Breaking down barriers_in_the_land_of_dinosaurs_sp_biz_hanley_june_2015
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The document discusses the importance of developing a strategic social collaboration strategy to enhance employee engagement and productivity in organizations. It highlights that engaged employees are more innovative, productive, and profitable, while also addressing common barriers to collaboration such as competing priorities and cultural misalignment. Effective collaboration requires understanding organizational culture, recruiting champions, and providing clear guidance to encourage engagement in social tools.
Breaking down barriers_in_the_land_of_dinosaurs_sp_biz_hanley_june_2015
- 1. WWW.SPBIZCONF.COM Breaking Down Barriers in the Land of the Dinosaurs: Developing a Strategic Social Collaboration Strategy in the Real World
- 2. WWW.SPBIZCONF.COM Susan Hanley Email : [email protected] Twitter : susanhanley LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/susanhanley Website: www.susanhanley.com โข Independent consultant for 10 years โข Led national Portals, Management Collaboration, and Content practice for Dell โข Director of Knowledge Management at American Management Systems โข Information Architecture โข User Adoption โข Governance โข Metrics โข Knowledge Management โข Intranets & Portals โข Collaboration Solutions
- 4. Engagement really matters! Engaged37% less absenteeism 25-49% less turnover 27% less employee theft 18% higher productivity 16% higher profitability Productive Profitable According to Gallup, engaged employees exhibit: Source: http://www.gallup.com/consulting/121535/employee-engagement-overview-brochure.aspx
- 5. Collaboration matters too! Engaged92% more likely to develop novel products and processes 52% more productive 56% more likely to be first to market with their products and services 17% more profitable than their peers Productive Profitable Organizations with a strong learning and collaborative culture are: Source: David Mallon, High-impact learning culture: The 40 best practices for creating an empowered enterprise. Berson by Deloitte, June 10, 2010. <http://www.bersin.com/Store/Details.aspx?id=12171>
- 10. Not aligned with our culture Too many competing priorities Lack of proven business case
- 11. 11 ๏ง Knowledge is power ๏ง Command and control ๏ง Fear of rejection ๏ง Fear of change Not aligned with our culture
- 12. 12 ๏ง Flavor of the month ๏ง Collaboration talk combined with individual tasks and goals ๏ง Organizational ADD Too many competing priorities
- 14. Clearly identify the business problem Understand your culture Recruit friends Understand the comfort zone Show me!
- 15. 15 Which existing business processes would benefit from social capabilities? How will you measure success?
- 16. We collaborate in the context of a business activity, process, or task. We engage to solve problems โ to get something done!
- 17. Product Development โข Engineer struggling with a problem Resource Planning โข Project Manager looking for the most qualified resources for a project Customer Support โข Services agent working trying to solve a customer problem โข Field feedback to HQ โข Sales team on- boarding โข Sales team training and mentoring Sales
- 18. Paycor Inc said it would have forecast $2 million more in 2015 revenue if it had hit its 2014 hiring goals for new sales reps in 2014. The time spent bringing new reps up to speed means the company doesnโt see the full benefit of their productivity until 12 to 18 months into their tenure. Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-its-so-hard-to-fill-sales-jobs-1423002730
- 20. 20 #2 Understand your culture โThe greatest benefits will be realized by organizations that have or can develop open, non- hierarchical, knowledge sharing cultures.โ McKinsey Global Initiative: โThe social economy: Unlocking value and productivity through social technologies,โ July 2012.
- 21. Minimize cost and risk of reinventing the wheel in a global organization Build inventory of best practices and expertise on core topics Leverage expertise across the globe Topic-focused Communities of Practice
- 22. 22 A relatively new production plant manager in Egypt had some questions about the best ways to handle green corn during a delicate stage of the process. Late in his day, he posted a query in the Production Technologies community because he wasnโt sure to whom he should send an email (and his boss was out of the office).
- 23. 23 Meanwhile, colleagues from around the world saw the post and offered suggestions. When the plant manager returned to work the next morning, he found 10 responses. Three responses were about two proposed solutions to his problem. The rest were commentary and shared experiences from others. Benefit: Solutions offset the risk of losing $120,000 of pre-commercial seed value.
- 24. 24 โThanks for posting your question. Now we have more searchable data in the system on green corn processing. Iโd love to see this happen more often in the future.โ โข Senior managerโs email made it not only safe to ask questions โ but admirable. โข Community became one of the busiest in the company. โข Other communities follow the lead โ taking a cue from what worked and what was recognized and valued.
- 25. Do you have a hero culture? What is valued? โFor our entire history, we had rewarded the inventor or the person who came up with the good idea. Boundaryless would make heroes out of people who recognized and developed a good idea, not just those who came up with one. As a result, leaders were encouraged to share the credit for ideas with their teams rather than take full credit themselves. It made a huge difference in how we all related to one another.โ
- 26. 26 โฆ critical for scale โข True conviction among top leaders โข Encouraging โboth sidesโ of helping events โข Reinforce norms with formal processes and roles (e.g. design reviews) โข Leave slack in employeeโs schedules
- 28. 28 Leaders model the behavior โNo involvement by leaders, no commitment by employees. No exceptions.โ Vala Afshar, Chief Marketing and Customer Officer at Enterasys
- 31. Champions โข Encourage and promote people and conversations โข Monitor conversations โข Curate stories โข Celebrate successes โข Handle negative situations โข Educate and welcome โข Nurture members โ inspire engagement โข Remove roadblocks
- 32. #4 Understand the comfort zone for your users
- 33. 33 If you want to remove a big barrier to getting people to engage with social tools, find a way to keep your users in their COMFORT ZONE, even if itโs only just to get started.
- 34. 34 โข What makes a good post? What business scenarios should you post about? โข Provide simple guidance about what is OK and what is not OK โข Provide โwhat goes whereโ examples #5 Show me!
- 35. Share a link. โHere is a link to the latest Forrester Wave report on social networking.โ Ask a question. โHas anyone encountered this problem before, and if so, how was it solved?โ Find a resource. โLooking for a specialist in retirement benefits to help win a bid in Calgary.โ Answer a post. โHere are links to three relevant quals in the quals database.โ Recognize a colleague. โThanks to @dpalmer for hosting an excellent planning session today.โ Inform about your activities. โWill be in the Philadelphia office today; does anyone wish to meet?โ Suggest an idea. โLocal office TV screens should display the global Yammer conversation stream.โ
- 38. 38 Social moves quickly โฆ have governance guidelines in place before situations arise http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies/
- 39. Donโt underestimate the importance of training
- 40. Too many competing priorities Lack of proven business case Not aligned with our culture Breaking down the barriers
- 41. 41 Itโs not a sprint, itโs a journey โฆ You donโt need 100% adoption to be successful โ you need meaningful outcomes Align where work gets done โ and youโll get those outcomes Lead the way โ with champions, community managers, mentoring, and training Be patient โ change takes time but it also takes passion and sustained effort
- 44. ๏ง ๏ง Office 365 Customer Success Center: success.office.com ๏ง https://about.yammer.com/yammer-blog/tips-guides ๏ง https://about.yammer.com/success/engage/ ๏ง http://www.digitalworkplacegroup.com/resources/download-reports/successful-social-intranets/ ๏ง http://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/moving-beyond-marketing/ ๏ง ๏ง http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedStates/Local%20Assets/Documents/TMT_us_tmt/us_tmt_ce_socialsoftware_fullreport_0209111.pdf ๏ง http://hbr.org/2014/01/ideos- culture-of-helping/ar/1 ๏ง http://hbr.org/2014/07/managing-change-one-day-at-a-time/ar/1
- 45. ๏ง User Adoption Strategies: Shifting Second Wave People to New Collaboration Technology ๏ง Essential SharePoint 2013 ๏ง http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-growing-evidence-for-social-business-maturity/ ๏ง http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/building_the_social_enterprise ๏ง http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/six_social-media_skills_every_leader_needs ๏ง http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/the_social_economy ๏ง Prove It: Using Analytics to Drive SharePoint Adoption and ROI
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