5 ways to immediately improve your intranet

Is your intranet getting stale?

When you’re as close to an intranet as many internal communication managers are, it can be hard to see when your site is losing its luster. However, employees have no such problem. Their lack of engagement will quickly let you know when your site has lost its appeal.

It’s essential to listen to employee feedback and realistically assess how your intranet looks now compared to what else you see online. If your gut tells you that it’s dated, others probably agree.

Luckily, you can efficiently and effectively update your intranet design to make an impact on both employee interest and engagement. The following design gems, discovered over the course of many intranet design projects, can help you achieve meaningful results in a matter of hours:

1. Place quick links at the top of the page.

Thirty-nine percent of employees we surveyed say they particularly appreciate easier navigation to the applications they use most frequently. Unfortunately, many organizations have their intranet page set as a browser’s home page, something that is established by IT and often cannot be changed. That’s why the homepage must have the key information where it is easy to find and access.