Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

How Sycous reduced 'Dropped Calls' by 97% with Geckoboard

At the start of 2023, Sycous’ Support agents had no access to live Zendesk data. Data Analyst, Michael Brooke would spend an hour each day creating reports for the Support Manager, and the agents would only see what was happening at monthly meetings — well past the point where they could affect what was happening. With a spare TV lying around the office, they decided to try a real-time dashboard. Spoiler alert: it was a huge success!

Instant Messaging vs Email! Why is The Former Better Than The Latter?

Instant Messaging vs. Email has been at war for many years as communication tools. Since you utilize instant messaging (IM) over emails more often, later is no longer relevant. However, a specific subset of users sees instant messaging as a very bothersome tool. Kindly refer to the below explicit definitions to understand the difference between Email and IM.

10 Internal Communication Mistakes & How To Avoid Them

Excellent internal communication procedures are frequently associated with increased production, earnings, and employee happiness. Your workers will benefit from your excellent internal communications plan when they entirely comprehend the company's goals, values, and culture. However, internal communication conundrums are commonplace in many businesses. This is a problem as it can disrupt workflows, confound attempts at collaboration and lead to confusion on a company-wide scale.

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Build the ROI Case for Improving Employee Digital Experience

Budgeting for user experience management solutions has been dynamic recently. When the pandemic hit, corporations freely opened the purse strings to ensure that employees had the tools to work outside the traditional office. The Return on Investment (ROI) for improving the overall Digital Employee Experience (DEX) didn't matter so much. With inflation now the main topic in executive meetings, the strings for DEM/DEX investments have been drawn tighter. Gartner has published a report titled "Market Guide for Digital Experience Monitoring" which states that "enterprises that invest in DEM solutions can expect a 30% reduction in Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) and a 20% reduction in downtime."

Culture Matters: Understanding the Impact of Company Culture on Productivity

What sets the top-performing organizations apart from the others? Is it their clever strategy, superior products, or better people? While these factors may provide an advantage for a period of time, the sustainability and growth of a competitive advantage requires a more fundamental foundation. This foundation is culture. ‍

A Review Of The Top 10 Meeting Management Apps For Android And iOS

Meetings are an essential part of business communication and collaboration, but they can also be time-consuming and overwhelming. That’s where meeting management apps come in handy. These apps help you organize and streamline your meetings, making them more productive and efficient. With so many meeting management apps available on both Android and iOS platforms, it can be challenging to choose the right one for your needs.

11 Best Meeting Minutes Software Solutions in 2023

Meeting minute software are a must-have for any organization, business, or team that wants to keep track of what was discussed in a meeting. Not only do they keep everyone on the same page, but they also provide an important record of decisions and discussions that can be referenced at a later date. Moreover, meeting minute software can provide structure and guidance for attendees so they know the agenda of the meeting.

Communication Channels for Business: What Is It & How to Choose the Right One

Effective business communications are the key to the well-being of any company. They are responsible for clear planning, team collaboration, and coordination of the company's employees' actions, reaching agreements with partners, and successful communication with real and potential customers. What to pay attention to? Business communications are not just about making deals or managing personnel. They have their structure, principles of use, types, forms, means, and channels of application.

All You Need to Know About Succession Planning

Do you know that only 49% of organizations are confident in maintaining clear and consistent succession strategies to develop next-generation leaders? We don't intend to blame them we understand that making succession plans is challenging. Every forward-looking owner desires to see their business continue to grow long after their active years. And they don't want their business to collapse because of the sudden exit of a crucial team member.

With Geckoboard, our First Touch Resolution improved by 41%

When Amir started in his role as Customer Service Director at a leading, global software company there was little structure or accountability within the Support team. They weren’t on the same page — and individual performance varied drastically. Being a remote team only amplified the problems, agents were often working in silos with no visibility of what others were doing.