If growth and success for your business are on your wishlist for 2025, then it’s time to make some IT New Year’s resolutions to boost productivity and collaboration. Finding innovative solutions to problems and getting more done in less time can improve profitability for any business, and thankfully, there are many ways you can leverage IT to accomplish this.
Commit to these resolutions in 2025, and you’ll open the door to success in the new year.
Improve IT adoption with employee training
The most advanced tools won’t make a difference if your employees don’t know how to use them effectively. Offering regular IT training sessions ensures your team can confidently leverage the tools at their disposal.
This can be training for basic cloud productivity software (e.g., Google Workplace, Microsoft 365, etc.) or more specialized software for your industry, such as medical practice management software or customer relationship management (CRM) software.
Additionally, empowering employees to ask questions and troubleshoot common issues on their own can build confidence and reduce downtime. A well-trained workforce is better equipped to maximize the potential of IT investments, translating into improved collaboration across teams.
Migrate to the cloud
The best time to migrate to the cloud was last year, but the second best time is now. Moving to the cloud allows employees to access files, applications, and resources from anywhere, at any time, and they can collaborate on documents and other projects in real time. These capabilities are vital to remaining competitive in 2025.
But that’s just the beginning of the benefits that the cloud provides. It also:
- Reduces dependency on physical infrastructure
- Improves data security with automatic backups
- Enables easy scalability
- Integrates with most third-party software for improved productivity
Unify communication channels
Fragmented communication can lead to missed messages, inefficient workflows, and employee frustration. Consolidating your communication tools into a unified platform streamlines interactions and enables employees to utilize the channels they work best in.
Unified communications solutions include:
- Microsoft Teams
- Slack
- Zoom
- Google Chats
These platforms combine messaging, video calls, and file sharing into a single platform. In addition to preventing miscommunications, they make it easy for teams to collaborate in real time, even across departments or locations.
Enable remote work capabilities
With remote work becoming the norm for many businesses, equipping your team with the right tools and policies is essential for maintaining productivity and collaboration. You can respond to business developments regardless of your location, and your employees can maintain productivity when on business trips or otherwise away from the office.
Start by providing secure access to company systems through virtual private networks (VPNs) or cloud platforms. You’ll also need a robust communication tools, such as the ones mentioned above.
Just don’t forget to set and enforce clear remote work policies to maintain data security and productivity levels.
Collect feedback and user data from employees
Your employees are the best source of insights into what’s working and what’s not. Regularly collecting feedback allows you to gauge whether your IT strategy is meeting your needs.
If your organization is large, you can utilize software to regularly collect feedback and convert it into actionable data that helps boost efficiency and productivity. For example, you may discover that a particular software is underutilized because it’s too complicated or lacks training resources. Addressing these issues can significantly enhance productivity by developing the resources that benefit your teams most. At the same time, it can increase savings by eliminating unnecessary costs.
Also, consider exploring automated tools that analyze user data, such as login patterns or software usage reports, which can highlight which tools are driving collaboration and which may need replacing. Make it a priority to act on this data, whether by offering additional training, upgrading tools, or adopting entirely new solutions that better align with your team’s workflow.
Leverage outsourced knowledge and expertise
Finding innovative solutions that you haven’t considered to boost productivity and collaboration requires outside perspective and advanced expertise that you may not have access to. But if you partner with a reliable managed IT services provider such as SpectrumWise, you can leverage enterprise-level knowledge and experience to cost-effectively improve your business’s performance.
Contact us for a consultation and we will provide a personalized plan on how to we’ll supercharge your productivity in 2025.
