How does technology increase productivity in the workplace? There are many drivers of productivity, several of which are enhanced and made easier with technology. Below, we explore the creative ways professionals are using technology in connection with five drivers—communication, workflows, collaboration, automation, and employee engagement—to improve business efficiency.

For decades, people have tried to figure out how to encourage collaboration, how to make people work together more effectively.

Teamwork makes the dream work is a popular saying. But it’s a sentiment that’s often easier said than done, especially when it comes to cross-team collaboration.

In business, everyone’s focused on outcomes—project teams, executives, and customers alike. They want to know the end result of the work effort. But how are those outcomes reached? In most cases, it’s through collaboration.

Effective collaboration is essential to organisational success. If you hope to achieve your organisational goals, you must give people modern, efficient ways to communicate, share files, and work with internal and external teams to complete projects. Communication, file sharing, and project management are all important areas of collaboration that have evolved as technology has improved. For instance:

It’s a long and winding path to the top and when you get there you can’t just put your feet up and take it easy. Being a great leader is all about how you approach not only your work and business but also your day-to-day life. There’s a lot to stay abreast of, from office politics to the sales forecast, resolving HR problems to installing new collaboration software to ensure your team work together cohesively.  Do you have what it takes? Let’s find out!

Looking to overhaul your business? Good for you, after all standing still could leave you at the back of the queue. All around you companies are busy implementing, updating and moving with the times. It’s all about maximising efficiency and part of that inevitably involves introducing new software or implementing effective new processes.

Welcome to the digital age – businesses are embracing technological advances, updating systems and improving processes, and as a result they are becoming slicker and quicker.

There are leaders, then there are great leaders – those who can motivate, inspire and drive a company to succeed. It’s no secret that great leaders are determined, passionate, committed and visionary. They accept challenge as the norm and don’t falter when things don’t go their way.

Team collaboration may be the key to your company’s success. Whether your employees need to coordination projects together all of the time or simply be on the same page while doing their work, effective collaboration is crucial. The type of business, your workers, and your workspace will all factor into the best way to facilitate teamwork, and are among the many ways to improve the odds of effective team collaboration.