Hybrid work has opened up a new realm of possibilities for workers. Along with the many benefits, it has also fundamentally altered the relationship between staff and leadership. The workplace is more geographically dispersed—some might even say fractured—with employees working from the office, from home, and on the road, in different cities, and sometimes even different continents.

As a recent Gallup Study points out, leaders must rethink their approach to people management if they want to retain their workforce and keep teams engaged, all the while ensuring productivity and the bottom line.

There are many variables at play when it comes to the new math of modern work. But a critical element in getting the equation right involves technology. And the right technology that can make sure teams are connected and supported no matter where they may be working.
Internal communications technology like your enterprise intranet can restore order in the potential chaos of remote hybrid operations. 

Many companies are choosing to invest in a modern intranet solution because it serves as a digital HQ, enabling communication and building a sense of community across dispersed teams. It helps people get work done and connect, no matter if they work at the office, on the road, across the country, or around the globe. 
It lets employers address elements that are important to employees, like company culture, while simultaneously improving productivity with powerful AI-based tools and training capabilities.
 

How an AI-powered intranet can increase team alignment.

When your intranet is set up like a digital HQ, all employees can easily find company resources and important announcements, so everyone is on the same page when it comes to meeting strategic imperatives and initiatives. The result is positive outcomes that boost both employee engagement and business agility.

Providing clarity on the company's vision and direction, while giving employees a better sense of how their efforts contribute to the organization's success, LumApps helps align your workforce by:

• Making it easy to create personalized journeys to onboard and motivate employees: Leadership, HR and internal communication teams can set up team members for success by grouping them into small cohorts or individual profiles based on attributes such as position type and required permissions. These detailed views facilitate the customization of onboarding experiences and career paths.
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  Targeting communication to keep employees informed, engaged, and motivated: One of our most requested AI-powered features is personalized content recommendations. Proactive, AI-based “nudges” direct employees, delivering mission-critical and work-life reminders across each employee’s preferred channel. Designed to cut through application sprawl, LumApps provides each user with a personalized 360-degree view of critical data from HR, CRM, ERP, and productivity systems.
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  Empowering and engaging employees with video and micro-learning content: Our micro-learning and video support features make it easy for leaders to deliver information innovatively by creating informative and engaging video content. It helps with onboarding experiences and upskilling employees, complementing traditional learning paths, as well as serving as a resource to broadcast news and announcements.
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  Enabling your workforce with AI-based tools: Our generative AI and natural language processing features allow employees to generate better content, helping them compose emails, blog posts, or longer written pieces, as well as enhancing intranet search capabilities. Our AI-based technology also helps with 'content gardening' and refinement by nudging creators to make content as current as possible - helping eliminate the content graveyards that are so common on legacy-based intranet systems.  
   

How to improve alignment in your hybrid team

Organizational alignment is not a new problem, but the landscape has changed in the context of a hybrid work model. Download or whitepaper to learn how to improve alignment in your hybrid team.

Create alignment with a shared space and a LumApps intranet.

Workers want choice, but they are also asking for support to do their jobs well. When tools aren't available, processes are unclear, or they are stuck with mundane and repetitive tasks – that’s how misalignment starts and echoes across the company. 

In addition to becoming the single point of truth for every employee, LumApps intranet becomes the common ground for all employees to share no matter where or how they work. While encouraging productivity and efficiency, our technology also helps create a consistent company culture and community across working locations. 

A Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader, LumApps provides an employee engagement platform that transforms how your teams interact and connect. We don't just support an enterprise workforce; we help build a healthy workplace culture.