Managing Your Online Team
-
Five Strategies Leading Companies Are Using to Innovate Remotely
At the beginning of the pandemic, the goal of most businesses was simply to survive. Many companies closed down their brick and mortar offices and even downsized their workforce. Despite that, loads of businesses still failed to make it. On the other hand, the pandemic also became a catalyst for many innovations that changed the…
-
Six Useful New Year’s Resolutions for Remote Teams
The new year is a great time to evaluate your goals -and set some new ones. If you work remotely, take time to reflect on how you can optimise your current setup for greater productivity and less distraction. On the other hand, it can be difficult for remote teams to hold goal-setting and hold brainstorming…
-
Five Ways to Celebrate the Holidays With Your Remote Work Force
Year-end parties are a great way to reward your team, and to get them to unwind and bond with each other too. They provide a festive atmosphere where everyone can get to know people from other departments. For some, the fun actually begins as they help prepare the program, theme, and decorations. However, many companies…
-
Five Important Remote Work Policies to Have In Place for the Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We’ve still got a ways to go, but Christmas this year looks better than last year’s, at least. Christmas decorations are up, concerts are slowly coming back, and most of us can now fly locally or abroad to reunite with our loved ones. At the very least,…
-
How to Handle Holiday Layoffs With Compassion
Ah, who doesn’t love the holidays? There’s a joyful spirit all around, and we get to see our family and friends on our extended time off from work. It really is the most wonderful time of the year. However, it’s business as usual for many companies even amidst the celebrations. Unfortunately, this can involve making…
-
Here’s The Lowdown on Holiday Layoffs
Layoffs are bad enough, let alone during the holidays. What decent person enjoys depriving people and their families of a livelihood before Christmas? Unfortunately, it still happens – and quite a few companies often go about it wrong. Yes, I’m talking about Better.com’s CEO who fired 900 employees over Zoom, right before the holidays. Yikes. …
-
Four Communication Tips For Effectively Managing Workplace Conflicts
Disagreements are inevitable, especially in the workplace. That’s just what happens when people from all walks of life work together to accomplish common goals. You might meet employees who support your visions but you can also expect to cross paths with people who don’t share the same values every now and then. Although no one…
-
Here’s a Five-Step Guide to Getting Health Insurance for Your Remote Teams
The world is as uncertain as ever. Until now, we don’t know when the virus will stop spreading or when the borders will open. However, it’s highly likely that remote work is here to stay. Right now, it’s clear that the WFH setup will continue even after the pandemic. This is largely due to how…
-
Three Benefits of Providing Remote Workers With Health Insurance
These days, work is no longer confined to a traditional physical setting. Thanks to technology and the WFH set-up, we don’t have to move around or stay in one place to build our careers and businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic was definitely a catalyst for the remote work industry. We can even argue that remote work…
