For companies: the secret to employee productivity on the internet

To help companies get improvements in employee productivity on the Internet, at the end of this article is available the Internet Access Control Guide to Companies.

With so many distractions present in the digital world, one of the great challenges of leaders and IT professionals in companies is to stimulate the increased productivity of their employees. Social networks, conversations, lack of motivation, inappropriate equipment and many other reasons, lead to the reduction of the correct use of working time.

Many entrepreneurs and managers do not have time to see if their employees are productive enough, after all, positions like this require many tasks, which are considered more important than "keeping an eye on" employees.

But, there are some common signs of employees with no focus when using the internet, as you can see in the coming lines.

Signs of low productivity of employees on the internet

First of all, you need to understand that there are several profiles of professionals. Each has their expectations and react differently to adversities at work. Some signs may be of your personality and not just the situation you are in.

Next you will see the main signals of low productivity of employees on the Internet, so you can predict which measurements and tools you should use to correct:

1. Delay in the delivery of tasks
2. Lack of priority planning
3. Gossip between employees
4. Recurring complaints
5. Access to social networks , games and pornography at work
6. Pauses followed for coffee, water or snack
7. Conversations and debates outside the scope of work
8. Sleep and intense tiredness

Some are linked to the work environment and others are related to personal profile characteristics, but with some actions may be corrected, improving productivity and reducing the damage that the lack of focus can cause, as you can see in the coming lines.

Proper infrastructure is the first step

There are some points that should be observed when it comes to infrastructure necessary for the employee to perform their work full. A slow device can give the employee the autonomy to get their mobile phone until the computer returns to its normal state, for example. This time delays the activities and can be prolonged as it becomes a custom.

Some items in the company's infrastructure should be observed so that it does not interfere with employee productivity:

• Old or obsolete machines
• Very small space for large teams
• Shared devices among various employees
• Internet and company network
• Climatization
• Excessive noises 
• Times of different functions in the same environment

Note that the vast majority refers to the simple adequacy that can be solved. Those referring to equipment or devices deserve special attention, as they directly interfere with the productivity of the team.

Remove productivity barriers

Barriers that block the productivity and concentration of employees can appear in a variety of ways: inadequate equipment as we talk earlier, the need for approval to follow new tasks, collaborative work where one employee depends on the other to complete the service, or even a new employee, or momentary substitute that does not have sufficient supervision and knowledge to perform such a function. 

In situations like these, productivity can be dramatically affected, playing time and consequently revenues of the company in the trash.

With small dialogues or observations, it is possible to identify the main productivity barriers that your team faces, and then propose the necessary changes to correct such problems.

Do the time management, processes and tasks

For production control, marketing, balance or financial, operations must be optimized. The company cannot waste time on failure, slow or costly, nor investing time and money in processes that are damaged.

With intelligent solutions of time management, processes and tasks of the work team, it is possible to develop an efficient and predictable growth and delivery plan, as well as optimizing investments in infrastructure and team.

Even reporting is more complete, allowing the entrepreneur, leader or IT professional to identify which processes are having results, and which should be optimized.

Introduce in your company, team task management systems, and optimize the processes and time spent on them.

Have an efficient communication channel

Doubts at work, especially in offices connected to the Internet, arise all the time. But if there is no quick and efficient communication channel, it can lead to errors, or a low productivity. 

For your team to communicate, you need to use an efficient communication channel that does not disturb those who use it, but has a consistent degree of understanding. Phones in environments that need concentration can disrupt team productivity for example.

In the IT guide for small and medium enterprises you will find some communication tools for companies. Choose the one that best fits your business, and use as productively as possible.

Manage the Internet accesses of employees

Tool with great demand for entrepreneurs and IT professionals, the management of internet access to both face -to -face and home office teams comes from meeting the desire for optimization of productivity.

Many companies are damaged by misuse of the internet, especially involving safety failures such as data loss and also compromising team productivity, with the waste of time and task focus.

In this scenario it is important that managers and IT professionals follow the productivity of the team and implement a policy for a policy of use of the internet, with solutions that allow to define what can or can not be accessed and that protect users of access to harmful websites.

Management and control of internet access generates numerous benefits for small and medium enterprises:

• Management, safety and protection against internet threats
• Lower risk of loss of information and problems with viruses
• Reduction of the waste of time on the internet by the team
• Increased productivity, quality and focus on tasks
• Reduction of equipment maintenance expenses
• More accurate information and data on the use of the internet
• Improvement in network performance, systems and technology resources

There are different solutions available in the market to manage and control internet access, but largely demand high investment, involvement of specialized technical professionals and require constant maintenance, updates and frequent support. This makes these solutions expensive and often unviable, especially for small and medium businesses.

With the purpose of filling this gap in the market and providing an affordable and simplified solution to small and medium -sized companies that Lumiun Box operates, as the service is cloud -based and with a strong differential in the ease of implementation and system management.

Internet Access Control Guide for Businesses

Taking into consideration the growing demand for solutions related to the control and management of internet access by entrepreneurs and IT professionals, we created a free material to read or download.

The Internet Access Control Guide for companies developed by Lumun is a material full of useful information on the theme:

In the material you will find the following themes:

• Why control internet access in the company?
• Some solutions
• Features and advantages of Lumiun Box
• 5 steps to fully manage internet access
• Use cases
  • Internet access control for remote employees
  • Controlling internet access from multiple networks in a single panel
• Success stories
• Free Materials

You can access the guide page when you want, or download the ebook and send it to your colleagues and friends, improving employee productivity on the internet.

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