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Workplace Analytics allows managers to assess their employees\u2019 performance using the data gathered from Office 365. Unlike past Microsoft productivity tools that showed only the user\u2019s own information, Workplace Analytics allows both employees and managers to view each others\u2019 performance data.<\/p>\n
A paid add-on to Office 365 enterprise plans, Workplace Analytics extracts behavioral insights from data gathered from Office 365 email, calendar, documents, and Skype. This means any data an employee types into their email and calendar \u2014 whether the information is in the subject line or in the body itself \u2014 can be used to determine their productivity.<\/p>\n
The program has an overview dashboard that provides specific information:<\/p>\n
According to Microsoft, Workplace Analytics addresses businesses\u2019 most common challenges: complexity, productivity, and engagement.<\/p>\n
Using Workplace Analytics data, managers and human resources departments can form productivity strategies for the entire company. If most of your employees spend 60% of their time attending meetings and not enough time doing creative work, managers can come up with a strategy to reduce meeting times and focus more on productive tasks.<\/p>\n
Workplace Analytics also identifies how employees collaborate with internal and external parties. Suppose one of your sales staff frequently communicates with certain contacts. By using Workplace Analytics data, the manager would be able to determine whether this particular collaboration pattern is helping the employee hit sales targets or he or she is missing out on other more critical contacts. Based on this info, managers would also be able to determine which employees are most likely to meet or exceed their targets and set company-wide standards accordingly.<\/p>\n
Workplace Analytics also allows managers to determine an employee\u2019s level of engagement (i.e., whether the organization\u2019s collaboration patterns are good for the company), and whether workloads are fairly distributed among workers and\/or departments.<\/p>\n
Large corporations have been using Workplace Analytics, but small businesses can also benefit from it. The data used to provide insights are what employees generate themselves \u2014 how much time they spend on meetings, whom they frequently communicate with, and how much time they spend on productive tasks.<\/p>\n
Aside from letting managers examine their staff\u2019s work behavior, Workplace Analytics also provides an overall look at an organizational level. If you want your organization to further harness the capabilities of Workplace Analytics and other Office 365 tools, give us a call today.<\/p>\n