As summer slowly starts to fade into fall, many businesses are sitting down with spreadsheets to crunch numbers and develop the upcoming year’s budget - a budget, that for many, will have a new focus on technology thanks to the pandemic’s impact on how we do business. Today’s Focus: Budgeting for IT Under “normal” [...]
No one saw this pandemic coming, and when the world suddenly closed its physical doors, most businesses scrambled to transition traditional employees to remote workers. But some businesses were able to do this more smoothly than others. Those companies almost seemed to just flip a switch, shifting to a virtual business model without much [...]
Before you start shaking your head and saying, “My employees are virtual, there’s nothing to “return” to, so I don’t need a plan,” take a second look. Does Jim like to work from coffee shops? Now that they’re back open, is he doing it again? Does Judy travel to client sites to showcase your [...]
The recent pandemic had many of us scrambling to shift from a traditional business model to working from home. And it’s beginning to look like that model is here to stay for some, whether required or by choice. Right now, your HR person is probably huddled in a corner crying into a pile of [...]
As it becomes clear that many companies are looking at a prolonged work-from-home status, some may be mulling over the possibility of embracing the virtual office permanently. At least if you close your physical doors and turn off the lights, you’ll save money, right? Maybe. But shifting to a virtual office involves more than [...]
About two months ago, the work world suddenly shifted and many of us who once bathed under the florescent lights of an office found ourselves setting up shop at our kitchen tables. We started cranking out work remotely, chatting like pros over Teams and Skype, and attending virtual meetings where there was an almost [...]
Over the past few weeks, we’ve tackled the hairball that is working from home. We’ve talked about setting schedules and staying focused, designing a workspace conducive to productivity, communication strategies and maintaining sanity through it all. But a key thing to making this all work, is trust. Today’s Focus: Building and Having Trust in [...]
Prior to the pandemic, when people heard that our team works from home, the instant response was, “That’s awesome.” And you know, we still think it is. But many now realize that working from home doesn’t mean gourmet lunches and a perfectly clean house because we have so much more time on our hands [...]
When you work from home, you often go hours, if not days, without “seeing” anyone. That can make it hard to stay focused, productive and feeling like your work matters. No matter how many Zoom meetings you attend, conference calls you dial into, or virtual happy hours you join, working from home can lead [...]
Did you know that when we speak to another person, more than half of what is heard is taken from body language? How we stand, tilt our head, move our eyes … it matters. On top of that, almost 40% of what the listener is getting is based on tone. Which means the words [...]
