Remote work and technology issues: How do we ensure tech equity for all?
While there have been plenty of positives worth shouting about, the transition to telecommuting for many over the past year has hit its share of snags along the way. Following on from last week’s piece on some communication challenges when working remote, let’s
It’s good to talk: Has remote working impacted our ability to communicate well?
With everything going on over the last year or so, there’s been a lot to say on the topic of working remotely. It’s enabled countless businesses to keep things running through multiple lockdowns, and has worked wonders for productivity and work-life balance of
5 key lockdown lessons for work in 2021
To say that the last twelve months have been tumultuous would be massively underselling it. Even for those of us who weren’t furloughed, the pandemic turned our working lives upside down. Your daily commutes? Gone. Grabbing a coffee with your teammates? Never gonna
After COVID-19: Return to work and the “new normal”
COVID-19 has left the whole world shaken. There’s a lot of debate going on about how soon life will return to normal, and whether things will ever be quite the same as used to be. Certainly the 'post COVID19 return to
How do you build trust in remote teams? 10 key elements for a better remote work culture.
Prior to March 2020, remote work practices for knowledge-based workers were on the rise and had been for over 10 years. With as many as 95% of workers desiring the ability to work away from base to at least some
Wellbeing in remote teams: A manager’s duty of care
One of the most important facets of being a great manager is the duty of care you have to your employees. The term “workplace wellbeing” is a common one, but slightly misleading. A manager’s duty of care extends to all
Beware the remote work cabin fever – What is cabin fever and how to stave it off
While self-isolation in the face of COVID-19 is certainly necessary, that doesn’t make it easy. You start to lose track of how many days have gone by, the places you used to go become hard to remember, and you could
Managing remote teams: Adapting your management style
Managing other people is a complicated, multi-faceted job at the best of times. It can be hard enough to balance the aims of the business against the needs of your staff even when they’re all in the same place. Throw
The phases of remote work change: achieving success when WFH
How do we say this…working remotely can be a difficult, costly and not all that fruitful exercise. Whether enforced or planned, remote work can be a big upheaval for companies with a lot of learning and adapting along the way to success.
How to work from home effectively: Top tools and tips for remote working.
As COVID-19 spreads and toilet paper becomes worth its weight in gold, businesses are implementing remote working practices in order to keep staff safe. But if you’re new to the world of working remotely, working from home can be an