employee productivity, working at home, working remotely

Is Working Remotely Here to Stay?

Remote working, which is also referred to as “working from home,” is a work arrangement where employees do not commute to a central place of work.  It is estimated that approximately 4.7 million people were working remotely before the COVID-19 pandemic. But a global survey conducted by Gartner Inc. found that 88 percent of business ...

Katrina Hicks

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Tips for Building a Great Remote Team

Companies have faced unmatched struggles over the past year and some have responded by coming up with alternative ways to stay in business. One such strategy has been to carry out the process of hiring, training, and supervising newly recruited employees remotely. Employers already face several challenges in building teams when all the members are ...

Armin Auctor

A woman sits in front of a computer for a video conference with four coworkers.

Happiness: The Secret to Employee Performance

Thinking about how to increase your employee productivity? Consider implementing policies that bring them happiness, since research shows that happier employees tend to have higher levels of productivity and commitment to the job. Happiness and productivity Recent research conducted by the University of Oxford has discovered that happy workers are likely to be 13 percent ...

Raven Montmorency

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