Time tracking is an important step in managing time effectively for a consultant or anyone offering freelance professional services. Time tracking gives insights into how long you spend on a client project and how to improve your time management skills and productivity. It’s also the easiest way to ensure you get paid for the hours you put in. This also ensures that an employer won’t underpay or overpay its consultants.

Knowing how many hours people work a year seems easy to calculate, right? The answer, however, is not as simple as it seems as it depends on how you define “work year.” And before you ask: yes, there are some work years different than others. In this blog post, we will explore different ways of calculating the number of work hours in a year and discuss the implications for workers worldwide.

As the world shifts towards remote work and virtual teams, managing productivity can feel like navigating uncharted waters. Gone are the days of physically observing employees at their desks, managers must now find new ways to ensure their teams are operating at peak efficiency. However, with the advent of innovative tools and technologies, it's possible to effectively track and measure productivity, even when teams are spread out across the globe.

If the recent hype around ChatGPT is anything to go by, the world seems to be reaching an inflection point in artificial intelligence (AI) and associated tools. (GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer, a large language model for generating text using deep learning.)

Keen on managing offshore teams more effectively? Whether you have a startup or an established company, hiring an offshore team can help you achieve your organizational goals and expand your business. However, managing an offshore team isn’t as easy as managing an in-house team. You can’t just walk over to them to check their progress as you would in an office. You’ll need the right strategies and tools to help your offshore teams function efficiently.

During times of chaos, disorganization, or confusion, one of the most critical tools a team can have is a valid and concise stand-up meeting agenda. Keeping up with the weekly stand-up meeting agenda can help teams stay on track, foster better communication between members, and ensure everyone is on the same page. But how do you keep up with the weekly stand-up meeting agenda? In this post, we’ll explore five simple ways to ensure your meetings are as effective and efficient as possible.

Over a quarter (26%) of workers struggle to prioritize daily tasks, citing the lack of a system and the effort needed to create one as the major reasons why. In a busy agency where every minute counts, these “systems” can mean the difference between success and failure — making project management tools a top priority. On the surface, email project planning tools may seem like an obvious solution.

Do you ever find yourself struggling to get everything done during the day? With the long hours, tight deadlines, and hectic schedules that many faces, it’s easy to forget essential things. Fortunately, there are ways to stay organized and on top of your work tasks. Enter the art of setting a daily reminder. This simple strategy can help you stay focused on what needs to be done and keep you from feeling overwhelmed by all that lies ahead.

Have you ever wondered how actors remember their lines? Because a film can have a bunch of them, especially in a Tarantino film! Or, if you joined the Queen’s Gambit hype, how did Beth Harmon memorize all those (im)possible opening moves? Hard! The truth is memorizing information can be tough, especially if you don’t have any memorization techniques at your disposal or a trained memory. But with the right techniques to memorize, anyone can become better at memorizing facts and figures.