While the pandemic accelerated the shift to remote work, existing businesses with offices in multiple locations were already privy to a ubiquitous modern issue: connecting coworkers from a distance. Coworkers tend to strike up conversations naturally when they’re in the same building. However, when companies grow and add offices in different cities — or even…
How a new hire feels about your company can have significant effects. When a new hire is unhappy, it could have negative consequences. One study shows that 20% of new hires are unlikely to recommend their employer — a bad sign when it comes to recruiting new talent. However, a happy new hire could mean…
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced workers out of the office and into remote situations, many companies were in the search for HR toolkits and apps like Slack and LEAD.bot to facilitate communication and employee connection. Our Clubhouse, now part of Cancer Bridges, started using LEAD.bot in February of 2020, just before the pandemic changed…
5 Tips For Onboarding New Employees Hiring new employees is an exciting step for businesses. New hires can bring in tons of fresh ideas, and they can help your business grow in new directions. Similarly, new hires are excited to get started in their new roles. However, as employees become comfortable in their new roles,…
As we begin to better understand how to safely live in the COVID-19 world, workers and employers are starting to ask the question: “when will we return to the office?” While studies have shown that remote work actually increases productivity, workers that clock in from a distance lose out on some important parts of company…
Modern businesses are obsessed with concepts like scalability and flexibility, both of which demonstrate a desire to change as needed. However, after the effects of a global pandemic, many businesses struggled with the quick shift to an entirely remote workspace or hybrid work. When some businesses saw a challenge, others saw an opportunity. Serendipity is…
Optimize your mentorship programs, onboarding process, and other employee matching programs by using LEAD.bot. While it’s good to mix things up by matching employees just to mingle, sometimes workspace socialization requires a personal touch. That’s where manual matching comes in. In Slack, HR managers and slack admins can choose specific users and match them together…
Improve training, retention, and productivity within your company by taking workplace socialization to the next level. With LEAD.bot’s manual matching feature, you can fine-tune the programs that are meant to bring your employees together. While managers all want their employees to get along, sometimes there are pairs that you know would produce great work together.…
Water coolers, snack rooms, and rec rooms have long been hubs in offices where employees can mingle while taking a break. However, remote work has minimized, if not entirely removed, water cooler conversations, leaving employees without this opportunity to chat with coworkers. Employees, particularly new employees, miss this interaction. A recent New York Times article…
When we’re all working remotely, we start to miss the little bits of connection – water cooler conversation, grabbing a coffee with a colleague. We are social animals! And socializing is crucial for our own mental health as well as the health of the organization. We’ve missed all of it, from venting our frustrations or using…