From equipping them with accurate data to efficiency-driving tools to impactful training, you want to find the best systems to help your reps soar. As the market floods with technology (and a lot of lofty claims), it may be tough to know what you actually need and where to start your research process to help — not hinder — your team. You’ve probably heard a lot of buzz about sales engagement platforms, and there are quite a few to choose from. But what is it? What does it do? In sales, time is money. If you find that your team’s time is tied up in manual or administrative tasks, consider looking into a sales engagement platform. The right sales engagement platform will power outreach quality and quantity, ultimately helping your team crush their goals and boost the bottom line. In this guide, we’ll help you think through what features you should look for and what questions to ask as you begin to compare your options.

Employee recognition is more than an HR program—it has a profound impact on an organization’s workplaceculture and bottom line. Employee recognition has a strong influence on an organization’s workplace culture. Research on 10,000 employees in 12 countries shows that organizations who have a great culture are: • 54% more likely to have employees that are Promoters on the standard NPS scale • 53% more likely to have highly engaged employees • 29% more likely to have employees innovating and performing great work • 27% more likely to have increased in revenuelast year • 25% more likely to have growth in team size in the last year1 By creating a great workplace culture employees want to engage with, you’ll see an improvement in business results. Employee recognition touches every aspect of your company culture and your employee experience—from recruiting, to engagement, productivity, innovation, and retention.

Supporting the Buyer Journey with Customer Service, which discusses the opportunity for customer service and support teams to improve the entire buyer experience through continuous pre and post-purchase engagement

Cisco is committed to leading the collaboration revolution— both today and tomorrow. The role of technology in themarket place is to support and inspire big ideas and innovation. Digital transformation is going to continue to drive new ways of working, and Cisco will remain a driving force, with a vision that extends beyond in-house innovations—because the best ideas can come from anywhere.

Too remedial. Too retrospective. Too static. Too irrelevant to the team leader. Too time-consuming. Such are the complaints heard repeatedly about Performance Management and Engagement systems. And these don’t even touch on the biggest problem of all: current systems produce a tidal wave of unreliable data. The ratings they yield are based on the notion that, with enough time and training, managers (and peers) can become reliable raters of other people’s skills and competencies. Sadly, that’s not true. A large body of research reveals: 61% of your manager’s rating of you is a reflection of the manager, not of you. Your organization, apparently unaware of this, then persists on paying you, training you, and promoting you—and everyone else in the organization—based on these flawed ratings.

Does your company foster a strong team dynamic? More than ever, effective businesses rely on employees to work internally across departments, and externally with increasingly global networks of clients. Thousands of learners were surveyed about the impact of language training with Rosetta Stone® business solutions.Results showed investing in employee language proficiency delivers five key benefits: Strengthens business operations Stimulates employee engagement Increases productivity Drives company loyalty Attracts globally-aware Millennials

The employee engagement survey can be a powerful force for consistent, positive change. This guide provides a more insightful and actionable approach to employee engagement, including a framework for designing and implementing pulse programs. The ideas inside come from decades of engagement survey and organizational development (OD) experience.

If you’re a sales manager, you’re probably feeling stuck in the middle. On one hand, you have a huge employee engagement movement going on with HR departments focusing on developing leaders and recognizing achievements with substantial budgets. On the other side, marketing departments are using technology and creativity (and also large budgets) to connect with and educate customers about their products, solutions and brands. The trend is to challenge every dollar spent on sales compensation to maximize ROI. HR departments are treating salespeople like all other employees. And customers are going online to avoid anyone with sales in their title. Based on our research and applications we see in our customers’ leading sales initiatives, if you’re a sales manager, you are trying to maximize results out of your sales team by increasing your teams engagement to meet company goals. Download this white paper to see which eight trends you should consider as you strategize for the year.

The fifth annual State of DevOps Report, presented by Puppet and DevOps Research & Assessment (DORA), confirms and highlights the fact that achieving higher IT and organizational performance is a team effort spanning development and operations — and it’s an investment that can deliver powerful returns. This year’s report shows how DevOps speeds up delivery, improves quality and security, enhances employee engagement and more. Download the report to learn why: • High-performing IT organization experience 200x more frequent deployments and 24x recovery from failures. • High performers spend 22 percent less time on unplanned work and 29 percent more time on new work, such as features or code. • Taking an experimental approach to product development improves IT performance. The report also helps you understand the ROI of DevOps, and includes formulas to quantify your potential cost savings, using metrics from you own organization.

Do you know your people as well as you know your customers? Your people’s expectations and the way they work is changing. Employees are more diverse, mobile and technologically-savvy than ever before. HR processes are changing from focusing on transactions to knowing and engaging people. Just as sales and marketing teams use data to develop actionable and informed insights about their customers, you need to do the same in HR to know your people. Everything, from attracting and keeping the best talent, to creating better workplace experiences and increasing employee engagement and productivity, depends on smarter decisions. These in turn rely on more actionable insights. These are only possible through accurate HR data and analytics. They are vital to address the people challenges you face, so you can make smarter decisions.

Connecting clinical and pharmacy networks so community pharmacies can contribute to improved patient care and participate in new care delivery models.

In this on-demand demo, learn how leading enterprise marketing teams are leveraging Marketo’s customer engagement platform to increase lead conversion, improve marketing ROI and integrate social campaigns.

How can the 21st century CMO create a cohesive, creative and streamlined marketing department that delivers a better product and message to the customer, leading to an ideal customer experience? This report aims to be a blueprint—a roadmap even—for CMOs who want to build better-integrated marketing teams, increase customer engagement and turn bigger profits, but who find that silos are a persistent, nagging barrier.

Year after year, studies show that businesses with higher engagement also have higher performance, and vice versa. The goals of high engagement and high performance are not mutually exclusive; they are mutually dependent. A team of employees works at its optimum when management focuses on employee engagement while remaining performance oriented.

This Case Study details how the Jive HR team drove an initiative to transform the existing performance management process into a people-first program, resulting in one that delivers value and drives engagement.

Today’s most successful organizations are thoughtfully assembled by highly empowered talent teams. These talents teams – driven by data, designed for engagement, and led by a breed of globally diverse leaders – are not the same talent teams of years past. They hold a place at the executive table and are critical to accomplishing key company business objectives. They represent the new generation of talent acquisition.

Many companies in HR technology claim to affect engagement — and many of them do! But most only touch one or two pieces of the engagement puzzle, and it’s tough to get a complete picture of how you’re affecting the entire employee experience. Think about the highlights of your work experiences for a moment. Maybe you won employee of the month. Maybe you hit a big goal and your team had a party to celebrate. Or maybe your team threw a baby shower or took a moment to appreciate the 10 years you spent growing with your company. You might consider those moments as you think about your work experiences, but you probably consider a number of other moments as well. The employee experience isn’t just one thing — it’s the sum of many different experiences across our relationships, our work, our personalities, and our lives. Making the connection to the individual is critical for success. When we look at how we make an impact on engagement, we can’t just look at one or two things; we have to con

In this on-demand demo, learn how leading enterprise marketing teams are leveraging Marketo’s customer engagement platform to increase lead conversion, improve marketing ROI and integrate social campaigns.

It’s no secret that content - from case studies to pitch decks - fuels the modern sales cycle. However, a vast majority of teams don't track prospect engagement with sales content, and if they do, it's unclear which metrics actually indicate success. This report, From Strategy to Execution: 6 Sales Content Benchmarks Every Business Needs, reveals 6 key benchmarks for how, when, and where prospects engage with sales content. In the report, you’ll find data-backed, actionable insights to help you: • Identify which sales content drives the sales cycle forward • Enable sellers to share the right content in their outreach • Build a more efficient, higher velocity sales pipeline

In this on-demand demo, learn how leading enterprise marketing teams are leveraging Marketo’s customer engagement platform to increase lead conversion, improve marketing ROI and integrate social campaigns.

Built on the results of an annual survey of Internet shoppers worldwide, the 2013 Live Chat Effectiveness report outlines Internet shopper communication and purchasing behavior and preferences. The report includes findings specific to live chat technology, as well as other engagement channels, such as phone, email and social media. In this year’s report, we explore how Internet shoppers use these various channels to inform purchase decisions and seek help from customer service. Readers will learn the channels that shoppers prefer in given scenarios and how to prepare their teams for optimal engagement.

In the rush to digital, B2B marketers have ignored a crucial element that salespeople and buyers need: direct human interaction. Sales teams know that calls close customers, and 97% of B2B technology buyers want direct interactions with the provider during the research and purchase process. So why have we left voice conversations behind? In order to get more sales qualified leads and master marketing automation in a multichannel world, we need to bring back human engagement. Join Invoca and guest Forrester Analyst Lori Wizdo as they examine:

This White Paper reveals the new rules of engagement for the digital age.

When implemented correctly, Enterprise Social Networks increase collaboration and productivity with customers, partners and more. For those deploying ESN in their enterprise, this guide gives an adoption process that will increase chances of success.

Employee engagement is a team effort, but it requires a commitment from all three areas to be effective. Download your copy of our report and take the first step to real engagement in your company!