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How to Create Meaningful Productivity KPIs (Plus Free Template)

Curious about productivity KPIs? Productivity KPIs (key performance indicators) help measure how effectively your company achieves its core business objectives. And while the term may seem complex, using KPIs to measure your company’s success is pretty easy! In this article, we’ll discuss productivity KPIs, why they matter, and how to use them to improve employee performance.

A manager's guide to combating burnout

Extreme stress is now an all too familiar component of work. Last year, 71% of workers felt burnt out at least once. Additionally, the number of workers assessing their mental health as poor, or very poor, rose from 5% to 18%, with 42% rating their stress levels as high or very high. This elevated stress and pressure is a clear sign of the times.

27 Best Organizational Tools to Enhance Your Work

Being chaotic is not an option in today’s fast-paced world, and businesses need to focus on what really matters – getting work done. But as we’re constantly pushed to get more done in less time, it’s no longer possible to do everything manually. Therefore, it’s crucial to find tools that enable you to automate your workflows and boost efficiency.

Call Center Training: 8 Strategies to Empower Your Agents

Want to set up effective call center training programs? During the last decade, customer service has moved on from being a mere necessity to taking a front-seat for most businesses. As a result, contact center services and operations have gone through a massive transformation. And it’s vital that the methods and practices in call center training sessions reflect these changes too. Frontline customer service agents must now be empowered to embrace and utilize these new trends.

Hybrid is Hard Work, But Here's How to Get Past the Challenges

“Can hybrid work? Yes. But it takes a lot of intention, strategy, skill development, and location inclusion to make it work” The global Coronavirus pandemic unexpectedly thrust the entire working world into new and uncharted territory. A year ago, some 95% of businesses were forced to move to a remote work environment, many for the first time. It was an unprecedented experience that was not only unanticipated, but that few businesses were ready for.

23 Tools for Freelancers to Improve their Productivity

Reports show that almost 70% of freelance workers handle about 4 projects at one time. This means freelancing work involves communicating with multiple people on different deliverables, creating outlines for each of these projects, creating schedules to be on-time, invoicing for each work done, and much more. This is a huge chunk of administrative work that every freelancer goes through. It may read easily on paper, but it can take a toll on you if you are not organizing your work.

How to handle procrastination while working remotely

The first thing we need to establish is the fact that procrastination is thought to come from an emotional reaction to whatever it is you are avoiding. Researchers call this phenomenon “mood repair”, where we avoid the uncomfortable feelings associated with our work by spending time on mood-enhancing activities, like playing games or spending time on our phones.

How to Keep Employee Retention High in the Era of Remote Work

People are usually reluctant to embrace change. But with the ongoing pandemic – something that nobody could’ve predicted – they were left with no choice. Remote workforces are now the new normal, with large and small businesses embracing the work-from-home arrangement. Although this new trend is still taking shape with many businesses still adjusting to it, one of the main challenges is employee retention.