TELUS Scope | June 2007

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Volume 2, Issue 8, June 2007 | Archive | Success Stories

They may not show up on your balance sheet, but your employees are one of your business’s most valuable assets. In fact, they’re so valuable that losing an important staff member can cost you roughly 1.5 times his or her annual salary. Which means you have to make sure your key employees don’t want to leave for greener pastures. And doing that is often about more than money. In this latest issue of TELUS scope, we give you some hints to help you keep your employees by keeping them motivated.

We also take a look at another topic vital to any business today: productivity. How can you make sure your people are as productive as possible, whenever possible and that your business is always available to your customers and suppliers? We introduce you to online collaboration tools that can help you turn downtime into work time.

As you probably know from the news, Canada’s unemployment rate is at historic lows. There just aren’t that many people out there looking for jobs. But there are more than enough businesses looking for employees – and you can bet that some of them will set their sights on your key people. In this article, we give you 5 tips that will help you keep your employees and 11 tips to help you keep them motivated. We also tell you how easily people can become unmotivated, so you know what to watch for.

What’s the difference between the Internet, an intranet and extranet. What’s a VPN and do you need one? How can any of these tools help your employees be more productive when they’re working from home or on the road. And how can they help you provide better service to your customers? We tell you more about today’s important online collaboration tools and help you decide which of them can work for your business.