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We spend most of our time at the office, so it`s quite fair to say that our jobs can make a huge impact on our quality of life. Since everybody admits that our working hours really affects our general happiness, each organization should carefully craft their culture and go beyond the usual benefits and perks. At AXON Soft, corporate culture is a key element and our core values are embraced by every team member. This way, we make sure that the time we spend at work has a positive impact on everyone.

Every company is unique and so should be its culture. We pride ourselves on having highly skilled professionals, but we also make sure that our people also share the same values and that every time someone reaches out to any team member from AXON Soft receives a nice and friendly answer. From top management to junior staff, everyone treats everyone as well as possible and this one of the reasons why we benefit from good people that create a professional team.

Write your story

“Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories”, says Yuval Noah Harari, best-selling author. And this couldn`t be truer. Each of us loves a good story, we relate to others stories and not only. We also identify with our company’s story. Each company culture is a reflection of what it stands for. From our perspective, employees are the only ones that can really ensure the success of any business.

Blending our employees’ cultural heritage, with our customers’ needs and our business experience is our way to reach our goals. We believe that a good manager is not only the voice of a business but also the voice of its team. Mixing all these elements, a company, regardless of its size, will prove a positive impact in areas such as engagement, retention, fulfillment, branding and so on.

Sharing the same values

Although emotional intelligence may not be the key element in defining a company`s culture, it assures the conditions to create a positive and productive culture. People can make or break a company`s culture, and this is why we, at AXON Soft, we do our best to hire people that not only share the same professional aspirations but who also believe and support the same cause. We share the same values and we are committed to them. Our CSR actions are always embraced by our team and, as often as possible, our team focuses on the ones less fortunate and look after each other.

To sum it up, from our point of view our company culture thrives a common story. We share the same vision, we work together for the same mission while keeping our values intact. Each of us helps our company write its story and, with our peoples’ help, our story is authentic and it becomes better each day.

At AXON Soft, delivering products that correspond to the highest standards of the industry it`s a must. To ensure the quality of the services, our team is using the agile methodology. After years of using it, we can definitely say that it helps us to deliver better products in a faster manner.

For our teams, agile methodology means working smarter, not harder. We have self-organized teams that are continuously providing better results for our customers. While maintaining a constant interaction with our customers, we upgrade roles and, in the end, we generate value both to our company, as well as our customers.

What agile means for AXON Soft

According to Forbes magazine, “agile organizations are connecting everyone and everything, everywhere, all the time. They are capable of delivering instant, intimate, frictionless value on a large scale”. We think that this is an accurate description of what we understand through agile methodology. We never provided our customers with the final product and say “this is it, use it”, but we used our know-how and involvement to develop exquisite applications.

As an agile company, we embraced some of the core characteristics of this methodology. First of all, we are eager and determined by delivering value to customers. Our teams share a mindset that working on relatively small tasks and getting continuous feedback from the customer is important for reaching each milestone. Last, but not least important, we encourage a transparent communicational flow and we believe that collaborating towards the common goal is vital for the project’s success.

Benefits of agile methodology

During the last decade, agile proved to boost the development process, while adjusting the issues and defects more quickly and efficiently. From our point of view, the benefits can be briefly reduced to delivering better products in a faster manner. Though agile means less formal and more flexible processes, we consider it to be a perfect fit for us. From our experience, it offers increased flexibility, greater productivity, higher quality and frequency of collaboration and feedback.

When we talk about emotional intelligence we usually don`t see any connection between this concept and a software developer. If you think so too, prepare to change your perspective since more and more professionals admit that emotional intelligence becomes a key element in this field.

 

At AXON Soft, we believe that building a team of professionals who complement one another in terms of skills, experience and approach are essential to reaching our goal. As the business environment changes at an increasing rate, emotional intelligence (EQ) is a crucial challenge for project management. The lack of professionals in software development, the unlimited possibilities they have or the personality mismatch that tends to occur are just a few reasons why EQ became an important element in the recruiting process. Keeping in mind the fact that most employees don`t succeed in their roles simply because they don’t fit the team and they embrace the company culture, it`s only fair to focus on one`s EQ in the recruiting process.

As you probably know, the emotional intelligence can be defined through five elements:

– self-awareness (understanding your emotions, strengths, weaknesses, drives, values, and goals, while understanding their impact on others)

– self-regulation (controlling your emotions and adapting to change)

– motivation (your drive to succeed)

– empathy (keeping in mind other people`s feeling when making a decision)

– social skills (the ability to manage your relationships in order to move people in the desired direction).

Why EQ matters

Emotionally intelligent employers choose the way they react in almost any situation. If we try to refer to EQ in one sentence, we would probably say that is the ability to recognize your emotions, understand what they’re telling you, and realize how they affect your relationships and activity. Keeping in mind the fact that any software project is developed by a team, it`s only natural that if the team bonds and understands each other, it`s more predictable to achieve their goals. But if you don`t pride yourself with an impressive EQ, don`t worry –  we can develop our EQ through the life.

How to boost your EQ

Emotional intelligence is considered to be the ultimate soft skill and companies are more and more involved in helping employees improve their EQ.

According to Forbes managers can also help build EQ on existing teams if following a few simple steps. For sure, one of the most important aspects is that the team leaders to be emotionally self-aware and in control. This way, employees will feel valued and they can learn to separate emotions from personality.

Also, it`s not the first time we say this, but at AXON Soft we really think that feedback should be a routine and that it helps people become better and better. An emotionally intelligent leader will be able to control his reaction if the reactions are not the ones expected and can respond properly.

Last, but not least, by learning to control emotions, a team becomes more powerful and this can provide a big payoff in any business.

Romania remains one of the countries where many of the world’s businesses choose to outsource information technology work and business processes. The advantages of outsourcing are well-known and, besides the rapid and efficient solutions, companies manage to avoid time-consuming and painful projects.

Cluj-Napoca is the home of advanced IT centers and prides itself with a large pool of professionals, a strong educational system, and a strong presence of multinational companies. At AXON Soft we offer everything that a company might need from an outsourcing partner:

• Workforce rich in skilled technologists
• Efficient deployment of solutions
• Increased flexibility and adaptability
• Optimized development processes
• Increased focus on customer needs and feedback

Focus on your core business

Hiring technical talent is complicated, the job requirement is usually a big challenge, so the risk of hiring the wrong people is quite big. Many of our partners choose to collaborate with us in order to access resources not available internally. Our company has a highly qualified team, so our partners continue focusing on their core business. They delegate time-consuming processes and projects and in the end, enjoy excellent results as a reward for their trust.

Key components of successful enterprises

Picking the right outsourcing partner will definitely have a direct impact on how successful enterprises really are. The math is simple – the outsourced services must be more efficient, professional, and with lower operational and labor costs. In addition, the remained resources can be used in an effective way for other purposes.

Access to new technology

If you want your business to be up to date, reaching out to an outsourcing company might be the best solution. Migrating your applications to new technologies implies a big effort to any company. A dedicated outsourcing team allows you to access cutting-edge technologies and modern methodologies that assures increased productivity and quality to your business.

Improve your performance

When choosing your outsourcing partner, make sure they have a rational security policy. Keep in mind the confidentiality aspect and make sure that the guidelines are clearly stated. Selecting a partner who follows a strict security policy can make the difference between success and failure. At AXON Soft, one of our main concerns is to take all necessary security measures to ensure complete data privacy. This way, we make sure that our partners benefit from an outstanding outsourcing experience.

Attracting and retaining the best employees are key elements of a successful business. At AXON Soft we consider that talent is one of the biggest differentiators and we are proud of our teams’ performance. We are always welcoming new talented people to our team and our HR department has a strategic function to attract and retain top-notch professionals.

One of the most important lessons we`ve learned during the last years is that we need to be flexible in order to recruit and retain tech talent. Competitive salary and benefits are no longer key elements. Meanwhile, workplace flexibility became a must-have in the tech industry.

It’s time to upgrade your strategy

Just from the beginning, at AXON Soft the workplace flexibility doesn`t mean less work. It means respecting people`s lives and understanding that sometimes they need to resolve personal issues in order to be more efficient. Helping our people integrate work and life it`s our way to respond to the lack of time in a modern society. And to make sure that we succeed, we are constantly working on finding new and better ways to respond to our team needs, as well as to our clients and the company’s needs.

A healthy balance between remote and flexible word

Nowadays, the overwhelming number of tasks is a common problem for most employees. To help people accelerate their effectiveness and reach full productivity it helps to offer the possibility to work remote. But this type of program has its downside since people miss a lot of informal conversations about important issues. They don`t always know how their peers feel about their work. This is why we believe that a mixed schedule is, for now, the right way to respond to our team needs.

Find new ways to increase productivity

In 2018, employees continue to mention as key elements in the employer value proposition the professional training and development opportunities. As we`ve mentioned it before, every company who invests in employee development shows professionalism in meeting business goals. Training and development opportunities lead to increased efficiency and a positive bond between your team and your company. Moreover, to keep your team motivated you should keep in mind that it`s important to offer people an inspiring purpose and a friendly work environment.

Nevertheless, most people are motivated by knowing they’re doing a good job, so don`t forget to offer feedback. From our experience, it helps to measure productivity. But even more important is to create more results-oriented measures and get insights into how to improve it.