10 Tips to mend your broken

relationship with ShareP int

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Do you find yourself in a long-term relationship with SharePoint and it’s just not working?In my session I’ll give you a 10 pointer checklist which can be used to mend your relationship. This will enable you to assess and adjust your current situation and rekindle that love affair.

Mundane to Meaningful in No Time!!

Session Info

Session Index

• Wandering Eye• Fighting• Lack of Communication• Lying• Familiarity• Relationships & Partners• 10 Steps• #Ikigai• GT Consult Academy• Credits

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Relationships

SO WHAT’S

WRONG

CUPCAKE?

Wandering eye

Do you find yourself

constantly attracted

to other platforms, or

even fantasizing

about using other

software?

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Fighting

Do you

disagree about

everything,

with no

common

ground?

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Lack of communication

Have you stopped

communicating and

can’t seem to bridge

the gaps?

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Lying

Do you tell lies

about

SharePoint to

cover up your

own insecurities

/ flaws?

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Familiarity

Do you miss how you

felt the first time you

opened your

SharePoint Home

Page? Are you tired of

the same Look and

Feel – month after

month? 10 STEPS

Relationships

SO WHAT DOES

THIS HAVE TO

DO WITH

SHAREPOINT?

Relationship & Partners

re·la·tion·ship [riˈlāSHənˌSHip]NOUN

the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected:

part·ner [ˈpärtnər]NOUN

a person who takes part in an undertaking with another or others, especially in a business or company with shared risks and profits.

com·mit·ment [kəˈmitmənt]NOUN

the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.:

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It’s not personal, it’s business

IT IS PERSONAL

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE

Nonsense…

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Relationships

Maybe it’s time to make

that commitment and

say…

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So what now?

Relationships

10 STEPS

Relationships

BEFORE WE DO

THIS – LETS RECAP

WHAT WE THINK

IS WRONG.

10 Steps

1. Understand the reasons behind the breakup2. Renew the commitment3. Forgiveness is important4. Change yourself5. Keep your promises6. Communication is crucial7. (re)Define the relationship8. Keep the fire burning9. Compatibility & Compromise10. Growing Together

Understand the reasons behind the breakup

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AnalysisFeedbackDocument findingsLessons learntProcedures to prevent

Renew the commitment

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Make the decisionPut the effort in

Forgiveness is important

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Forgive the people and the solutionDon’t look back / move forward

Change yourself

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Skilled users make better decisions and less mistakes – time to ‘upgrade’Set your goals, what do you want to achieve?

Keep your promises

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Manage the expectations and deliver what you say you will.Admit when you’re wrongDon’t “over-promise”

Communication is crucial

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Communicate your successes and failures, be honest, celebrate and give recognition where dueShare the vision with users

Define the relationship

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Governance plan –document the connection, association, or involvement between all parties, manage the expectation. What are the roles and responsibilities?

Keep the fire burning

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Quick WinsSmall iterative changesRoll out something small and exciting every monthNewslettersCampaignsCommunityForums

Compatibility & Compromise

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Is SharePoint not performing as it should due to external factors, are all the platforms / software used compatible?

What can or should SharePoint NOT do? Can you reach a compromise?

Growing together

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No relationship starts out perfect.

Perfection is achieved overtime and with overtime

Grow the maturity of your users while the maturity of the site grows

Relationships

LETS RECAP

THE

10 STEPS

10 Steps

1. Understand the reasons behind the breakup2. Renew the commitment3. Forgiveness is important4. Change yourself5. Keep your promises6. Communication is crucial7. (re)Define the relationship8. Keep the fire burning9. Compatibility & Compromise10. Growing Together

What changed my

way of thinking?

Relationships

#ikigai

#Ikigai

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#Ikigai

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Ikigai (生き甲斐, pronounced

[ikiɡai]) is a Japanese concept meaning

"a reason for being".

Everyone, according to the Japanese, has an ikigai.

Finding it requires a deepand often lengthy search of

self. Such a search isregarded as being very

important, since it is believed that discovery of one's ikigai brings

satisfaction and

meaning to life.

i DA PT

What do we do different?We offer mentorship and coaching to

support your team and ensure that you

reach your goals. This includes guidance on

developing your Governance, Change

Management, Training and Communication

Plans. As the End User should always be the

focus (not the solution), we pay special

attention to how solutions are launched,

how you communicate with the users as

well as very importantly – getting their

feedback and buy in.

Why do we do it?An employee equipped with the correct skills,

to not only be effective, but efficient as well, will

have high levels of psychological well-being

and job satisfaction. Just as we believe that

products or solutions cannot fix processes

(people do), we KNOW that stand alone

traditional SharePoint training will NOT ensure

user adoption.

Empowered users embrace the technology that

empowers them and will adopt a system that

makes them look and feel good.

What are the results?• “I have obtained a skill on how to search better and

the link between my PC and SharePoint.”

• “I've learnt so much, not just about SharePoint, but

how to use my pc effectively - search tips, shortcuts,

editing images, etc.”

• “This training helped me to understand how useful

SharePoint can be at work. It can make everyone's life

easy.”

• “The training developed my understanding of

SharePoint and the value it brings into the workplace,

it developed my skills in data capturing, data sorting

and overall PC skills. I now understand the value of

metadata and the other processes that are involved.”

• “I Love SharePoint now! Used to hate it!”

Questions

Take Aways

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• Documentation• Communication• Upskill the people• Keep your finger on the pulse• Measure

• Plan – do – check - act

Thank You

Special thanks to all the mentors in my life, for always having time for my questions and crazy ideas.

And of course – thanks to WikiHow.com for their awesome images I could use to illustrate my relationship frustrations .

CREDITS

Veronique PALMER

Carl STEIJN

David RANDALLQuinton VENTER

Bart DE VRIEZE

Francois HUNTER

Lucas VILJOEN

Andre CHAPMAN

Alistair PUGINBradley GELDENHUYS

Dinah COETZER

Jaco CAMPHERWouter vd MERWE

Thys FOURIEKate ELPHICK

Warren MARKSCraig TARR

Palesa SIKWANE @tracyvds