Remote Work

Remote work is a buzzword that’s been hugely popularised by the pandemic, however, it’s been around for quite a while.

Working remotely or building and running a remote team is going to mean looking at things from all types of angles. From recruiting staff to team building events, working in a virtual environment is going to call for some out-of-the-box thinking.

Read all about remote work and how it fits into the digital nomad sphere.

From tips to recruiting top remote staff (if you’re a business owner) to learning how to transition into remote work (if you’re a rookie), you’ll find a plethora of useful articles and tips to help you broaden your knowledge on remote work and what it entails.

What Digital Nomads Seek in Modern Employment

What Digital Nomads Seek in Modern Employment

The rise of remote work and digital nomadism has fundamentally changed how people view employment. No longer tethered to a traditional 9-to-5 office job, today's workforce seeks flexibility, fulfillment, and alignment of work and lifestyle. This shift is redefining...

How to build a Sustainable Remote Work Culture? 

How to build a Sustainable Remote Work Culture? 

If you’re interested in building a sustainable remote work culture for your organization, then it’s good to first understand what remote work culture is and why it's important.  Just as location-based teams thrive on a positive work culture, so too do remote work...

How to Build Human Connections in the Remote Workplace

How to Build Human Connections in the Remote Workplace

The concept of remote work was born mainly out of the pandemic, but it’s here to stay for good. As more and more employees choose to work in remote environments, team leaders and recruiters across the world try to find the answer to the burning question – how do we...

7 Ways to Show Gratitude In A Remote Team

7 Ways to Show Gratitude In A Remote Team

As companies have adapted to the new working environments, so have the remote workers. Many of them have struggled with in-house distractions, work-life balance, organizing home office and never-ending fatigue from those long online calls. But they have also found new...

What You Need to Know about Remote Working Risks

What You Need to Know about Remote Working Risks

It’s often only once you’ve been involved in remote work for a while that you start to question the risks of remote working.  Cyber security risks of remote working are some of the most commonly discussed risks. But there are several others that we explore below that...

Employee Appreciation Ideas for Remote Staff

Employee Appreciation Ideas for Remote Staff

For many years, companies have been showing their staff appreciation and recognition for their work and service in many different ways. Nowadays, where so many employees work remotely, there is even more reason to intentionally cultivate a culture of showing...

A Guide to Performance Management for Remote Teams

A Guide to Performance Management for Remote Teams

In the office or a remote environment, how your team performs is crucial for your company’s success. As companies around the world hire more remote workers or adopt hybrid systems, managers and team leaders have to shift the ways they manage performances. Among other...

How To Assess Culture Fit When Hiring Remotely?

How To Assess Culture Fit When Hiring Remotely?

Remote work has opened up a new pool of candidates that enables businesses to find top talents around the globe. But hiring remotely comes with its challenges causing team leaders to rethink company culture and assessment techniques. It may be relatively easy to...

What is a ‘Shybrid’ Employer?

What is a ‘Shybrid’ Employer?

You may not have heard the term ‘shybrid’ before, but with the slow but certain return to office for many companies, you can be certain you’ll be hearing it a lot more. Essentially, it is a term to describe those employers who are hesitant to embrace the home working...

Remote Workplace Safety Checklist for My Remote Team

Remote Workplace Safety Checklist for My Remote Team

The global pandemic of 2020 has spurred a rapid transition to remote work for millions of people around the world. Employers are now eager to ensure compliance with health and safety laws related to new working from home or remote work environments, while also...

Open Talent: A New Approach to Hiring

Open Talent: A New Approach to Hiring

The pandemic, global megatrends and rapid digitization have ushered in a plethora of new working models and approaches. This includes millions of people around the world having transitioned during lockdowns into remote work, hybrid work, working from home, and the...

What Are the Most Common Remote Work Security Risks? 

What Are the Most Common Remote Work Security Risks? 

As more people work online, and more services are being digitized, there’s an increasing cybersecurity risk for companies. And with increasing numbers of people working from home or working remotely, there are also many more remote work security risks.  Deloitte has...

Remote Working Isn’t Killing Creativity. But What Is?

Remote Working Isn’t Killing Creativity. But What Is?

One of the silver linings of the COVID pandemic has been that many people have had the opportunity to experiment with and experience remote working. Only a few years ago it would have been unimaginable for companies to let so many of their staff work remotely. But now...

Remote Working in 2022: 10 Trends to Look After

Remote Working in 2022: 10 Trends to Look After

Do you ever wonder why we work the way we do? Where did the benefit of being able to work remotely come from? In response to the changes in society, so has the working environment, and right now we are seeing some changes that, a while back, were still just trends....

Understanding Health Insurance for Remote Workers

Understanding Health Insurance for Remote Workers

If you have a team of remote workers, then you probably want to consider offering them health insurance. But that’s where things get a little challenging. There are various options for providing your employees with health insurance, but not all of them are suitable...

Building Collective Intelligence in Remote Teams

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

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

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?

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...

9 Tips for Managing Conflict in the Remote Workplace

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...

How to Manage Successful Hybrid Meetings

How to Manage Successful Hybrid Meetings

Hybrid meetings are here to stay and we need to find ways to manage them effectively so as to optimise collaboration, communication and productivity. Hybrid meetings are ones where at least one meeting participant joins remotely, while others are onsite in the office....

Cybersecurity Tips for Remote Working

Cybersecurity Tips for Remote Working

Whether you’re a digital nomad, a full-time or occasional remote worker, or you manage remote working teams, if you are working from home (WFH) then cybersecurity should be at the forefront of your business priorities. Since the seismic shift towards more remote work...

How to Evaluate the Performance of Your Remote Staff

How to Evaluate the Performance of Your Remote Staff

Remote work has become the new norm for millions around the world, since the advent of the global pandemic. Finding ways to effectively evaluate your remote staff’s performance is therefore an increasingly important aspect of both business and human resources’...

Why Introverts Excel at Working Remotely

Why Introverts Excel at Working Remotely

In many facets of life – both social and professional – extroverts are praised and often times also rewarded for their outgoing behavior and charisma. The traits associated with extroverts usually are seen as positive and those that should be celebrated as it portrays...

The Future of Managing Remote Employees

The Future of Managing Remote Employees

The global pandemic has dramatically and rapidly changed the nature of work for many companies around the world. It has been a catalyst for a worldwide transition to remote work and hybrid work models in many sectors. Before the advent of COVID-19, many companies had...

How to Create the Perfect Remote Work Policy

How to Create the Perfect Remote Work Policy

Major global shifts towards working remotely, means that many companies are transitioning quite rapidly to having a remote workforce. As a result, many companies haven’t had time to give thought to creating a remote working policy. Your company probably already has...

Why Your Company Needs A Head of Remote Work

Why Your Company Needs A Head of Remote Work

With technology advancing at such a rapid rate, particularly in how we communicate with each other, it’s perhaps not very surprising that increasingly more companies are embracing remote work. However, since 2020 the timeline of the implementation of remote work...

Tips on Retaining Your Remote Staff

Tips on Retaining Your Remote Staff

With the rise of remote working, and digital nomadism becoming a new norm, many employers are looking for ways to retain their remote staff. There is a large amount of effort that goes into hiring the best possible person for each job role. But once you’ve got new...

Switching to a Hybrid Work Model

Switching to a Hybrid Work Model

Before 2020, remote working in any capacity was not a widespread occurrence. For most workers, it was rare or even not possible at all. But since then, there has been a paradigm shift regarding the standard office model. There was a realization across many industries...

Designing the Perfect Workstation at Home

Designing the Perfect Workstation at Home

Increasing numbers of people are transitioning to working from home, and knowing how to design the perfect workstation at home is now even more important. Whether you’re a digital nomad, remote worker, or your company is offering its employees the option of working...