Managers who allow their employees to use their own mobile devices for work will most likely see increased productivity and more innovation from their employees.

Perhaps even more important, they will provide flexibility for their most valuable employees who may simply find another place to work if they feel obstructed from using their preferred devices.

Higher productivity

Research conducted by the internet-based market research firm YouGov shows that productivity increases if employees are allowed to use their own mobile devices for work. Now that more and more software is available in the cloud, the choice of end-user device is less crucial, the research deduced.

YouGov sampled 700 companies in Germany, France and the UK and found that 11% of employees who use their own smartphones or tablets were 30% more productive than their counterparts while a third of respondents said their workers’ productivity increased by at least 10%.

Preferred devices

Further results from the survey revealed that 61% of employees said it made their life easier if they could use the same device for both business and personal use. Also, around 50% claimed that their device was more flexible and functional than their employer’s alternative.

As a manager, you may doubt whether your employees’ devices are really better than the ones you present them with. But in any case, the important thing for you to keep in mind is that your employees will become more productive and innovative when they are using the devices they feel most comfortable and positive with.

Active push

Finally, the survey also found that 45% of staff already use their own devices for work which indicates that employees are pushing actively to be allowed to choose their own devices.

And with competition for the best IT workers more fierce than ever before, it would really be a shame to lose out on people because of this.

As a company in rapid growth, it’s not only our number of customers and turnover figures that are climbing. We’re also more and more people working at e-conomic, with offices all around Europe, from Spain to the UK to Ukraine.

That’s why it’s especially important for me that we take time out – as we did on September 29 and 30 – to meet and exchange ideas, share knowledge, be inspired by each other, network and get to know each other a little bit better.

And of course, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have fun while you’re doing this!

Having fun at the e-conomic Company Days

Benefits all around

Close to 80 people from e-conomic’s different offices were part of the Company Days. They all contributed to a great atmosphere, full of energy, dedication and a desire to share and learn from each other to help move the company forward.

That’s why I think this event is not only beneficial to e-conomic as a company and the people working here – it’s also an opportunity for us to consider new and different ways of creating even more value for our customers.

If you have any ideas for how we can improve your e-conomic experience, we would love to hear from you.

And in case you would like to know what the people working at e-conomic look like – they are all there in the video below, doing an umbrella version of the e-conomic logo!

At e-conomic, we believe that everyone within the organization should be acquainted with our company’s very highest priority: our customers.

That’s why last week, I sat down with e-conomic’s Online Manager Tue, and we spent the day making welcome calls to new e-conomic customers (Undercover Boss anyone?).

As I’ve said before – it’s not by coincidence that the word “fun” is part of e-conomic’s mission statement.  Fun is essential for everything, and over all I must say that this experience was insightful, enriching – and fun!

Welcoming new e-conomic customers on the e-conomic phone hotline

A continuing event

Tue and I has a great time calling customers, and overall we had a very positive experience being on the phone hotline.  We were educated and guided by some of e-conomic’s incredible support team – thank you to Charlotte, Gurjap and Asma for your help!

We learned many new things by speaking directly with the very people that we are in fact all working so hard for every single day, and this was an eye-opening experience for us.

Note to CEOs out there – when was the last time you talked directly to your customers?!

To hear their positive attitude and interest in our accounting system and service was exciting and empowering.  I think it is very important that all of the employees in e-conomic have the chance to reach out to our customers – not only our phone support staff.

Therefore, we will be asking all of our non-support employees to spend time on the phone hotline for a day. I believe that this will give them further insight into who exactly we are delivering our product and service to – and what we can do even more of to make them happier.

Richard Messik has been a passionate long-time proponent of Cloud Computing within the accounting profession and has always advocated the advantages of e-conomic in increasing profitability and enhancing client service. Read the rest of this entry »

New Online Innovator joins e-conomic Global

Allow me to introduce myself as a new full-time member of the e-conomic Online Team.

I have in fact been working for e-conomic for several months now and tend to label myself as the proud father of the Referral Partner Program which has shown some quite impressive results lately.

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Hello!

I would like to introduce myself so we can get acquainted. My name is Alex Obridko and I am a new employee at e-conomic working for the Online Team.

I am from Canada and currently studying Business Administration with a major in Accounting. English is my home language and I hope to be of assistance if you need me.

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