standards

Setting quotas may be just what you need to improve the motivation of your team. Working and being held up to a standard is a key motivator for everyone to complete tasks. When setting a quota it must be challenging but not unreachable in order to maintain motivation. Employees must maintain confidence in their abilities to reach their quotas. Quotas can work to measure employees productivity levels and help employees take accountability for unfinished work. When setting quotas, it is important to review each employee separately to find the rate at which they work. realistic Individual goals and requirements can then be set for the following month that are greater than what they are currently producing. With company standards in place, employees are motivated by the fact they may be rewarded or penalized based on their work productivity.

Facilitate Friendly Competition 

Naturally we all want to be the best at what we do or at least on the same level as those around us. This translates into the workplace where creating friendly competition for employees can positively affect their productivity levels. Providing a visual representation of each employee’s sales or project milestone completions can enhance motivation. This may be used in combination with rewards for the top performers to push them to their full potential. Rewards can be as simple as a gift card or you can get creative with them. Competition allows for employees to visualize the work and progression it takes to get a promotion or raise within the company.  

Implement Incentives

Offering rewards for accomplishments in the workplace can improve the motivation of your team. Recognizing quality work gives your employees the feeling that they are of value to the company. Depending on the nature of the project, these rewards can be large or small, material or cash. However, incentives must be implemented properly in order to be effective. Different types of incentives can be used for all the stages of a project. For example, when the first milestone is met you may have an incentive for the top performer on that team. This could be small, something as simple as a gift card to their favorite restaurant. Then the rewards may increase in value as the project progresses towards greater milestones for optimal motivation of the team.

 

Filed Under: Leadership, Project Management, Project Management Tools Tagged With: motivation, Productivity

Why Centralized IT Management Improves Team Productivity

February 7, 2022 by Mark Donais Leave a Comment

IT team using the same system

Centralized IT Management systems store important project tasks and support ticket information, provide communication lines, and create harmonized employee assignments and schedules in one location. These systems can be used to manage your company projects and support increasing IT members’ efficiency and productivity.

Are you finding it nearly impossible to get organized and keep track of documents, schedule project tasks,  and maintain customer service satisfaction simultaneously? 

Using a centralized IT management system can solve this problem. This system consists of multiple IT services and is operated from one location. The organizational advantages provided by this system such as scheduling, messaging systems, time tracking, resource planning, and many more allow your team to successfully reach goals at a higher efficiency rate. This simplification service can provide benefits to your company’s productivity rates and here is why. 

Reduce Multiple Platform Use

Managing multiple systems can become very disorganized especially when multiple communication platforms are being utilized. Important information can be missed due to a pileup of messages in different locations. However, with a Centralized IT Management System, notifications are organized in one location for communication with ease. Each team member will be notified of date tasks and news to achieve synchrony within the project at hand.  This means all correspondence such as uploaded documents and task updates sent between team members will remain within the system. This makes referencing and locating previous work simple. This will enable you to provide a greater line of communication between you and your team. 

Effective Scheduling

As you may already know, managing your employee’s schedules can be a difficult task. Scheduling becomes daunting when you are faced with an unexpected disruption that you as the manager must mediate immediately. Without a Centralized IT Management System, this type of disruption can draw too much of your valuable time away from other important work responsibilities. However, you can swiftly take charge by determining who you can delegate to unexpected support issues and communicating these changes in a timely manner with employees via a single platform. This system allows for more complex scheduling where co-workers can view each other’s schedules to see who they are working with in advance. In turn, this allows the employees to plan their day-to-day work with team members independently, therefore simplifying scheduling.. 

Productivity Improvement

Locating documents, reports, and emails can become an extremely tedious task when using a non-centralized IT management system. The amount of time spent looking for a document could be used much more efficiently. Using productivity software you can combat this issue. Your important documents are stored systematically in folders which all team members have access to through a simple spotlight search. This rules out the headache that comes along with relentlessly searching for unorganized documents. Employees can dedicate more of their time to the task at hand, increasing overall productivity. 

Maintain ebb and flow 

Using a Centralized IT management system is extremely crucial to maintaining efficiency within your team. When such a system is not being used, small miscommunications and disagreements can continue to compile and lead to greater conflict further down the line. The use of a productivity system enables all employees to communicate with higher-ranking individuals to be heard and feel that their ideas are valuable. This leads to greater harmonization among all employees increasing the productivity, efficiency, and success of your company.

Filed Under: IT Work Management, Working Efficiently Tagged With: Productivity, project leadership, Teamwork

How to Incentivize Productivity

April 13, 2018 by Mark Donais


The last thing a manager or workplace wants is laziness or a lack of productivity. When workers aren’t properly motivated to get a task done, there’s a high chance the company will not succeed. Therefore, a solution can be inspiring the workforce to be as productive as possible, and doing so will improve the health of the workers, managers, and the company as a whole. Businesses who master the art of incentivizing productivity are those who can rise the quickest and achieve the most success in the fast-paced market we live in. Below are a few tips on how to motivate workers to push their productivity to the next level.

Set Quotas

One of the essential motivators for everything that humankind has accomplished in the modern world is neccesity. Using this strategy can help to get simple tasks done better and faster as well. This doesn’t mean employees should be scared while working, but quotas can be important for keeping track of everyone’s productivity and helping workers realize when they are slacking off. Start by measuring the current rate at which each employee gets work done, and set a goal or requirement for the next month that is higher than their current output, or one that is more realistic to make the employee of value to the business. When standards are set higher and employees know that they will be rewarded or penalized based on the amount of work they complete.

Make it Competitive

Humans have the instinctive nature to be on top, or to at least be as good as those who surround them. In the office, if multiple employees are doing the same job or are measured in the same way, (friendly) competition can have a huge positive effect on the amount of work that each individual completes. Having a simple tally board that displays how many units sold, projects completed, or clients attained by each worker in a given time period will push those with a competitive mindset to go further. Better yet, offer an incentive for the top 1-3 performers like a bonus, gift card, or material gift each month to set their drive on fire. If there is an opportunity to move up the company’s ladder, tracking results publicly will also show employees what it takes to get a promotion or raise over their co-workers.

Offer Rewards along the Way

While financial rewards for small goals like commision and bonuses don’t work for many companies, there are tons of ways that employees can be rewarded for completing lots of quality work. Even work that doesn’t directly correlate with revenue can come with incentives, which can grow for larger achievements to push employees even further. Take, for example, a janitor at a restaurant. They have no direct impact on sales, nor do they have a target laid out for how clean the restaurant should be. if a building starts to get dirty more often and customers complain about it, then it is often most effective for the restaurant to increase the janitor’s motivation through small or non-financial rewards. For example, a new rule could be set so that every time a customer compliments the cleanliness of the business, the worker gets credit for a free meal or side item of their choice. If a month goes by without a single complaint, then the janitor could be recognized publicly with an employee of the month signs or another award of recognition.

Here is a tool that can help.

Filed Under: IT Strategy, Resource Management, Working Efficiently Tagged With: incentive, Productivity

Why Centralized Systems Make Your Team More Efficient

February 21, 2018 by Mark Donais

Centralized Systems Make Teams More Effective

Constantly misplacing documents, losing track of schedules, and being disorganized seem to be often an everyday routine. However, there is a way to mitigate this problem with centralized software systems. A centralized system uses a commercial database that is stored, located, and operated from one location. This means that everything such as your schedule, messaging systems, documents, tasks, support tickets, and much more are easily accessible from one system. Not only is this beneficial to you as an individual, but it also boosts the productivity of your work team, and here’s why.

Everyone Is On The Same Page

Emails constantly being sent back and forth can become very disorganized. They pile up quickly and some of the important, crucial emails can get lost in a heap of junk mail. However, with a centralized system, notifications are seldom missed. Everyone involved within the team will be up to date on the latest tasks and support ticket updates. This way, all emails, textual updates, and documents sent back and forth between you and your team will remain within the system and can be easily located. Therefore, by using a centralized system, the line of communication between you and your team members will be stronger than ever.

Efficient Scheduling

Managing your employee’s schedules can be a difficult task, especially when a shift is unexpectedly cancelled. As a manager, you need to step in, take charge and find another employee to cover that shift. Without a centralized system, this task can become difficult due to the multiple emails flying between you and your employees, determining who can work and changing the schedule. On the other hand, with a centralized system, you can create more complex schedules that are simple for you to create and for your employees to follow. Employees can also see their co-worker’s schedules and assignments so they know who they’re working with.

Increased Productivity

When using a non-centralized system, locating document after document and email after email can be extremely time-consuming. For example, an employee has a task due at the end of their shift. To their surprise, they have misplaced some documents that are crucial to said task. The employee will keep searching until they have found the item they’ve been looking for. As a result of searching for these items, an employee will have wasted precious time that could have been spent on their assignment. Instead, with a centralized system, documents are neatly stored in organized folders that can be easily found by searching for titles or keywords. Having a centralized system ensures employees can focus more on the task at hand, rather than locating items, therefore, increasing productivity.

Reduced Conflict

When only a few higher-ranking people in a company are in charge of making decisions for the larger group, not everyone will agree with the decisions being made. Employees can get upset and if the disagreement further continues it will eventually lead to conflict. To avoid this, a centralized system makes it easier to communicate with all your employees and receive their thoughts and recommendations on changes or ideas within a company. Everyone’s ideas can be stored in one place and a rational decision can be made.

In the end, centralized systems are key to having an efficient team. They ensure everyone is on the same page, increase productivity, and reduce conflict within the workplace. Centralized systems can help keep your team stay organized and on track.

Filed Under: Leadership, Multiple Projects, Operations Management, Time Management, Working Efficiently Tagged With: centralized system, Productivity

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