{"id":756,"date":"2013-07-12T14:21:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T14:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=756"},"modified":"2013-07-12T14:21:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T14:21:20","slug":"small-businesses-that-adopt-mobile-workstyles-cite-productivity-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/small-businesses-that-adopt-mobile-workstyles-cite-productivity-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Small businesses that adopt mobile workstyles gain in productivity, study says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"smb-tech-trends\"<\/a>If you want more productive employees \u2013 and who doesn\u2019t \u2013 let them work whenever, wherever and however they choose. Research<\/a> conducted among 1250 small businesses across the globe by cloud solutions provider Citrix indicated that almost one in five (18 percent)\u00a0 are achieving over 30 percent productivity gains by adopting mobile workstyles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the trend toward flexible working shows no sign of slowing down with 34 percent of respondents indicating they are under more pressure today than five years ago to introduce or increase flexible work practices, largely due to employees asking for them. Nearly 30 percent indicated employee pressure outweighed other considerations \u2013 budget, productivity or competitive advantages.<\/p>\n

BYOD in demand<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only do employees want flexibility to work wherever and whenever, they want to use their personal mobile devices <\/a>to do so. And it\u2019s not only remote workers or even customer-facing staff that want to use the same devices for both business and personal use \u2013 all departments are requesting it, according to 42 percent of survey respondents.<\/p>\n

Bring your own device (BYOD) is in demand among employees, respondents say, because individuals are seeking ways to make their lives easier. As the lines blur between their personal and professional lives, employees want the efficiency that comes from using one device. \u00a0As it now stands, 59 percent of survey decision makers reported their staff already use personal communication devices for business purposes. Among device use, respondents say they rely on smartphones the most at 65 percent, followed by PCs at 58 percent and tablets at 25 percent.<\/p>\n

Greater use of collaboration tools <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Group_Collab_Blog_image_RGB_LR.resized\"<\/a>The use of social collaboration tools also is gaining momentum among small business owners. They (35 percent) attribute widespread availability to quality technology — such as video conferencing<\/a> with high definition video and audio \u2013 as the driving force. Another 32 percent say the ability of these tools to connect remote workers with each other and with customers also is important.\u00a0 About the adoption of video conferencing specifically, 52 percent use it for work and 45 believe it makes meetings more productive.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t adopted a mobile strategy yet for your small business, now may be a perfect time. That\u2019s because nearly one third \u2013 32 percent – of survey respondents report a drop in productivity during the summer. As a solution, 41 percent believe that offering a mobile strategy would reduce the impact this has on the business.<\/p>\n

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