The Business Case for Remote Work: Send This to Your CEO
Here’s a copy-and-paste business case for hybrid and remote work you can share with your CEO and executive team: Embrace remote work. If you really want to save time and money, r...
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Leaders Making Bad Decisions: The Return to Office Mandate Is Destroying Job Satisfaction
Over the last three years, most of the world has watched CEOs at massive enterprises toggle between supporting remote work and demanding employees return to the office. We’ve als...
How to Know If Remote Employees Are Actually Working
One of the greatest challenges of remote work is determining how to know if remote employees are working. If you’re new to remote team members or your output is dropping, this is...
11 Best Remote Work Software Options You Need in 2024
In 2024, remote work is no longer a new concept, but that doesn’t mean we’ve mastered it — or the remote work software we’ve chosen. The 2020s began with 57% of companies w...
What Is a Hybrid Work Policy? (And How to Create It)
For decades, Americans went to work and came home eight hours later. There was no such thing as a hybrid work policy. While some companies had salespeople and service personnel spl...
How to Blur Your Background in Zoom and Master Remote Meetings
Finding a good work-life balance while working from home is easier said than done. In order to meet with your team from the comforts of home, you might need to blur your background...
The Best Way to Pay 1099 Independent Contractors
Knowing how to pay 1099 employees can be tricky. In most cases, it’s not the act of paying contractors that requires significant effort. Instead, the accounting process for all t...
Embracing Asynchronous Work in 2024: A Comprehensive Guide to Tools, Techniques, and Best Practices
The shift to remote work led teams to experiment with asynchronous work — and redefine the concept of teamwork in the process. Whether it’s sports, relationships, or work, we a...
How to Manage Remote Agile Teams Effectively
If you manage an Agile team that’s considering a permanent transition to remote work, you might be worried that it will be an uphill battle. That’s a valid concern. McKinsey &a...
Building and Nurturing Trust in Virtual Teams
It’s tough to admit that your team members don’t trust you — or each other. You care about your team and want them to succeed. How can you build trust? If you’re managing a...
Work From Home Skills: What Makes Someone an Effective Remote Worker?
Remote work is more popular than ever. Even though some businesses have returned to the office, flexible and fully remote teams are part of the new normal. One good reason is that...
