Digital technology can improve business operations in many ways. For
example, cloud-sharing platforms simplify document sharing, while project
management software makes it easier to track deliverables within teams. As a
business owner, you want to harness the power of such tools. However, you don't
want your employees to feel like they're being replaced or to resist digital
transformation.
Alliance
Financial and Income Tax explains how you can keep your workers happy
while encouraging them to embrace new technologies.
Strategically
Choose What Technology to Implement
Be smart when selecting technology for your company by choosing
products that will serve your employees well. Enginess explains how
you can do a technology assessment to see what
tools will help your company. Start by understanding the technology's
potential. Then identify which employees could use the tool and how. Next,
assess how the technology would impact broader market dynamics beyond your own
company. Finally, create your strategy to either capitalize on that technology
or counter its effects.
Highlight How
Technology Can Help Your Workers
If you want new technology to be successfully implemented in your
company, you need worker buy-in. To this end, make
sure you're telling teams how tech can help them. Communicating about
innovation early on is essential. Help employees become more engaged with the
tools by explaining and, ideally, demonstrating the benefits. For example, you
might run a test pilot program or provide a case study of how software will
save them time, energy, or stress.
Create a
Comprehensive Onboarding Program
Nobody wants to have a new technology thrust upon them and then have
to spend hours trying to figure out how to use it. Create
a comprehensive onboarding plan when adopting
new innovations. Make sure you communicate a deadline by which everyone is
expected to use the new tool. Then, provide hands-on tutorials, giving people a
chance to test out the product and ask questions. You should also create
comprehensive training manuals and appoint a point person who is well-versed in
the new tool to answer questions going forward.
To encourage buy in, explain that this new process will ensure that
your new hires will be good fits for your teams
and company culture. Taking the time to clarify position descriptions,
prescreen applicants, and conduct background checks will actually save time in
the long run because you will be more likely to find the right people the first
time.
Embrace Business
Process Management
If you're still struggling to get employees to embrace new
innovations, consider business process management, BPM. With BPM, you can
automate workflows and establish
guidance for digital process automation, giving workers
the opportunity to concentrate on more complex tasks instead of grunt work. BPM
can help reduce errors and improve efficiency—and it's also useful for tech
implementation. When you create your BPM framework, track progress to see how
effective it is. With regular monitoring, you can continually improve output.
Make Employees
Feel Appreciated
Taking the steps above can help improve employee satisfaction when it
comes to new technologies in the workplace. However, you also want to take
other steps to make sure workers are happy. Offering comprehensive benefits,
like paid personal days and extra vacation, will make acquiring and retaining
top talent easier. You can also look into less traditional benefits, such
as gas reimbursements, fitness plans, treadmill desks, investment
programs, free flu shots, and more.
It’s also important that you provide your employees with the tools
they need to be productive and perform their duties properly. Asking team
members to do tasks without adequately supporting them will foster resentment
and frustration. Instead, get them what they need, whether it's a whiteboard
for their office, a moderate allowance for team lunches, or a library of stock
videos to help with marketing efforts.
While each requires some financial investment, putting money into,
say, videography shows that you appreciate the effort your team puts into their
projects and that you understand that video stock footage can help them do their
jobs well. It’s an inexpensive way to properly gear up your staff, plus it’s a
vote of confidence in your team’s skills and capabilities.
Solicit Feedback
from Your Employees
There's only one way to make sure your workers are happy with new
technology—and on the job in general. Ask them. There are many ways to solicit
employee feedback. Officevibe provides tips for getting honest opinions, from
ensuring their anonymity to establishing trust. Also, consider the medium
you use. Face-to-face feedback can be tough, for example. Many people prefer
providing feedback in a less personal format, such as via
a written survey.
Solicit Feedback
from Your Employees
Technology can help your business achieve great things. However, you
don't want to implement cutting-edge tech at the expense of employee
satisfaction. The above guide explains how to strike the right balance.
If you want to provide more benefits to
your employees, but you aren’t sure if you can manage it financially, contact
the experts at Alliance Financial and Income Tax. We can help you
create a realistic plan that honors your staff and maintains your finances.
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