Entries by Brenda Valades

How to Maximize Your Employees’ Attention

How to Maximize Your Employees’ Attention. Did you know that according to Microsoft, the average human attention span has decreased since the year 2000? 19 years ago the average attention span was 12 seconds, and now it is down to just eight. The most likely culprits are an increase in technology such as smartphones, emails, […]

The Top Internal Communication Challenges

Internal communication is more important than ever, and no company can afford to ignore it. It can affect many different facets of business including customer relations and satisfaction, employee engagement, productivity and profitability, staff turnover rates, and the overall public perception of your business.   Unfortunately, you can’t just wave a magic wand and make […]

Does Your IT Department Have Effective Communication?

While the staff in the IT department might be hard-working, dedicated professionals who are committed to delivering excellent information technology solutions to the company, they may not get the recognition they deserve because of poor communication.   Stereotypes of IT departments are that they are introverted and “nerdy” and not fond of tooting their own […]

How to Raise Staff Awareness of Cyber Security

How to Raise Staff Awareness of Cyber Security. Cyber crime is tipped to cost businesses around the world $6 trillion annually by 2021. This includes costs associated with safeguarding against it, but also the economic costs to businesses that have been affected.   When a cyber attack happens it can be devastating for a business. […]

How much does custom software development cost?

How much does custom software development cost? Custom software development is the design of software apps for a specific user or group inside a company. It aims to meet their needs in the best way possible. As a result, this makes it better than general traditional software.   Most often than not, the creators of […]

What is a CRM and how can it retain your customers?

What is a CRM and how can it retain your customers? CRM (customer relationship management) has been around since forever. Ever since people started selling things. The first salesperson who stopped to talk to his customers, who remembered their names, and who perhaps gave them a small gift for continually using his services, was already […]

Channels for IT Communication

Your IT department has an important role to play in your organization, keeping it connected with information technology software and hardware, troubleshooting, providing advice and support, and making sure that employees are able to carry out their day-to-day work.   The IT department might come up with custom solutions for individual projects, or find innovative […]

Survey Your Employees about Your Emergency Plan

Survey Your Employees about Your Emergency Plan. No matter where your business is, we bet on the fact that you have legal obligations. To these, we can also add ethical and moral ones to ensure a safe workplace for your employees.   We can say that a workplace emergency can be “an unforeseen situation that […]