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…
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…
Cluttered calendar making it hard to keep up with your coworkers? Worry no longer! LEAD is excited to announce our new calendar integration feature for Microsoft Teams. After LEAD.bot sends out matches, each user will receive a card that introduces them to each other. Through this card, users will get the opportunity to send each…
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…
How well do you know your workplace? Even with the advent of all different manners of workplace communication, from email to zoom, employees feel more disconnected than ever. The best way to alleviate this loneliness is to help your employees create a community within their work environment. Introducing different teams within your organization to each…
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…
Even though we’re starting to host cocktail parties or house parties for the first time in a year and unmask at bars, virtual happy hours are probably here to stay. As schools, shops, restaurants, and other public spaces start to open up, the future of work looks like it’s going to be a hybrid model…