Digital signage for collaborative management

The company is reinventing itself to take account of the aspirations of new generations. In the world of work, vertical management and micro-management are giving way to collaborative management. This new form of management, which relies on the participation of as many people as possible, benefits from new information and communication technologies to increase flexibility and efficiency. Discover the synergies between collaborative management and digital signage, adopt innovative practices and offer your team a new managerial dynamic!

Understanding collaborative management: definition and challenges

This approach to team and project management emphasizes a highly collaborative process, active participation and the engagement of all employees. Collaborative management is based on a strong principle: the success of a company or team depends on the collective contribution of its members, and cannot be built on strict hierarchical authority and vertical governance.

A managerial model to boost performance

In a collaborative management environment, managers and executives encourage more open communication, decision-making that involves teams, greater employee autonomy and cross-functional collaboration around unifying projects. Teams can be made up of members from different departments or services, with complementary skills, who work together to achieve common goals. Each project benefits from feedback from all stakeholders, and a group synergy is created.

These managerial practices encourage creativity, innovation and problem-solving. Teams in the field, confronted on a daily basis with specific problems, are in the best position to point out the difficulties encountered, and propose appropriate responses or more disruptive ideas.

Teams united around promising projects

Encouraging the active participation of all members of the organization leads to increased motivation, greater job satisfaction and a better social climate. social climate. climate. Each employee becomes aware of the importance of his or her contribution, and gets involved to become a source of ideas. 

Collaborative management can also support organizational changes within the company. This managerial approach meets the challenges faced by companies adopting telecommuting and hybrid management.

This participative approach is often contrasted with a more traditional authoritarian management style, in which decisions are taken by managers, and employees are confined to a more passive role. The manager definitively abandons micro-management to play a more inspiring role, serving the objective and the group's skills development.

The challenges and risks associated with this management style

Establishing a climate of trust is essential to the emergence of collective intelligence and the building of a sense of confidence. A collaborative approach can inject complexity into an organization, and create obstacles to change. More open exchanges sometimes result in a dispersal of effort, to the detriment of the company's strategic projects. Decision-making can also be slowed down or made more complex if the collaborative dimension is particularly advanced. Agile, attentive and available governance must be defined so that guidelines emerge and a corporate culture develops.

People management is at the heart of successful collaborative management. Each employee must find his or her place within the organization: they must be able to express themselves without monopolizing the floor or the decision-making process. 

Manager training and the deployment of appropriate tools are essential for a successful managerial transition. 

Tools for collaborative management

Digital technologies have contributed to the development of collaborative management. Several tools make collaboration and cross-functional exchanges more fluid, both face-to-face and remotely.

Online collaboration platforms

Numerous collaborative tools have been designed to meet the needs of all businesses, whatever their size (VSEs, SMEs, major accounts) or sector of activity.

Solutions such as Slack, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams or Zoom enable employees to communicate in real time via instant messaging, organize virtual meetings or send files. Some cloud-based solutions, such as Google Drive or Dropbox, make it easy to store, share and edit all kinds of documents (texts, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.).

Some applications are dedicated to online project management : Trello, Asana, Monday.com or Jira let you manage and track tasks, set deadlines, assign responsibilities and view project progress.

Corporate social networks can enrich interactions between employees, and add a touch of gamification to encourage participation from as many people as possible. Dedicated functionalities can gather feedback from employees and customers, explore ideas and make decisions based on this feedback.

An intranet or wiki-type database can be used to provide all company stakeholders with all the information they need. Such a solution clarifies processes and structures exchanges.

Reporting tools enable the various players in the company to track the progress of different projects, and to identify and understand the key performance indicators for measuring the success of the projects in which they are involved.

Digital signage for more agile communication

To unify your communications and reinforce the feeling of belonging, Cenareo combines multi-channel internal communications software and an effective collaboration tool connected to the company's digital environment in an integrated solution. This solution enables you to engage employees by transforming any device, whether smartphones, tablets, computers or digital signage screens, into high-impact means of dissemination. 

Thanks to its integration with the tools deployed for your teams, the Cenareo solution considerably enhances the effectiveness of your internal communication initiatives to meet the challenges of collaborative management. You can share your success stories and metrics, or distribute content dedicated to specific sites or employees. 

By broadcasting unified messages to all employees, executives and managers connect their teams, whether they're working on-site, telecommuting or in the field. In this way, Cenareo becomes a central point that ensures the digital inclusion of all employees.

Corporate digital signage increases team engagement tenfold, with a direct impact on productivity and efficiency. It helps to develop a spirit of collaboration, maximizing the reach of messages to achieve ever greater performance and inclusiveness.

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