Overview -
iStrives is one of the fastest-developing CRM software in the global economy. It is designed to simplify the performance management aspect of businesses while making it easy for the business groups to achieve the desired levels of personal success. It makes the usually daunting task of information management very simplified. Access to all the information and tools is extremely simple and virtually just a click away from the main dashboard. The system also makes provisions for providing easy-to-use and set-up dashboards that give every level of business management a clear visibility of targets and results while alerting them of the required efficiency and failures in every field to make a note of backlogs.
It employs a multi-layer recognition and gamification technique which is revolutionary in the field of CRM software. The design is meant to motivate, reward and recognize the business teams while powering ahead with the aims and ambitions. It has a complete suite of Badges, Trophies, Likes, Star Ratings, and even Cash Incentives to motivate employees and groups.
Introducion-
iStrives is one of the newer generation additions to the CRM software business. It traces its short yet exciting history back to 2018. This made iStrives better understand the requirements of the business world while getting an insight into the failures and drawbacks of other CRM software in the market. It is designed with a robust engine to drive focus with its simple target setting, integrated and interactive leaderboards, efficient performance tracking, regular interesting competitions, and impartial reward mechanics.
One of the main goals of iStrives is to steer the behavior of the employees and customers. One of the few revolutionary technologies and ideologies that the software brought to the field was its unique and one-of-a-kind combination of Targets with Gamification software to make difficult and monotonous work more palatable for employees. It banks on AI, incentives, and recognition to press forward while providing sophisticated tools to users for guiding behaviour mechanics.
The advanced features of the CRM are easily available and regulated. All of them are designed to be available at the fingertips of designers to guide the mechanics of the system. This helps easier designing, tweaking, and comfortable steering of the business teams to the desired outcomes.
The software supports a Self-propelled workforce who aim to achieve their best performance on the field. iStrives implements an extremely robust and meaningful performance rating system that is considered to be similar to and even inspired by the Uber Driver star rating. This is the source of greater motivation for an average hard-working employee.
Many businesses struggle with an overload of tasks that have to be sorted out regularly. iStrives takes the liberty to automatically and meticulously break targets down into smaller bite-sized chunks that are to be completed daily. This helps in a better understanding of the goals and assignment of tasks. To motivate, daily star ratings and incentives are handed out to the best-performing employees.
Features -
- iPerform- This is the feature designed to regulate target setting to achieve the highest possible efficiency while completing tasks. It drives the focus of the different departments with its simple target setting, informative leaderboards, performance tracking, competitions, and reward mechanics. All of these are regulated by a single software. The main advantage of iPerform is that it provides an automated performance management solution. Using this data solution ensures easier connection to one or multiple data sources to help in the measurement of the results and activities across all the different sectors of the whole business. iPerform uses the dedicated services of certain data-providing machinery to help in its working. By internal data capturing, the data that was captured in iStrives is made readily available for tracking the performance of different groups. Another system is its API Connector. The modern API connection and SSO feature can be utilized to stream data while the data upload feature helps in quicker uploading of data to a CSV and XLS system. Another simplified solution is the metric builder. The option is available on the main dashboard and helps convert recorded data into any number of metrics. It uses interactive pie charts, bar graphs, and such to tally the business performance against objectives that are expected to be completed within the time period. All of these are a few clicks away from the main dashboard.
- iGamify- This is the unique and most important feature of this software. It starts a healthy competition with the team by changing the game and winning it. It is supported by equipping of leaderboards, badges, notifications, competitions, and rewards by using the iStrives gamification feature. With the iStrives gamification feature, it becomes possible to sustain the Competitive Spirit while helping create a highly motivated team of zealous workers who would do anything to achieve their goals. The instant recognition of their performance helps increase productivity by ensuring more sacrifices and hard work on the part of the employees. Regular contests are held by using the iStrives gamification feature that makes the entire process fun while the setup of the contests helps to get individuals or teams laser-focused on the newer or existing priorities.
- IHive- iHive is the most amazing communications tool that is designed for pushing internal and external information feeds to the teams at work. It helps propel news to the customers, industry, competitors, and regulators. It fosters better information management by the firm. Additionally, it helps extend the company feeds to cover blogs and jobs while reducing the team's time hunting on the web. This not only increases the efficiency of internal communication but saves time from being diverted to unproductive causes.
Pros
- Easy to use - It is a very efficient software meant for daily task management. It's not complicated and doesn't require long training on its usage.
- Friendly interface - It is extremely user-friendly and the support system is very helpful. It helps in maintaining a log of all the daily tasks.
- Regular maintenance - The platform is designed to help with daily tasks without much hassle. The best part of the built-in messaging app is that helps foster better communication by fording gaps in the employer-employee link.
Cons-
- Complex- It can be a bit confusing for first-time users as there is too much-recorded information. The guidelines that come with it are crucial for its use.
- Poor stability- The Software stability is horrible when the connection is choppy. This could mean interruption during work.
- Lack of integrations- There is a need for proper integration and features. The absence of video conferencing features is a huge drawback.
Conclusion-
The software comes with a calculator system that functions on a Drag and drop system. The data points and formulas are pre-installed and can be easily availed for preparing a detailed analysis of business working. The format is also user-friendly and easy to understand. Nevertheless, the software is flexible enough to allow changing of format to suit the requirements of a particular business. It also has multiple formatting options that can be combined with certain filters to help shape the measurements of the debit and credit of the company.
The entire performance of the system is automated which means lesser time wastage. The management coupled with custom triggers aims at the digitalization of observations while quickly turning them into instant actions. Automated triggering of various department-related notifications, actions, rewards, and incentives helps in the understanding of the depth of the functioning of the software. It helps combine the planned targets and metrics into a series of visual gauges that helps present instant performance feedback.