It's no secret that productivity is not a natural ability; rather, it's a series of habits to be established and followed consistently each day. When you work remotely, it can often be challenging to reconcile your expectations with what actually happens. While you...
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13 Wellness Ideas and Activities for Your Remote Employees
It’s become increasingly important for organizations to actively enhance and foster wellness in the workplace. And since the rapid transition to remote work has taken effect worldwide, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many employees are looking for ideas of...
The Ultimate Checklist before Accepting A Job In A Hybrid Workplace
Corporate reopening plans are relying on hybrid work models, where some employees work from the office and others work from home. As part of hybrid work models, remote work can be productive as long as employees' needs and desires are balanced with leadership and a...
Building Collective Intelligence in Remote Teams
Oftentimes managers focus on individual staff members’ skills and abilities to perform their jobs, and overlook the contribution of collective intelligence. Recent research on collective intelligence shows that it’s critical for good collaboration among team members,...
How to Encourage Politeness in the Remote Workplace
We’ve recently witnessed a large-scale transition to remote working and many companies intend to continue with remote and hybrid work models. While this certainly has many benefits, it can also be concerning when diverse teams experience rudeness and cultural or...
How to Compensate Remote Staff Located around the World
When you have remote teams working around the world in different countries and different areas of the world, it can be challenging to decide on how to compensate them fairly and equitably. It’s challenging because salaries for the same position vary from country to...
How to ask for flexibility in your job?
One of the things that people want most from a job is flexibility. This has become an even more in-demand employment perk since the start of the pandemic. People are now increasingly working from home (WFH) and many also work flexible hours. But now that many people...
Should we Switch to a 4-Day Work Week?
The idea behind having a 4-day work week was conceived of to improve business productivity, improved happiness and wellness for staff, and a more sustainable working environment. After all, there have been many changes throughout time to the days and hours employees...
10 Tips to Cultivate Company Culture When Your Team is Working Remotely
Company culture can sometimes be called the heart and soul of an organisation. It takes time to cultivate it, and it takes purposeful leadership to maintain it. In essence, it is what makes each company unique from an employee’s perspective and it’s often what can...
9 Tips for Managing Conflict in the Remote Workplace
Managing workplace conflicts can be challenging, but when you’re working remotely then it becomes even more complex. Workplace conflicts can have serious effects on staff morale, efficiency, collaboration, retention rates, and employee engagement. And because of the...