Former Picnik and current PicMonkey CMO Lisa Conquergood says she learned a lot about how Google keeps employees engaged and productive while she worked there.
Teamwork
Collaborative tools powered by cloud technology are making it easier for remote teams to accomplish as much apart as they would working in the same room, says Alltopstartups.com founder Thomas Oppong. He shares some of the best collaboration apps.
We all have different productivity styles. Learning which style fits each person the best can help to personalize productivity efforts, writes Carson Tate, founder of productivity consultancy Working Simply.
Technology is constantly changing, but people often find that change hard to handle. So when it comes time to update the tools your company uses, how do you avoid resistance from co-workers?
To help your team accomplish a goal, show appreciation along the way to get them to the finish line.
When your company is a hard place to work, how can you keep employees from leaving not long after they start?
Here are some of UpdateZen founder and CEO Paul Ruderman’s “golden rules” for collaboration.
It’s hard to watch a new person struggling to fit in. What can an established employee do to help a new colleague become part of the team?
Microsoft Certified Trainer Melissa Esquibel offers two quick SharePoint tips.
If your office collaborates on documents and data, inside and outside the organization, you may encounter collaborators using different office suites who need to work on the same file. “So that data file might pass between MS Office, LibreOffice, iWork, WPS—the list goes on and on,” says TechRepublic’s Jack Wallen. Wallen offers some tips to help make your files easy to share.
A new boss can introduce a lot of new elements to your work life, such as a new leadership style, a new way of communicating and new expectations. Career coach Joyce E.A. Russell offers these tips to help you cut through your anxiety and start adjusting to your new reality.
Being part of a remote team can be difficult for even the most skilled administrators. We reached out to companies with remote staffs to get the best advice on how to keep everyone productive.
Figuring out how to keep a project moving when you need help from a colleague can be challenging. Business writer Esther Schindler suggests these tips.