If youâre a manager, you know that personal connection is the glue that holds teams together â but that itâs also not always easy to create, especially on remote teams. Research shows that workplace belonging leads to a 56% increase in job performance
After running Planio for more than a decade, Iâve come to learn that managers and leaders often wear blinders. Even if we think weâre being open and understanding, underneath it all, we think we know best. And thatâs a problem â especially on remote...
As a project manager, itâs your job to help shield your team from the constant communication, notifications, and meeting requests that threaten their daily tasks (and sanity). Asynchronous communicationâwhen you send messages without expecting...
Itâs quickly becoming the ânew normalâ for companies and teams to be split across cities, countries, and even time zones. And while thereâs no denying the many benefits of working remotely, mismatched schedules, repetitive communication, and out...
The great remote work debate is over: Working remotely is here to stay. After years of dipping our toes in the water, the global coronavirus pandemic has abruptly forced teams to dive straight into working remotely. And you know what? Itâs not...
Managing remote teams can feel a lot like playing chess... with a blindfold on. You can use all your experience and instincts to make the right moves and still have no idea if it made any impact (or even what your team is up to!) Awareness and...
Every great companyâfrom the billion-dollar tech behemoths to innovative and scrappy startupsâhas one thing in common: talented people motivated by a shared vision. But while finding talented people isnât hardâeven when hiring remote employees...
In 2015, Stanford Professor Nicholas Bloom found that working from home increased productivity by 13% and lowered turnover in half! In other words: working remotely works. However, these days with the rise of COVID-19 pushing more companies to...
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many parents to work from home with no time to adapt or prepare. We recently wrote about how to minimize distractions in your workplace but add children and closed schools to that equation and the odds are stacked...
Itâs safe to say that most teams live and die by their ability to work together. As The Economist writes: âIn modern business, collaboration is next to godliness.â Whether youâre collaborating on a website redesign, working on a video presentation...