Transparency and Job Ownership at ATS UK Ltd
This year at Advanced Technology Services UK Limited, Derek Hill and his team have focused on increasing transparency and job ownership. This is particularly important as ATS has 185 locations across the globe, primarily in the US, Mexico and UK, and need ways to maintain and strengthen their company culture across borders.
In this short video from the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference, Derek explains what ATS has done to increase transparency and job ownership across the business.
How to use XLOOKUP in Microsoft Excel
XLOOKUP was introduced in the latest version of Excel, and is a fantastic new upgrade on VLOOKUP.
In this blog, Darren explains why you should use XLOOKUP instead of VLOOKUP, and how to use this new feature.
New Features Added to Office 365 in April 2020
New features are regularly added to Microsoft Office 365’s assorted apps to improve user experience. The updates are so frequent that even regular 365 users won’t necessarily be up to date with all the new additions.
In April 2020, new features included the ability to drag relevant emails into a group mailbox. Find out more about this and the other newly added features in this blog.
Five Good News Stories From the Past 12 Months
It’s been a tough 12 months. In 2019, the UK has had a lot of change — Brexit, a change of Prime Minister and then a general election. In winter, the UK suffered from severe flooding, and now, in spring, we are currently on lockdown due to Coronavirus (COVID-19).
However, there is hope in this dark time. In this blog, Billy looks at five good news stories from the past 12 months that you may have missed.
How to Use Flash Fill in Excel
Flash Fill is one of the best tools in Excel – but not many people know about it! This feature is available from Excel 2013 onwards.
Learn how it works in this two-minute video.
How to Maintain Resilience in a Time of Crisis
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will affect all of us for months to come and combating it requires cooperation on a mass scale. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, don’t be hard on yourself. We’re experiencing something genuinely unprecedented. But we can take certain actions to avoid a mental health deterioration equivalent to the current biological and economic woes.
In this blog, Billy outlines four ways that you can maintain your resilience during this stressful period.
How To Collaborate While Working Remotely With Microsoft Teams
With the majority of the workforce now moving to working entirely from home, people are adjusting to new ways of working together without being able to just turn to a colleague and ask something.
Microsoft Teams offers many benefits for remote work environments, allowing teams to continue to collaborate and communicate. In this blog, Ed explores our favourite three features of Teams that will change the way you work in Office 365 forever.
A Remote Working Guide: How to Stay Focused and Maintain Work/Life Balance
The stigma around working from home has gradually dwindled in recent years. Office workers desire flexible working options and bosses are seeing the benefits of delivering them. However, the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) still may be the first time that you and your team have had to work from home.
Here is our guide to maintain your work/life balance and stay focused while working remotely.
The Office App is Becoming the Microsoft 365 App: What You Need to Know
Users of The Office App may have spotted some significant changes due to a rebranding to The Microsoft 365 App.
In this blog, Happy trainer Ebbie quickly highlights and explains how to start navigating these changes.
Wigan Council: Empowering the Workforce, Empowering the Citizens
Donna Hall, the ex-Chief Executive of Wigan Council, will be speaking at the Happy Workplaces Conference on 12th May.
Hers is an inspirational story. According to the Financial Times, Wigan Council faced the third worst austerity cuts in the country as the Coalition government slashed local government spending. Yet, over Donna’s time in charge, they managed to improve resident satisfaction by 59% and saw healthy life expectancy rise by 7 years in the most deprived wards.
