Mobility has become a must in today’s business world. More and more people are working remotely from home or virtual offices now, and smartphones and laptops have made it easy for customers and business professionals to communicate from anywhere in the world. If you still do most of your business from a central office, here are just eight reasons to consider becoming more mobile.
Greater Accessibility
The biggest advantage of business mobility is improved accessibility for your employees. There was a time when a sales professional would have to keep his team informed of where he or she would be and how to properly reach them at any given time. Thanks to mobile offices and smartphones, even the busiest professionals can be reached anywhere. All a client or colleague has to do is call the professional’s office phone number to reach them through a smartphone app. Even speaking to someone face-to-face from a remote location is a possibility now thanks to improved video conferencing technology.
Greater Accountability
One of the biggest issues that arose from employees using their personal mobile devices was a lack of accountability. Simply put, it was impossible to know how employees were using their devices. Thanks to modern mobile business apps, companies can track how their mobile devices are being used and keep employees accountable. It also ensures that any project assigned to an employee will be completed by that employee even when they aren’t in their office.
Improved Customer Service
There are few things more frustrating than calling a business only to find that there is nobody available to take your call. With business mobility, your customers won’t have that problem. They will be able to reach your employees anywhere and at any time.
Keeping Up with the Modern Workforce
Millennials are far more tech-savvy than previous generations, and they are far more likely to thrive in a mobile or virtual environment. By providing greater business mobility, you will be able to empower your younger workforce and encourage them to work smarter and harder.
Being Able to Provide Common Ground for Project Teams
Business mobility will provide some common ground for team members who need to work on a project. While you might brief your project team in a face-to-face meeting, much of their work will be done separately. Rather than assume that everyone will be on the same page until you finally meet again, you can provide communication technology that will keep every team member on the same page. If anybody has a question or concern, they can simply send a message to someone else in real time.
Protecting Mobile Numbers
Part of business mobility involves everyone on a team using their own mobile devices. Since nobody really wants their cell phone numbers being out where anybody can reach them, a truly mobile workforce will all have one business number that is separate from their personal number. All business-related calls will come through this number, which will protect personal numbers.
Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
Having a mobile office/virtual work environment will mean using less paperwork and less energy, thereby reducing your company’s carbon footprint.
Faster and Easier Training through Business Mobility
Training new employees is always a challenge, but it is considerably easier when all the employees are mobile. You won’t have to worry about your team all having to be in the office at the same time, and you can even allow employees to receive training on their own schedule from the comfort of their own homes.
