Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

September 2023

The 4 Main Help Desk Roles And Responsibilities

Establishing clear help desk roles and responsibilities is crucial to IT support – especially if you're building your service desk from scratch. Otherwise, your team won't have clear guidelines, causing overlaps, misunderstandings, wasted time, and a poor service experience. The key to service desk staffing relies on two main aspects: the needed expertise to fill the different levels of support and the roles you need to cover in each tier. Here, we'll tackle the second one.

Improving Productivity in Offices with Games and Activities

Team games for offices are essential to go beyond the casual chit-chats and support employees to know each other better, build understanding, and trust, and better their communication skills.When people from different places, educational backgrounds, and work experience come together to work in an organization, it becomes difficult to break the ice. Working alone cannot develop understanding and trust among them which is essential for working together on the same projects with similar goals.

Rethinking monitoring: A fresh approach for modern teams

For the last 40-50 years, forward-thinking organizational leaders have been working hard to reform top-down organizations into places where democracy and collaboration set the pace of progress. Employee empowerment has become non-negotiable. However, one area that has been slow to transform is employee monitoring. It’s only since Time Doctor recognized the need for employee-friendly monitoring that things really started moving in the right direction.

What's next for managers in the stress-free future of work

We’ve all become familiar with the phrase “unprecedented times”. You might even say it’s been overused. But if there’s one cohort in the corporate world that knows what the phrase really means, it’s managers. Remote work is booming. Demand for decentralized offices is sky-high. Good people are leaving unexpectedly. Up to 60% of employees are on the fence about their jobs or on their way to checking out.

From Paper To Digital: The Evolution of Employee Time Sheet Management

In 1913, the concept of tracking hours in a professional setting took a significant leap forward, thanks to Reginald Heber Smith, a lawyer with a vision for greater organization. To enhance efficiency and accessibility in his law firm, Smith introduced the practice of recording hours worked on cases, a method that later became known as “billable hours.” This innovative approach transformed the legal industry and impacted various professionals, from independent contractors to freelancers.

What's New: What we launched in September 2023

We have a lot of exciting features and improvements to share that will elevate your collaboration and innovation experience. This includes Talktrack, a dedicated async solution that empowers Miro users to record high-touch, immersive walkthroughs for their collaborators. There’s also Anonymous Mode, which gives Miro users total anonymity so their feedback stays anonymous — forever.

Business expert Dorie Clark weighs in on Zendesk's CX Trends 2023 report

Business leader @DorieClark says she would happily trade her business to a company that provides an excellent customer experience, and she's not alone. 🥳 70% of consumers spend more with companies that offer premium customer experiences, which is a huge opportunity for companies that "put a stake in the ground and do something different," as Clark says.

How to Improve Employee IT Helpdesk Efficiency with Generative AI

Are you struggling to keep up with the increasing demands on your IT Helpdesk? IT Helpdesks face unprecedented challenges in a world where remote work and digital transformation are the new norms. In a world where remote work and digital transformation are the new norms, IT Helpdesks face unprecedented challenges. But fear not! This webinar r is your key to addressing these challenges head-on. Subscribe, like, and share this video to spread the knowledge among your IT peers. Join us in shaping the future of IT Helpdesk support with Generative AI!

The next big release in Zendesk AI: a leap into the future of customer and employee experience

Over the last year, the impact of AI on customer service has been massive. Many customer experience applications and workflows can be optimised with AI – but not all AI solutions are tailored to customer experience.