Managing Your Online Team
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How To Set Up a Perfect Sales Compensation Plan For Your Remote Sales Staff
Let’s face it, your sales team can make or break your business. However, finding the right people takes considerable time and effort. And if you do find them, you need to come up with an effective reward system that incentivises them to stay on. According to a Harvard Business Review article, commission-based compensation ensures that…
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The AU Entrepreneur’s Guide to the Pros and Cons of Performance-Based Compensation
Performance recognition is hardly an alien concept. Competition is ever-present at school, sports, and in the workplace. Done right, performance-based recognition rewards those who work hard and inspires the rest to step up. Having a team of excellent and driven people is invaluable. Motivated staff go above and beyond to achieve results and this contributes…
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Three Reasons Why WFH Is Good For Both Introverts and Extroverts
Working from home is great…especially if you’re an introvert. This is perhaps the most common perception about the remote work set-up, and it’s not wrong. Introverted people are independent and can work with minimal supervision. WFH is definitely the ideal haven for those who can perform best in solitude. You probably heard very few introverts…
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Five Ways Companies Can Support Their Remote Employees’ Mental Health
Working in the comfort of your home is great. You can get the job done without leaving your room, skip the rush hour commute, and hey, you don’t even have to shower. It’s all very chill. Until it isn’t. Studies have shown that prolonged isolation in a work-from-home setup can lead to feelings of isolation…
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How do I keep My Remote Employees Engaged? Top 23 Remote Employee Engagement Ideas to Try Now
It’s common to assume that when remote workers are productive – that is when they complete the tasks they’re assigned or asked to do – it means that they are “engaged”. This is not always the case.
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How Zoom Fatigue Affects Extroverts and Introverts (And What to Do About It)
Zoom is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s a key technology that makes remote working possible. In the past year, it’s even been crucial to staying in touch with friends and family. And yet, Zoom meetings can be exhausting. I think we can all agree on that, even among us introverts. (Honestly, who…
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Understanding Filipino Holy Week Culture (AKA Why You Might Want to Ease Up On Your Remote Staff At This Time)
Anyone who’s ever worked with Filipino remote talent would tell you that they’re generally a very hardworking bunch. To provide for their families, they often work through sickness, inconvenience, and on several holidays. So, while their office-bound counterparts typically get local non-working holidays off, remote workers are still grinding away. Most foreign clients don’t recognize…
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Should You Require Your Remote Workers to Have A College Degree?
For me, the answer is a resounding “no.” Make no mistake. I value my college education. In the Philippines, it’s a tremendous privilege to attend a prestigious university. Apart from the top-notch facilities and professors, you also get to form a network of friends and acquaintances that could prove useful later on. Then there’s the…
