Align Your Team to Company Targets with Microsoft Viva Goals
Digital transformation and collaboration are buzzwords in the business world. But what do they mean for day-to-day operations? Collaboration requires shared goals, and digital transformation involves leveraging technology to reach business objectives. Microsoft, a leader in this space, introduces Viva, a line of employee experience applications that enhance the Microsoft 365 platform. One of its latest offerings is Viva Goals, designed to align teams, clarify corporate objectives, and drive progress.
What is Microsoft Viva?
Microsoft Viva consists of seven apps that connect to Microsoft 365 and Teams. These apps enhance digital capabilities and focus on the employee experience.
Viva Topics: Harnesses knowledge from the company's base using keywords.
Viva Connections: provides a personalized newsfeed for employees with important news and tools.
Viva Learning: Consolidates employee training within MS Teams.
Viva Insights: improves employee well-being and corporate culture through data-driven insights.
Viva Sales: reduces data input for salespeople with lead interaction recommendations.
Viva Engage: cultivates personal networks and communities for enhanced engagement.
Viva Goals: enables clarity and alignment of corporate goals.
These applications use AI to make work easier and provide visibility into actionable data points.
What are the Viva Goals?
Viva Goals is Microsoft's latest addition to the Viva line, connecting teams to shared goals, regardless of their department. It helps solidify company objectives and ties them to meaningful targets for each department. For example, a generic corporate target of exceptional customer support can be translated into specific directives for teams, such as reducing ticket resolution time.
Key Benefits of Viva Goals:
Aligns Your Team: Defines success for teams and individuals, connecting work outcomes to company-wide objectives.
Maintains Focus on Goals: Integrates with M365 apps for data insights, keeping employees focused on daily work targets.
Integration with Teams and M365: recognizes and rewards employees within the tools they use daily, keeping goals visible.
Questions about Microsoft 365 or Viva Goals?
Embracing digital transformation with tools like Microsoft Viva is crucial. Contact us for a consultation to navigate the evolving landscape of cloud, AI, and machine learning.
Article used with permission from The Technology Press.
