Preventing Rogue Policies in the Workplace

Preventing Rogue Policies in the WorkplaceRogue policies are workplace policies that are not created or approved by management. They may also be in direct violation of corporate policy. These policies can have a negative impact on your business if not managed properly.The most common sources of rogue policies are Employees who are trying to bypass the […]

Differences between Processes, Procedures and Policies

Differences between Process, Procedures and PoliciesProcesses, procedures and policies are the guidelines that a company follows to make sure they are operating in a way that is both effective and safe. Every business needs them, however, sometimes it can be confusing as to where one starts and another ends. Often businesses muddle up their use […]

10 Powerful Strategies to Boost Employee Compliance

10 Powerful Strategies to Boost Employee Compliance Ensuring that employees comply with company policies is a common challenge faced by many organizations. For example, despite implementing strict security protocols, employees might ignore multi-factor authentication, leaving the company vulnerable to breaches. In another case, an organization may have clear data-handling policies, but employees may inadvertently mishandle customer […]

Manage employee acknowledgement forms with DocRead and SharePoint

Manage employee acknowledgement forms with DocRead and SharePoint If you are an organization that needs to distribute and track policies, documents, procedures, manuals to your employees, then you will know that this can be an onerous and time consuming task. For example, if as part of an on-boarding process you require a new starter to read […]

Manage Policies and Procedures in SharePoint

Manage Policies and Procedures in SharePointNo matter what size your organization, at some point you will need to ensure that certain employees read and acknowledge policies and procedure documents – for example company policies, risk assessments or employee manuals. Depending on your organization, industry and compliance regulations the list of documents can seem endless. Creating […]

Standard Operating Procedures Guide

Standard Operating Procedures – A complete guideStandard Operating Procedures (SOP) are key to many businesses these days. Not only do they document the successful process to maintain a quality product, output or procedure. In many circumstances they are the key to ensuring regulatory compliance. This SOP guide provides an overview of the creation process.The creation of […]

Keeping track of compliance tasks for new hires in Power BI

Keeping track of compliance tasks for new hires with Power BI Ensuring all of your compliance tasks are completed on time and by the right people can be complicated. Additional complexity arises when new people join the organization, or move within it. However, as with a lot of things, a little control and planning can minimize […]

How do you know if your new employees have read key documents?

How do you know if new employees have read key documents?When a new employee joins your organization a smooth onboarding process will ensure they transition to their role effectively. The new employee will want to complete the onboarding process quickly so they can begin their new role. You want to ensure they have completed all […]

Creating links to external content in Office365

Creating links to external content in Office365From time to time you may need to give the effect of storing documents in SharePoint Online, without them actually being stored in SharePoint Online document libraries. Maybe you have documents in external systems that you want to make available with SharePoint Online. Alternatively, you may have found an […]

How to Distribute a Training Video with DocRead for SharePoint

How to Distribute a Training Video with DocRead OK, so here’s the thing – you’ve created a fabulous training video and you now need to ensure that all relevant staff watch it and follow your guidance.In Office 365/ SharePoint onlineFirst, create a new video library to contain your videos. You can upload your videos directly into […]