Business Transformation using Cisco and 5i
News January 15th, 2010How to achieve customer business transformation using Cisco technology and 5i methodology
Define your customers’ collaboration strategy – Transform their business (and yours)
Collaboration has become critical in a world where employees can be anywhere, travel budgets are tight, and information overload is ‘normal’.
Cisco’s latest solutions represent a major breakthrough in the capabilities of technology to transform business, but to ensure success, your customers need an effective collaboration strategy.
5i’s unrivalled experience in designing and deploying Cisco-based collaboration solutions has taught us a thing or two about making technology work to deliver business benefit – and we’d like to share them with you and your customers.
Here’s the simple 6 Step approach to driving the optimal value from your customers’ collaboration strategy:
1.Identify the value. Team members must understand the value they are expected to deliver, whether it’s increasing revenue or moving into a new market.
2.Link it to business strategies. Collaborations that are aligned to corporate strategy deliver the greatest value.
3.Select team players who are engaging, creative, and expert. Team members must be excited and optimistic about the project and bring a unique expertise.
4.Build trust. More important than employees trusting their managers is co-workers trusting each other.
5.Define business processes. Great collaborators require flexibility creating processes that are unique to their role in the collaboration. Each team member should have a specific responsibility and the opportunity and incentive to improve the process.
6.Employ technology that is flexible and secure. Collaborators need to communicate securely and flexibly. Virtual interactions can be just as effective as face-to-face meetings when they support preferred working styles and provide a valuable contact.
For a FREE introductory assessment of your customer’s collaborative potential, delivered via our proven partnering model that maximises your margin and project quality call 01189 885558 or email sales@5i.co.uk
For more information about 5i go to http://www.5i.co.uk
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