# Jell.com ## Posts - [Elevating Team Spirit: The Art of Achieving 100% Team Participation with Daily Standups](https://jell.com/blog/elevating-team-spirit-the-art-of-achieving-100-team-participation-with-daily-standups): In our fast-paced world, teams are moving at top speed to achieve results. Daily communication can get lost as individuals rush to complete endless to-do lists. As a result there is a huge decline of daily syncs and regular updates with each other. When this happens, it is impossible to expect 100% participation for a […] - [Elevate Your Standup Meetings with Jell: Web-based Collaboration Made Effortless](https://jell.com/blog/elevate-your-standup-meetings-with-jell-web-based-collaboration-made-effortless): Effective team communication and collaboration are critical for project success, regardless of the tools and platforms used. Jell provides a web-based solution that helps companies automate their standup meetings and daily check-ins, enabling teams to collaborate effortlessly. In this blog post, we will explore how Jell enhances standup meetings in a web-based environment, offering convenience, […] - [Efficient Standup Meetings Made Easy: Jell for Microsoft Teams](https://jell.com/blog/efficient-standup-meetings-made-easy-jell-for-microsoft-teams): Standup meetings are an integral part of effective team communication, providing a platform for sharing updates and addressing roadblocks. To streamline this process, Jell offers seamless integration with Microsoft Teams, enabling companies to automate their daily standup and check-in meetings. In this blog post, we will explore how Jell can help teams optimize their standup […] - [Boosting Team Collaboration with Jell: Standup Meetings for Slack](https://jell.com/blog/boosting-team-collaboration-with-jell-standup-meetings-for-slack): In today's fast-paced work environment, effective team collaboration is crucial for achieving success. One powerful tool that can enhance collaboration is Jell, a platform designed to streamline standup meetings for Slack. - [The Daily Huddle Meeting and How it Can Boost Your Team’s Productivity](https://jell.com/blog/daily-huddle): 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 off-topic, causing many people to check out when things […] - [How to Manage Different Work Personality Types](https://jell.com/blog/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 liked to work alone, preferring solitude over committees […] - [Improve Meetings & One-on-Ones With This Employee Check-In Template](https://jell.com/blog/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 shedding light on this. […] - [How to Create Impactful OKR Goals](https://jell.com/blog/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 with the key results used to measure its progress. Here, you can […] - [How Email Parsing Can Save Remote Teams Time & Money](https://jell.com/blog/email-parsing): 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 email parsing works and how it can benefit your […] - [The Standup Meeting: Your Ultimate Guide to Knocking it Out of the Park](https://jell.com/blog/standup-meeting): 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 get into all you need to know […] - [The SMART Goals Template That Will Help You Achieve Excellence](https://jell.com/blog/smart-goals-template): 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, committing to take action steps, and creating a support […] - [Turn Your Never-Ending To-Do List Into Actionable Goals](https://jell.com/blog/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 a great feeling. We get it. […] - [61 Useful Check-In Questions for Remote Teams](https://jell.com/blog/check-in-questions): 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 questions with the Check-In Meeting model to make work meetings more productive and a touch-base for […] - [What is Asynchronous Communication? Tools & Tips for your Remote Team's Success](https://jell.com/blog/what-is-asynchronous-communication): 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 case is, you might be asking yourself what is asynchronous communication, anyhow? […] - [Top Tips for Managing Remote Teams Successfully](https://jell.com/blog/managing-remote-teams): The work world has been evolving and continues to change. Both due to and despite the pandemic, an increasing number of companies are switching to remote work. In fact, about 16% of companies worldwide are completely remote. This trend, along with the growth of companies that were always remote, means more and more managers face […] - [The Sprint Retrospective Template You’ve Been Searching For](https://jell.com/blog/sprint-retrospective-template): Sprint retrospectives are an incredibly useful exercise for scrum teams to understand what they’ve done well, should continue doing, and should stop doing from sprint to sprint. If you’ve never run a sprint retrospective, you may not know where to begin. The guide below and template provided will ease that burden and equip you with […] - [Top Agile Certifications to Improve Project Management & Software Development](https://jell.com/blog/agile-certifications): Agile methods are results and people-focused producing fast and flexible approaches to developing software or hardware that use self-organization, adaptive planning, and quick turnaround times at their core. Teams closely collaborate to make decisions in a cyclical, iterative process called sprints to produce software, typically over one to four-week periods. Team members make continuous quality […] - [11 Best Productivity Tools for Your Remote Tech Team](https://jell.com/blog/best-productivity-tools): Every team works differently, with their own strengths and weaknesses. No matter how your team may be set up – there are ways to improve everyone’s productivity by becoming more efficient and organized. While inspiration always helps, using the best productivity tools is a very effective way to reach your goals and deadlines faster. There […] - [Daily Scrum Meeting Guide](https://jell.com/blog/daily-scrum-meeting-guide): In this guide, we’ll discuss the questions each team member should answer in a daily scrum meeting, rules, and who attends the meeting, among other topics.  Continue reading for more information on daily scrum meetings.   Try Jell for Your Daily Scrum Meeting Try for Free   14-day free trial. No credit card required. What […] - [Free OKR Template - How to Set Objectives and Key Results](https://jell.com/blog/okr-template): Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are a simple yet powerful way to set goals. They help you focus on what matters, create alignment around priorities, and get results. This post will teach you how to write impactful OKRs for your team. Jell’s free OKR template also provides customizable examples of setting objectives and key results […] - [Daily Scrum Questions](https://jell.com/blog/daily-scrum-questions): Track your plans and progress, achieve more by aligning goals, and foster happy, productive teams in just minutes each day through Daily Scrum meetings. In this article, we will discuss what a Daily Scrum meeting is, what the Daily Scrum Questions are, and how Jell can help your team. What is a Daily Scrum? A […] - [Increase Team Engagement](https://jell.com/blog/increase-team-engagement): When it comes to the ability to increase team engagement, it’s no secret that communication plays an enormous role in how well teams work together. With Jell’s Likes and Comments features, your team can find and work through any blockers or issues that may arise without ever leaving the app. In this post, we’ll show […] - [6 Ways to Jell: Your Guide to Better Technology Adoption](https://jell.com/blog/6-ways-to-jell-better-technology-adoption): Introduction Ah, the joys of new technology adoption. If businesses want to keep their competitive edge, efficiently adopting new technologies is a must. However, this is often easier said than done. Perhaps one of the most important things to keep in mind is that every team is comprised of at least three different types of […] - [5 Ways Effective Teams Run Daily Slack Standups](https://jell.com/blog/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 communication platform. It sounds easy enough, everyone gets on and updates Slack once a day to let the team know what they are working on. But, if you’ve done this for a […] - [Remote Work Productivity - How to Be More Productive At Home](https://jell.com/blog/inspire-productivity-working-remotely): 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 get things done. Tim Ferris had published his first New York Times bestseller by age 30. Stephen Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” are still […] - [Creative Ways to Stay Engaged when You Work from Home](https://jell.com/blog/engaged-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 for your kids,” they predicted. “You won’t ever sit in traffic again,” they claimed. Well, yes. And no. Working remote is dreamy. It’s easier to […] - [Introducing Jell For Microsoft Teams](https://jell.com/blog/introducing-jell-for-microsoft-teams): Here at Jell, we want to empower your team to accomplish great things. If you’re bogged down with meetings and distributing information inefficiently, you can’t do that. You need to spend more time achieving your goals by doing the work that matters. To bring more efficiency to our platform, we’ve been working on integrating with […] - [How to Use Stretch Goals with OKRs](https://jell.com/blog/stretch-goals-okrs): Are stretch goals motivational and encouraging or overbearing and disheartening? That is a common debate and there is no easy answer. But, if you try to incorporate stretch goals, using them with OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) is a great approach. In fact, common applications of OKRs use stretch goals and OKR scoring to keep […] - [How to Write Killer Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)](https://jell.com/blog/write-objectives): If you’re lucky, you work with a company that implements an OKR strategy. When I first joined Jell I wondered what exactly they were and knew it couldn’t stand for “OK, Right?” In this post, we’ll go over how to write OKRs, what they are, why you should use them, examples, and tips for success. […] - [2022 Goal Setting Framework: 11 Goal Setting Methods & Tips You Need](https://jell.com/blog/goal-setting-framework): It’s that time of year, time for your 2022 goal-setting session. As the saying goes: “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.” You have to plan actionable goals for your business. But there are numerous ways to establish a goal setting framework in 2022. How do you choose the one that is best for your […] - [Daily Scrum: The Tools, Methods, and Tips To Pull Them Off Successfully](https://jell.com/blog/daily-scrum): Wondering how to hold your daily scrum? What tool should you use? What method should you follow? There are a lot of options on the market; from email and messaging to video, and in-person meetings. Along with these options, you can find tools that are free, paid, or used for other needs in your business. […] - [This Is How Managers Can Avoid Conflict In The Workplace](https://jell.com/blog/managers-avoid-conflict): No one enjoys conflict in the workplace, least of all the managers who have to deal with it. Naturally, the best way to clean up the mess is through conflict prevention. As the saying goes “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and prevention is the solution to workplace conflict. It’s a […] - [What Everyone Gets Wrong About Working Remote](https://jell.com/blog/working-remote): I can remember a time when working remote was greatly frowned upon. It was viewed as an opportunity for employees to slack off, take care of kids (how dare they!–obvious sarcasm), or get stuff done around the house—or so everyone thought. In reality, several reports now show that remote workers are more productive in the […] - [The Biggest Time Wasters in Standup Meetings](https://jell.com/blog/the-biggest-time-wasters-in-standup-meetings): I’ve been in some pretty lame standup meetings in my day. When I think back to what made them so ineffective, I can see one common denominator—wasting time. That’s really what most things come down to, isn’t it? “Am I gaining any value by being here?” If the answer is yes, we stay. If the […] - [How to Manage Poor Work Performance & How To Improve It](https://jell.com/blog/how-to-manage-poor-work-performance): One of my favorite things about what I do is having the opportunity to lead and manage others. I get to build teams, develop individuals, connect with people one-on-one, and coach them through key moments in their careers. But with the good comes the bad—and as a manager, it’s up to me to seek out […] - [9 Elements of Great Engineering Management That Every Manager Can Follow](https://jell.com/blog/great-engineering-management): When you manage a software engineering team and someone tells you that great engineering management doesn’t exist, it can be more than a little frustrating. Because you know it does. In fact, the degree to which software engineering management has been debated and deliberated is somewhat surprising. Apparently, there are those who believe our commitments […] - [Remote Work Culture - Why does remote work fail?](https://jell.com/blog/remote-work-culture-fail): The more we learn about remote work culture, the more enticing it becomes for management and employees alike. Studies show that remote workers are happier, healthier and more productive and cost companies far less than requiring attendance in the office. Despite long-standing myths of the opposite, adopting remote work can be the most effective and efficient way […] - [This Was My Single Biggest Mistake in Building Company Culture](https://jell.com/blog/building-company-culture): Confession time: I made a mistake—one that I’ve been working to correct. I’m hoping that sharing my missteps in building company culture will help save some of you from having to learn the same lessons the hard way. More specifically, my failure to define the culture that I wanted at my last startup from day […] - [Great Managers: What makes them and what breaks them](https://jell.com/blog/great-managers): Great managers make all the difference. They extract the best results from teams, more productivity from individual employees, and foster a rich culture that leads companies to thrive, such as those companies who master the Rockefeller habits. Having the right talent at the top of your organization builds the best foundation for sustainable success. So […] - [The Benefits of Remote Work and Why Employees Love It](https://jell.com/blog/why-employees-love-remote-work): We live in a time of great workplace transformation: employees are working from home more than ever now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote work is no longer the exception, it’s the new paradigm. It isn’t the future of the office; it’s the here and now. So, why are companies closing their office doors and […] - [How To Manage Employee Burnout](https://jell.com/blog/employee-burnout): It’s important to look for employee burnout signs. When employees get overstressed, all kinds of bad things can happen. They are more prone to make mistakes, become actively disengaged, and even face increased risks of serious health problems ranging from high blood pressure to depression. We know from the American Institute of Stress that 80% […] - [Managing Remote Employees: 3 Steps to Improving Communication](https://jell.com/blog/managing-remote-employees-3-steps-improving-communication): The latest Gallup analysis is in, and it tells a rather interesting story for those managing remote employees. The State of the American Workplace study is filled with insights that indicate the benefits of remote work may be even greater than previously reported. “Gallup consistently has found that flexible scheduling and work-from-home opportunities play a […] - [How To Avoid The Common Mistakes Of First-Time Managers](https://jell.com/blog/first-time-managers): There are few things more overwhelming than the first time you experience the sudden responsibility of a group of employees. Whether you’re being promoted among your peers, entering a new organization in a leadership position or moving over to another department to lead a team, your first crack at this new level of authority is […] - [Your Poor Communication Is Probably Killing Employee Productivity](https://jell.com/blog/poor-communication): Your communication strategy has a measurable impact on productivity. Do you have a plan for improvement in place? It’s easy to pay lip service to the importance of employee communication. The C-level suite and department heads can preach the virtues of keeping teams aligned with little effort, but eventually every organization faces the same question: is […] - [The 3 Pillars You Need for Mastering the Rockefeller Habits](https://jell.com/blog/mastering-rockefeller-habits): If your company’s still scaling, there’s a good chance you’ve read Scaling Up, by Verne Harnish, and you are interested in mastering the Rockefeller habits. More than 40,000 business leaders have reportedly relied on it to grow their businesses, and with good reason. This book is one of this century’s most important for startups, CEOs and […] - [How to Hold Better One-on-One Meetings: Tips from Respected Managers](https://jell.com/blog/one-on-one-meetings-tips): If there’s one thing we’ve learned about managing teams, it’s this: For an entire team to succeed, the productivity and happiness of every individual matters. A lot. In fact, when it comes to reaching goals, many managers will tell you that an effective one-on-one meeting is far more important than daily status updates and water cooler conversations. […] - [28 One-on-One Meeting Questions to Improve Communication in the Workplace](https://jell.com/blog/one-on-one-meeting-questions): When successful, one-on-one meetings contribute to development opportunities for employees, building trust, and fostering important communication. So, we came up with “The List” of great one-on-one meeting questions. We have something for every situation. Some are best for pre-meeting questionnaires and others for the actual meeting. All of them are best kept in your back […] - [How We Jell at Rackspace [Interview with Juan Montemayor]](https://jell.com/blog/rackspace): The first thing you see on Rackspace’s website says everything you need to know about who the company is and what it offers. Trusted by the majority of the Fortune 100. A leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for cloud-enabled managed hosting. The largest managed cloud provider, offering you expertise across the world’s leading clouds. […] - [The One-on-One Meeting: What Every Manager Should Know](https://jell.com/blog/one-on-one-meeting): Did you know that the top tech teams utilize one-on-one meetings? The senior manager of software development at Rackspace regularly blocks off time to sit down with each member of his team and see how things are going. So do managers at Dropbox, LinkedIn, and Atlassian. So does Ben Horowitz. Do you know which companies […] - [Measuring Performance on Company Goals Just Got Better](https://jell.com/blog/measuring-performance): Jell’s company goals tracking has already proven itself as an invaluable feature to align companies and teams around OKRs, quarterly, and annual goals. But we have great news, we’ve made measuring performance even better! In this update, we launched a handful of improvements including a completely redesigned interface that makes it easier for managers to review […] - [How We Jell at Growthwise [Interview with Steph Hinds]](https://jell.com/blog/growthwise): It’s not easy being accessible. Just ask Steph Hinds. As the Head Ninja at Growthwise, she’s built a successful company by making sure an entire team of accountants, advisors and administrators is consistently approachable and available—at all times, for every client, at virtually any hour and from any location. (Growthwise employees work in a flexible […] - [Free Meeting Calculator: How Much Time Do You Waste? Find Out...](https://jell.com/blog/free-meeting-calculator): At Jell, we’re focused on reducing the need for unnecessary meetings while making fewer meetings more successful. We have regular one-on-ones and daily standups, but we don’t waste more time in meetings than needed. We talked about the science of productive meetings and the psychology of routine meetings but has your team calculated just how […] - [The Science of Productive Meetings: Quality Over Quantity](https://jell.com/blog/productive-meetings-science): The saying “quality over quantity” holds in many facets of life—so why not use this mindset to plan productive meetings? If you read our post on the psychology of routine meetings, you know the difference between meetings that make teams more efficient and ones that aren’t truly essential. In this post, we’ll look at three […] - [Psychology of Routine Meetings: Understanding the Cause and Cure](https://jell.com/blog/psychology-routine-meetings): If you view weekly status updates or daily check-ins as a necessary cost of managing a team, this is the post for you. If you regularly multitask or tune out during meetings, this post is for you, too. And if you attend or schedule routine meetings because you’re afraid of missing out on important details, […] - [Slack’s Killing Email Excess. Are Mindless Meetings Next?](https://jell.com/blog/will-slack-change-meetings): For generations, employees have endured a peculiar workplace tradition. They spend hours a day deleting, filing, forwarding and searching a form of communication called email. Endless chains are created as people seek to solve problems, get answers, showcase accomplishments, demonstrate progress and keep everyone in the loop. Now Slack is poised to kill these age-old […] - [Introducing Jell Reports: The Easy Way to Track Team Progress](https://jell.com/blog/introducing-jell-reports): One of the most important jobs of a manager is gathering information to better understand what’s happening inside the business. Jell’s been successful at helping teams improve their daily standups, but most companies are still mired in inefficient meetings and email threads — we know there’s a better way. Today we’re taking Jell a giant […] - [An Unusual Example of the Power of Positive Feedback from Johnnie Walker](https://jell.com/blog/an-unusual-example-of-the-power-of-positive-feedback-from-johnnie-walker): Positive feedback is a powerful thing. It can turn ill-tempered toddlers into angels. It can transform couch potatoes into recreational athletes. It can motivate an underperforming team to achieve lofty goals. But you may be wondering: What does positive feedback really look like? What specific things can you do to keep your staff motivated without […] - [How We Jell at Chargify [Interview with Adam Feber]](https://jell.com/blog/chargify): In our first installment of How We Jell, we talked to Jacob Krall of Fog Creek Software. Today we bring you more communication and collaboration insights from a team leader at another fast-growing company: Chargify… Adam Feber is an inspiration. O.K., so we might be a little biased. We’ve had a relationship with Chargify—first through […] - [What the Slack Platform Should Look Like](https://jell.com/blog/slack-platform): Slack has an incredible product, mind-blowing growth, and is making big strides to establish itself as a meaningful platform. It’s no surprise to see predictions that $100M+ businesses will be built on the back of the Slack platform this year. I’m confident it’ll happen — I’m a huge fan of the product, and the company […] - [The 7 Secrets of Highly Effective Retrospectives](https://jell.com/blog/the-7-secrets-of-highly-effective-retrospectives): This is a guest post by David Horowitz, CEO of Retrium. He’s going to be running a webinar The Seven Secrets of Highly Effective Retrospectives that will make them more effective for you. It’s on Jan 20th and 11am ET / 2pm PT. Retrospectives. It’s the part of agile and scrum that so many love to hate. […] - [3 Slack Tips To Strengthen Team Communication](https://jell.com/blog/team-communication-slack-tips): Gone are the days when you come back to work after a week-long vacation only to find your email’s inbox blown up. Fast forward to now; you log in to your Slack account, and you have dozens of @ mentions, thread replies, and private messages to catch up on. Slack replaced email because of its […] - [An Inside Look at Jell's Branding Design](https://jell.com/blog/jell-branding-design): A long time ago in a startup sort of far away… Jell was grown from a hackday project into an full-blown product with a growing user base. The development team at Formstack was working on it as a side project and piecing together the brand and user experience as they went along. After showing promise, […] - [How We Jell at Fog Creek [Interview with Jacob Krall]](https://jell.com/blog/fog-creek): If you follow today’s fastest-growing startups, you’ve probably read about Fog Creek Software in coveted media clips like this one from Fast Company. The most impressive part? The company is being featured not only for the success of its software, but also because of the practices and policies behind its development. Fog Creek, where tools […] - [How the Wrong Name Cost Our Startup $10,000](https://jell.com/blog/how-the-wrong-name-cost-our-startup): We’d launched the minimal viable product about 6 months ago, and after a lot of iteration and hard work, growth was picking up nicely. And then my mom called me: “I had Steve install your app, but he can’t see the team I setup.” Steve had installed the wrong app. And it’d been happening more […] - [An Abridged History of Scrum Standups and Agile Project Management](https://jell.com/blog/scrum-standups-agile-project-management): Have you ever wondered where daily scrum standups started? Or why yours are starting to feel more like mindless meetings than productivity-boosters? In this post you’ll get a short history of the daily standup trend—and how to make standups more effective for your team. Today’s standups can be traced back to World War I. Military […] - [5 Ways to Improve Work Performance You Haven't Tried Yet](https://jell.com/blog/improve-work-performance): Do you want to get more done in less time? Are you looking for new ways to improve work performance and reach actionable goals faster? These five unconventional methods may not be the first ideas that come to mind, but they definitely work. 1. Skip the afternoon coffee. And try matcha green tea in its place. […] - [How to Set Objectives and Key Results - Free OKR Template](https://jell.com/blog/okr-template-old): You don’t have to be a billion-dollar company to benefit from OKRs. If you’re new to this strategy and eager to make it work for your team, this is the post for you. We’ll show you how to write objectives and set key results that are smart and actionable. We’ll also give you a cut-and-paste […] - [Work Smarter (Not Harder): Help Your Employees with These Simple Tricks](https://jell.com/blog/4-proven-ways-to-help-employees-work-smarter-not-harder): Which would you prefer? An employee who spends 60 hours a week at the office? Or someone who works smarter: accomplishing the same amount of work in just 30 hours? You’d go with the latter, right? When people can achieve goals faster, there’s more time to brainstorm big ideas and go after loftier goals with […] - [Meeting Cost: The Financial Value of Productive Meetings](https://jell.com/blog/the-financial-value-of-productive-meetings): Do you want to make your team more efficient and run productive meetings? Are you looking for easy ways to generate more revenue for your business? Have you evaluated your team meeting cost yet? Making the best of the time people spend in meetings is one of the most important things you can do to […] - [Want to Increase Productivity at Work? Here’s What Science Says](https://jell.com/blog/increase-productivity): Let’s talk about how to increase productivity. Specifically, what science says about it. We were curious to see what research has revealed about the constant quest to get more done and decided to do a little digging. Turns out, we humans are hardwired to develop certain habits that can quietly sabotage our own brains’ productivity […] - [The Secret to Running Successful Meetings](https://jell.com/blog/successful-meetings): Are you worried that your meetings suck? Are you trying to cut back on the amount of time your team spends conversing when they could be producing? Do you want to do better at running successful meetings? Meetings have their place and can be a cornerstone of collaboration. So why do we spend so much time […] - [Managing Remote Employees Is Easier when You Quit These Old Habits](https://jell.com/blog/managing-remote-employee-habits): Managing remote employees is challenging. Really challenging. You’re often working across different time zones with people you rarely see in work settings that you have very little (if any) control over. There are also countless benefits to be reaped from remote workforces. For example: Remote employees are 20% more productive and almost twice as likely […] - [You Know Your Meetings Suck If…](https://jell.com/blog/you-know-your-meetings-suck-if): Not a fan of meetings? We know how you feel. Frustrated. Unproductive. Bored. We’ve all been there. Since introducing Jell, things have gotten better around here. Online standups now help get everyone in sync on day-to-day activities. So when we do schedule meetings, it’s to discuss the important issues that will help grow the business […] - [How to Work Effectively with Daily Standups](https://jell.com/blog/work-effectively-daily-standups): Do you ever feel like everyone’s flying solo? One team member announces she’s launching into Project C while everyone else is still fine-tuning Project A. No one really knows what John is up to and Pete is still finalizing the reports you were anticipating three weeks ago. Make Daily Standups Effective If you spend more […] - [How to Use Slack Integrations to Replace Mindless Meetings](https://jell.com/blog/how-to-use-slack-integrations-to-replace-mindless-meetings): Businesses everywhere are working toward eliminating “unproductivity tools” and outdated methods of communication. Endless email chains and mindless meetings are out. All-in-one apps are in. For many growing companies and remote teams, that means two-year-old Slack is playing a major role in day-to-day communications and collaborations. This group chat app has become essential to many […] - [Managing Remote Teams: The Challenges and How to Overcome Them](https://jell.com/blog/challenges-of-managing-remote-teams): Remember when Microsoft painted this terrifying picture of the future of remote work?  It sent shivers down my spine, especially picturing myself at my own funeral, clutching a Microsoft Surface Pro while my cold, lifeless body lies in state. Joking aside, it’s not a healthy depiction of remote work and in our experience at Jell, […] - [The Power of Positive Feedback to Build A Happy Productive Team](https://jell.com/blog/productive-team): What makes for a happy, productive team? Before we answer that, let’s take it back a couple of decades. In the early 1990s, psychologist John Gottman wrote a book based on years of research that definitively answered an elusive question: What is the number one behavioral predictor of a successful marriage? The answer: positive feedback. […] - [Are Online Daily Standups Right for Your Team?](https://jell.com/blog/daily-standups-team): I once worked at a company that desperately wanted to be on the cutting edge of creative culture. The strategy for getting everyone on board involved a regular cadence of mandatory meetings. There were meetings to see who could come up with the next “big idea,” lunch meetings to swap “in-the-field” stories and “super fun […] - [Concrete Tips for Getting Started with OKRs](https://jell.com/blog/getting-started-okrs): By now, you’ve likely heard a lot about OKRs—how Google uses them, how other startups are growing because of them—and are ready to use this goal-setting method at your company. Setting aspirational “objectives” and measuring success with specific “key results” can be a very effective way, especially for startups, to open the channels of communication […] - [Don't Let Remote Work Kill Your Culture Of Camaraderie](https://jell.com/blog/dont-let-remote-work-kill-your-culture-of-camaraderie): Camaraderie in the workplace is impossible to achieve without a fully developed company culture.  True company culture—the kind that’s studied, scrutinized, and shaped into clearly-communicated core values—is what separates a business that stays afloat from one that rides the waves of success. Culture is what divides the Kip Tindells and Shake Shacks of the world […] - [Remote Work Stats: 10 Statistics That'll Change the Way You Think About Working Remotely](https://jell.com/blog/remote-work-stats): If the thought of remote work conjures up images of pajama-clad employees with piles of pizza boxes in the background, it’s time to think again. Studies continue to show that the typical telecommuter is highly experienced and exceptionally engaged—and often more productive than the average in-office employee. Companies committed to remote work share two common […] - [Leadership Team Development: How to Get Your Team Back on Track](https://jell.com/blog/leadership-team-development): Leadership team development is hard. When I first started leading the team at Formstack, there was no question as to where we’d all be working: In the office. Every weekday. All day. Then, one week we decided to crack the door of our completely office-based environment and peer into the hallways of remote work. If […] - [Committing to Remote Work](https://jell.com/blog/committing-to-remote-work): In 2008 I had graduated college and accepted a full time role at Gray Matter Technologies*, where I’d become the first remote employee. I had interned with Gray Matter my entire senior year, we had built up enough trust that they were willing to let me continue working for them when I moved 4 hours […] - [Making Daily Mtg SMART](https://jell.com/blog/daily-mtg-smart): My daily mtg were terrible. The format was generally the same — we’d go around the room, with each person telling me what they were working on. Bodie* would rattle off about a dozen things each time, no task too small to describe in detail. Wallace would find creative ways to mention the same task […] - [Why Jell?](https://jell.com/blog/why-jell): We launched Jell to the public a couple months ago, and are thrilled by the usage and feedback we’ve received so far. As we look forward to the future of the product, it’s important for us to start by answering a simple question: Why? Jell was created by a small team within Formstack, and we […] ## Pages - [Case Studies - Internal - Chargify](https://jell.com/case-studies-internal-chargify): How We Jell at Chargify [Interview with Adam Feber] In our first installment of How We Jell, we talked to Jacob Krall of Fog Creek Software. Today we bring you more communication and collaboration insights from a team leader at another fast-growing company: Chargify… Adam Feber is an inspiration. O.K., so we might be a little biased. […] - [Case Studies - Internal - Growthwise](https://jell.com/case-studies-internal-growthwise): How We Jell at Growthwise [Interview with Steph Hinds] It’s not easy being accessible. Just ask Steph Hinds. As the Head Ninja at Growthwise, she’s built a successful company by making sure an entire team of accountants, advisors and administrators is consistently approachable and available—at all times, for every client, at virtually any hour and from […] - [Case Studies - Internal - Rackspace](https://jell.com/case-studies-internal-rackspace): How We Jell at Rackspace [Interview with Juan Montemayor] The first thing you see on Rackspace’s website says everything you need to know about who the company is and what it offers. Trusted by the majority of the Fortune 100. A leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for cloud-enabled managed hosting. The largest managed cloud […] - [Case Studies - Internal - Fog Creek Software](https://jell.com/case-studies-internal-fog-creek-software): How We Jell at Fog Creek [Interview with Jacob Krall] If you follow today’s fastest-growing startups, you’ve probably read about Fog Creek Software in coveted media clips like this one from Fast Company. The most impressive part? The company is being featured not only for the success of its software, but also because of the practices and policies […] - [Terms & Conditions](https://jell.com/terms): Terms and Conditions Jell Technologies Inc. (hereinafter “Jell Technologies”), a company incorporated under Canadian laws, which provides the Jell Solution in SaaS mode through its website www.jell.com or through the Jell application. By registering on the website www.jell.com or using the Service, the Client acknowledges that he/she/it has read, understood and agreed to the entirety […] - [Pivotal Tracker](https://jell.com/integrations/pivotal-tracker): Daily Standups + Pivotal Tracker Ditch daily meetings. Save time with Jell and post a daily standup in Pivotal Tracker Super-charge your projects with Daily Standups Pivotal Tracker is a great agile PM tool for development teams. Incorporating Jell’s online standups, takes it even further with online asynchronous standups. “>”>Try for free Book a demo […] - [Google Workspace](https://jell.com/integrations/google-workspace) - [Trello](https://jell.com/integrations/trello): Daily Standups + Trello Super-charge your standups with Trello boards With Jell’s Trello integration, you can plan your day around your Trello boards, lists and cards. Keeping your team up to date has never been easier. “>”>Try for free Book a demo How it works Connect Trello To Jell After you’re signed up for Jell, […] - [Microsoft-Teams](https://jell.com/integrations/microsoft-teams): Microsoft Teams Standup Bot Ditch daily meetings. Save time with Jell and post a daily standup in Microsoft Teams. Add to Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams Daily Standup Keep track of what everyone’s working on right now in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams Standup Bot Automated daily standup reminders are sent out to team members Post Standups […] - [FogBugz](https://jell.com/integrations/fogbugz): Daily Standups + FogBugz Ditch daily meetings. Save time with Jell and post a daily standup in FogBugz Super charge your FogBugz workflow with online daily standups in Jell Daily standups are a key part of any successful agile practice. Jell makes the standup fit with the modern development team. “>”>Try for free Book a […] - [Jira](https://jell.com/integrations/jira): Daily Standups + Jira Ditch daily meetings. Save time with Jell and post a daily standup in Jira Super charge your Jira workflow with online daily standups in Jell Daily standups are a key part of any successful agile practice. Jell makes the standup fit with the modern development team. “>”>Try for free Book a […] - [Clubhouse](https://jell.com/integrations/clubhouse): Daily Standups + Clubhouse Ditch daily meetings. Save time with Jell and post a daily standup in Clubhouse Super-charge your projects with Daily Standups Clubhouse is a great project management tool for software development. Incorporating Jell’s daily standups, takes it even further with online asynchronous standups. “>”>Try for free Book a demo How it works […] - [GitHub](https://jell.com/integrations/github): Daily Standups + GitHub Ditch daily meetings. Save time with Jell and post a daily standup in GitHub Super charge your GitHub workflow with online daily standups in Jell Jell helps you automate your team’s daily standup. With GitHub connected, your team will easily be able to link to issues in their standup. “>”>Try for […] - [GitLab](https://jell.com/integrations/gitlab): Daily Standups + GitLab Ditch daily meetings. Save time with Jell and post a daily standup in GitLab Super charge your Manuscript workflow with online daily standups in Jell GitLab is a great tool for modern development teams. Incorporating Jell’s online standups, takes it even further with online asynchronous standups. “>”>Try for free Book a […] - [Blog internal](https://jell.com/blog-internal): Remote Work Productivity – How to Be More Productive At Home by Sscadmin Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. 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: […] - [Book a demo](https://jell.com/book-a-demo): Book a demo - [Daily standups](https://jell.com/features/daily-standups): Get aligned with daily standup meetings​​ Set your schedule Use Jell out of the box for daily standups, or customize it to your team’s schedule. Especially optimized for teams that work across multiple time zones or remote work environments. Choose any combination of days in a week or even a specific date each month. This […] - [Slack](https://jell.com/integrations/slack): Slack Standup Bot Ditch daily meetings. Save time with Jell and post a daily standup in Slack. Add to Slack Daily Slack Standup Keep track of what everyone’s working on right in Slack. Slack Standup Bot Automated daily standup reminders are sent out to team members via Jellbot. Post Standups On Slack Jell can post […] - [Check-Ins](https://jell.com/features/checkins): Check-Ins Get the information you need from your team One-On-One Prep Jell provides an easy to use platform for managers and team members to get the most out of their 1:1 time. By setting up a weekly (or bi-weekly) check-in, you can get the information you need to make your one-on-one’s more productive. By being […] - [Goals & OKRs](https://jell.com/features/goals): Goals & OKRs Set Your Goals In Jell, you can set goals at every level of your organization and view them all in one place. Whether you use annual or quarterly goals, everyone can track their progress and share results in one place. There’s nothing like an organization striving forward towards common goals. Share Details […] - [Resources](https://jell.com/resource): Resources Daily Standups Download Goals & OKRs Download Meetings Download One-on-Ones Download Maximize Team Meeting Productivity: The Science Of Productive Team Meetings The Psychology Of Routine Meetings The Financial Value Of Productive Meetings The Secret To Running Effective Meetings The Importance Of Daily Standups: An Abridged History of Daily Standups Making Daily Standups SMART Are […] - [Case Studies](https://jell.com/case-studies): “>”>Case Studies Fog Creek Software Fog Creek, home of FogBugz, Trello and StackOverflow, is paving a new workplace path that thousands of managers around the world want to copy. Read how they’re using Jell for daily standups to share status, accomplishments and impediments with each other… Read about how Fog Creek uses Jell Rackspace Rackspace […] - [Benefits](https://jell.com/benefits): Benefits Elevate your teams success using  Jell’s streamlined communication Benefits For Managers Attain information you need from the team rapidly Build a culture of teamwork and transparency Foster goal alignment among all team members Achieve success for each team member Benefits For Employees Stay informed about your teammates’ tasks Receive regular credit and feedback on […] - [Affiliates](https://jell.com/affiliates): Join our Affiliate Program today! Affiliate partners earn 20% commission for the life of the subscription. Tell us a little bit about yourself and we’ll send you next steps. - [About](https://jell.com/about): About Us Once upon a time, a group of enthusiastic minds came together with a shared desire to unlock the true potential of teams. 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