Culture & Collaboration Strategies

Workplace Occupancy Metrics That Can Help You Better Optimize a Business Meeting Space

Summary Utilizing occupancy metrics like room utilization rates and peak occupancy times enables businesses to maximize the efficiency of their meeting spaces, ensuring they are fully utilized and aligned with actual demand. By aligning meeting room sizes and availability with real usage data, companies can significantly reduce real estate and operational costs, enhancing the return […]

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Encourage Employees to Come Into Work by Making the Office More Useful

Summary Making the office a comfortable and supportive environment encourages employees to voluntarily come in, rather than mandatory attendance (which can negatively impact productivity and morale). Implement a human-centric design that emphasizes comfort, health, and well-being with flexible hot-desking, intuitive layouts, purpose-built spaces, and synchronized, scalable technologies. Equip your office with high-quality video conferencing systems, […]

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Why Your Leadership Team Must be Aligned on Your Workplace Strategy

Summary When leadership teams are aligned on workplace strategies, it reduces uncertainty and increases organizational efficiency—ensuring that everyone can work towards common goals. Aligned leadership avoids mixed messages and resource misallocation, leading to clear communication and higher productivity. This involves making sure all team members have the technology and support they need, irrespective of their […]

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The barriers to hybrid collaboration that sit beneath the surface

To find out why companies are struggling with hybrid collaboration, ET Group teamed up with WORKTECH Academy to run a workshop on common challenges. The results shine a light on social and cultural challenges   Reposted article from WORKTECH Academy It’s one of the most conspicuous and most talked-about challenges in the emerging world of […]

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ET Group is a Certified Great Place to Work®!

ET Group is officially a Great Place to Work® in Canada. This summer, a survey was distributed  to all of our team members, encouraging them to reflect on their experience at ET Group and share their honest feedback. The results blew our minds!  To summarize: 92% said they feel a sense of trust and 97% […]

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6 tips for more inclusive hybrid & remote meetings

In an ever-evolving landscape of remote work and digital collaboration, the traditional concept of meetings has undergone a significant transformation. The emergence of hybrid meetings – a blend of in-person and virtual interactions – has introduced a new paradigm in how teams communicate, collaborate, and innovate. However, despite the convenience they offer, many of us […]

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Why neither space nor tech can really solve hybrid meetings

As companies struggle to provide digital equality in the hybrid work era, are we looking at the challenge from the wrong angle? Canada’s ET Group believes the answer lies with underlying organisational culture and behaviours   Reposted article from WORKTECH Academy One of the key challenges facing employers in the new world of work is […]

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Guide: Managing Your Remote & Hybrid Workers

Summary: Over 39% of global knowledge workers are predicted to be working in hybrid environments by the end of 2023, necessitating effective management strategies for these teams. Guiding remote teams presents unique challenges, including communication barriers, productivity tracking, and maintaining employee engagement. Various tools and technologies like Microsoft Teams, Asana, Time Doctor, Miro, and Google […]

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How to Build An Incredible Company Culture in a Hybrid or Remote Workspace

Key Points Company culture refers to the shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that define an organization. Company culture remains important in remote work environments—and may even be more important in order to overcome the challenges that remote workers face (such as limited face-to-face interaction, communication barriers, different work styles, lack of team cohesion, and […]

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Is empathy the missing link in tech integration for hybrid?

Building the hybrid workplace requires technology integrators to pay more attention than ever to human behaviour. Here’s what we’ve learned over the years.

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