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Having a Virtual Workforce, the Two Sides of the Same Coin

Posted on 30th Nov 2020
by Elena Carstoiu
in Industry

If there’s one lesson the pandemic taught business owners this year, it’s that having a virtual workforce is doable across many industries and sectors. About 50 percent of surveyed companies in the United States and Canada think their employees are more productive when working from home and project this will continue in 2021, according to Talent Trends.

However, the research also indicates that another 43 percent of companies are not sure if they can adapt to a digitally enabled remote work entirely in the months ahead.

Having a Virtual Workforce, the Two Sides of the Same Coin

The Productivity Box: Put to Good Use what Nature Brings

Posted on 27th Nov 2020
by Elena Carstoiu
in Teamwork

It’s time to get out of the productivity box once again in a search for surprising new elements that can make our days at work better. In the past months, we discovered how coffee influences work efficiency, exercised our way into the flow, and learned to break the mental health paradigm at the workplace. Now, let’s take a deep dive into what nature has to offer.

The Productivity Box: Use what Nature Brings

The Main Challenges in Remote Onboarding and How to Overcome Them

Posted on 11th Nov 2020
by Elena Carstoiu
in Teamwork

This year threw the workforce for a major loop, as millions of people exchanged office cubicles for their own sofas and kitchen tables. And while this shift in daily scenery is one thing for existing employees, for new team members there’s a different story altogether. In a matter of months, remote onboarding has become an even hotter topic.

The Main Challenges in Remote Onboarding and How to Overcome Them

How to Avoid Burnout While Working From Home

Posted on 30th Oct 2020
by Alice Calin
in Industry

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote working has become more and more widespread. According to Owl Labs’ State of Remote Work survey, at the beginning of this year, 62 percent of full-time employees in US worked remotely to some degree. By now, more than 65 percent are mostly working from home. And the already fragile work-life balance is once again under great pressure. Therefore, avoiding burnout and caring for the mental health of their employees have become paramount for companies from all over the world.

How to Avoid Burnout While Working From Home

The Productivity Box: Breaking the Mental Health Paradigm at Work

Posted on 22nd Oct 2020
by Elena Carstoiu
in Teamwork

The current workplace environment looks caught between a rock and a hard place. With 77 percent of full-time US employees working from home, we still have record-high levels of remote workers. Yet, in-spite of distributed locations, leaders want their teams to be highly productive. And all of this on top of a sanitary crisis. So, are you ready to dive headfirst into the mental health paradigm at work? Let’s do it!

The Productivity Box: Solving the Mental Health Paradigm at the Workplace

Best Practices for Selling Cloud Services

Posted on 15th Oct 2020
by Elena Carstoiu
in Teamwork

In the past decade, many companies have benefited from making the transition from hardware-based data storage systems to cloud services. In fact, 87 percent of companies reported business acceleration from their use of cloud services. This is good news for sales professionals who sell these services and try to nurture leads who might be interested in them.

Best Practices for Selling Cloud Services

Wave After Wave, Will Coronavirus Change How We Work Together?

Posted on 2nd Oct 2020
by Elena Carstoiu
in Teamwork

Six months into the new Coronavirus pandemic and we still have no clue when this crisis is going to end. Medical experts like Dr. Lisa Maragakis, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins, think that the pandemic’s first wave is gone. Most likely, we are now at the beginning of the second wave. So what does that mean for how people work together and businesses operate?

Will coronavirus change how we work together

Making virtual teams work

Posted on 28th Sep 2020
by Alice Calin
in Industry

For the past half of the year, the economy has been revolving around virtual teams more than ever before. With lockdown measures in place, the only way for companies and workers all over the world to keep their jobs and their business going was switching to virtual spaces. Adjusting to this new way of working hasn’t been easy for anyone. And it has been particularly challenging for those who were doing it for the first time.

This article is coming to give a helping hand to those team leaders, managers, and workers who are trying to make their virtual teams work and prosper during these strange times.

The Productivity Box: Exercise Your Way Into the Flow

Posted on 23rd Sep 2020
by Elena Carstoiu
in Teamwork

You’ve heard the phrase being in the flow. It’s commonly used when you work, exercise or even when reading a good book. It turns out, it’s not just a saying, but an actual state of being. And for those who want to better focus and succeed at work, the flow state is the ideal mindset.

The productivity box: exercise your way into the flow

Use Social Selling on LinkedIn to Grow your B2B Revenue

Posted on 17th Sep 2020
by Elena Carstoiu
in Teamwork

Social media has become one of the most powerful tools to connect with customers in this century. Human behavior has changed when it comes to forming bonds, conducting research, and deciding whom to listen to. When used correctly, social media can help you grow your leads with social selling.