Similar to workers, business leaders understand the importance of having an effective collaborative workplace. In fact, business leaders have more to gain than employees via implementing innovative technologies with 86% of businesses identifying collaborative and flexible teams as key to the ongoing success of their organisation.
Collaborative technologies and flexible working practices help to give businesses an edge in a competitive labour market. Along with the work-from-anywhere movement, business leaders are choosing to broaden their employeebase and make use of a talent pool that’s not geographically limited, allowing for the very best candidates based on skills and qualities.
9 in 10 (91%) business leaders see collaboration tools as key to helping businesses better meet this changing labour market, and 9 in 10 (91%) believe they enable the retention of valuable employees if they wanted to relocate.
In addition to labour and the workforce, 89% believe collaboration tools open up potential new markets in which to promote products and services.