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Remote Work Productivity – How to Be More Productive At Home
Remote work productivity: a question for our current post-pandemic times. And if there’s one thing the world’s productivity gurus have in common, it’s this: They know how to...
Creative Ways to Stay Engaged when You Work from Home
Staying engaged when you work from home is difficult. "Working from home will be easy," they stated. “Working from home will be a dream,” they said. “You’ll have more time...
5 Ways Effective Teams Run Daily Slack Standups
The massive popularity of Slack has turned daily Slack standup meetings into a must for teams who use the tool as their primary synchronous or asynchronous...
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The Daily Huddle Meeting and How it Can Boost Your Team’s Productivity
You've probably heard it before and you'll probably hear it again, but meeting fatigue is real - both for in-person and remote teams. It can become an all-too-common habit to meet for many small things ad-hoc or to simply schedule too many meetings that go long and...
How to Manage Different Work Personality Types
Work personality types: there are a lot of them. I'm going to tell you a story about a young engineer. Once upon a time, this young engineer spent his work hours in an enclosed cubicle at an office where personal computers and scientific calculators were designed. He...
Improve Meetings & One-on-Ones With This Employee Check-In Template
As a manager, it can be very tricky to truly know how your team is doing in all aspects of their work and on a personal level, too. Whether you work remotely or in-person, or a combination of both, establishing regular, routine check in meetings can be a huge help in...
How to Create Impactful OKR Goals
The OKR goal-setting methodology is a tried and true way to help you and your team create, track and achieve measurable goals in line with your organization’s broader vision. Originally pioneered by John Doerr, the framework groups the objectives you’d like to see...
How Email Parsing Can Save Remote Teams Time & Money
Email parsing can be a huge time-saver for remote teams. By automatically extracting data from emails, you can avoid having to manually enter that information into your CRM or other software. This can save your team hours per week. In this blog post, we'll discuss how...
The Standup Meeting: Your Ultimate Guide to Knocking it Out of the Park
Whether you manage a team that works together remotely or in person, you will need to check in with them regularly to see how their workload and tasks are going. An easy, quick and efficient way of doing this is through something called a standup meeting. Here, we’ll...
The SMART Goals Template That Will Help You Achieve Excellence
When it comes to progressing in your career and personal life, goals matter. They’re a proven tool that provides the steps and timeline needed to check things off so you can succeed. But, not all goals are created equal. Research has shown that recording your goals,...
Turn Your Never-Ending To-Do List Into Actionable Goals
If you’re reading this post, you probably have a daily to-do system. And at least once or twice in your career, you’ve likely experienced the high that hits on rare afternoons when you get through it all. Everything on the list is checked off. The inbox is empty. It’s...
61 Useful Check-In Questions for Remote Teams
Since 2020, working remotely has become a reality for professional teams worldwide. Although this kind of work environment wasn't entirely new to some people, remote meetings have always been challenging for managers and company leaders. Some leaders use check-in...
What is Asynchronous Communication? Tools & Tips for your Remote Team’s Success
With so many people working remotely these days, at least partly, there has been a lot of talk about asynchronous communication. You might be doing this regularly, or maybe your team is experiencing communication breakdowns and you need some fresh ideas. Whatever the...