2023 is promising to be one of the most exciting years in recent history for reasons you are probably able to gather without reading about them elsewhere.
However, with everything that is going on, preparing for a successful business year may be somewhat challenging. There are some uncertainties, to be sure, but there are also prospects.
Let’s see how to prepare business teams for a successful year ahead while keeping in mind potential adjustments.
Offer New Tech
Honestly, is there even a single article out there that doesn’t underline the importance of new tech?
The truth is that technology is developing so rapidly that businesses are having difficulties keeping up. If it will make you feel any better, so are people!
Still, businesses should make do with the benefits and disregard the hecticness and the hype.
Examples are many, making the grading of apps and tools impossible but using common knowledge has never hurt anyone.
Start with empowering your frontline teams.
There are some 11 million unfilled frontline jobs in the U.S. Frontline workers are leaving left and right, with the main reason being — poor relationships with the management.
Further out, frontline workers usually look for better job prospects because they feel they are underpaid and have a poor work-life balance (source: Microsoft’s Work Trend Index). 63% of frontline employees are looking forward to job opportunities technology creates, while 56% say they feel pressure to adapt to new technology over fear of losing their jobs while 55% have been forced to learn new tech on their own without any training being provided or offered.
These stats speak volumes if you stop to consider them carefully. New tech is definitely beneficial when deployed the right way, but too much of anything is never a good idea — people are bound to be overwhelmed.
Start by offering useful time tracking software that will rid your employees of boring manual repetitive tasks and leave them with more time for meaningful tasks. This will also help boost employee engagement, which is a major benefit.
Keep an eye in the trends, which currently recommend the following:
· IoT for asset management
· Cloud-based software for remote work
· Artificial intelligence for business automation
· Inventory management software for supply chains
Of course, you don’t have to force the change if your business procedures are polished; just keep in mind that things change faster than anyone would like them to, so be prepared!
Encourage Employees With Their Career Goals
It’s no rocket science that the majority of employees look for career advancements. Businesses that inspire and empower their workforce in this effort are likely to build a happy workspace untroubled with retention rates.
There are multiple ways to go about this all of which can benefit from professional development plans.
The term is interchangeable with “employee development plans” and “people development plans” and we’ll use the latter because it’s indicative that the “workforce” has finally transformed into “people.”
Implement people development plans to help your employees achieve their professional goals over time. These plans don’t consider short-term goals; rather, they detail the milestones leading to the final career goal.
Training for Diversity and Inclusion
Training for diversity and inclusion will help your business inspire a balanced workplace where employees acquire knowledge and awareness in the broadest sense of the word. Whether it be cross-cultural differences or varying social circumstances, diversity and inclusion training will help employees deal with them in a mild-mannered and congenial way.
Optimally, diversity and inclusion training should target organizational blind spots in a non-judging way.
Deploy Delivery Management Software
Delivery management is the usage of logistical processes for transporting goods efficiently. Understand the benefits of delivery management software to help your business perform better continually.
Online sales are on the rise and the market is expanding at a rapid pace — a trend unlikely to backtrack!
If you still don’t employ a delivery manager or two (depending on the size of your business), it’s high time you rethought your approach.
Delivery management software (DMS) is an invaluable asset to any business as it analyzes customer demands and keeps track of delivery processes. Typically, a solid DMS manages the delivery life cycle in its entirety using a single platform.
There are different DMS types out there, the most popular of which include app-based solutions.
When choosing a DMS for your business, look for ease of use, beneficial pricing, and 24/7 customer support.
Key Takeaways
Is your business ready for a stellar 2023 yet? Hopefully, the tips provided hereby will help you look into some useful approaches you overlooked in the previous year.
Either way, aim for upgraded business procedures and an engaged and inspired workforce getting closer to their career goals.
Taking one step at a time is perfectly fine as long as your business knows where it is going and is keeping an eye on the trends.
Don’t forget that new tech has become a mutant devouring souls and businesses alike so don’t be overwhelmed by the hype — stay in the know!
