Has your organization ever created a strategic plan that is collecting dust? Are goals being set but not being managed? You are not alone. This is common across many organizations. At Inspire, Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Viva Goals. Viva Goals is a goal setting and management solution that helps you in aligning teams …
Microsoft 365 offers a wide range of applications that many users simply don’t know about. You are likely familiar with Outlook, Teams and your Office apps (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), but there are a number of apps that you can only find by logging into your Office 365 account at www.office.com. Once you log in, you …
We spend a lot of time with our co-workers. However, with many companies opting for hybrid or remote work over the last 18 months, we may not be spending as time with colleagues, face-to face. If you are a Microsoft Teams user, there is a feature called “praise” that allows you to recognize your co-workers …
Microsoft just wrapped up the Inspire conference, an annual event in which Microsoft executives share the company’s strategy and vision with the large network of Microsoft partners. Since the introduction of Office 365 (now called Microsoft 365), these events are less focused on technology features and functionality announcements. With Software-as-a-Service offerings like Microsoft 365, products …
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Classics never go out of style It’s been a long, challenging year. A while back we gave you some ideas on how to liven up your virtual team meetings by playing games together – games like Among Us, Family Feud, Pictionary and the Match Game – using Microsoft Teams. Back then we were all pretty …
Traditional intranet experiences are being sidelined in favor of intranets that promote collaboration, communication and employee engagement.
Intranets have evolved over the years; however, we’ve discovered that many organizations are stuck with a legacy intranet experience that does not serve the needs of an organization. Poorly designed pages, information that is out of date and a lack of organization results in frustrated users and low confidence when it comes to employees being …
One of the hottest games around is perfect for fun team building To help prevent things from going wrong, such as security measures being breached, many organizations, including Microsoft, will deploy a red team. A red team is a group that attempts to infiltrate an organization to expose potential security risks. In many cases, there …
After nearly three months of reacting to crises, it’s time to evaluate organizational wellness. June 13, 2020 will mark three months of remote working for us here at Kiefer Consulting. Like millions of our Northern California neighbors, we’ve found these past 12 weeks challenging, isolating and stressful. They also proven that the people who comprise …
