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Drive employee impact: New tools to empower resilient leadership

In this new era of work, leaders have an opportunity to equip teams with clarity, alignment, and focus. Today, we’re proud to unveil a suite of new enhancements designed to help you do just that. According to the 2022 Anatomy of Work Index, workers spend 58% of their time on work about work, with 42% suffering from burnout and imposter syndrome at the same time.

June Update: Smoother Project Management Scoro

At Scoro, we’re all about getting rid of those tedious extra steps in your workflow. With this update, we are introducing several project management related improvements that significantly reduce manual work with similar or standard projects. Plus we’ve got some news on the emoji front! Here’s what’s new in Scoro.

Agile release planning: How to effectively plan for success

Every project needs a plan. But sometimes, even the best, most carefully drafted plans need to change. That’s the basic premise behind agileproject management, a project managementmethodology that’s wildly popular among software development teams. In 2021, 86% of software development teams were using agile, and it's quickly becoming the dominant practice in industries where iteration and flexibility are essential.

Best Practices for Creating Newsletter Content

One of the biggest complaints from internal communications professionals is that employees don’t read their content. My next question is always, “do you know why?” The resounding answer is that employees are busy and don’t have time to read everything. This especially comes up when discussing an all-employee company newsletter. The average newsletter open rate is approximately 65-68%.

16 best chat platforms in 2022

Probably one of the three: an app to talk to coworkers, an app to talk to your friends, or an in-app chat where you engage in conversations with customers. Due to the newest Digital Markets Act issued by the EU Parliament and Council, the Big Tech gatekeepers will have to open their APIs to interoperate with other messaging platforms. This means that users will have more choice: they will not be limited to use the household name just because others use it.

The Pros and Cons of Offshoring Accounting

Companies often prefer to offshore their accounting tasks to an external accounting firm. Why? In-house accounting services can often be overly expensive due to hiring and training costs and require too much management oversight. But with offshore accounting services, you get high-quality services at affordable prices due to the low labor costs in popular offshoring destinations like India, Mexico, etc.

Time Doctor vs RescueTime: Which Time Tracking Tool is Best for Teams?

A number of visitors to the site have asked how Time Doctor is different compared to RescueTime, a popular employee monitoring and time tracking software solution. On the surface, both programs appear to be similar, but each product’s approach and practical applications are vastly different. Both rely on software systems to monitor activity, track productivity, and generate reports. But this is where the similarities begin and end.

10 Free Project Management Tools For Small Businesses

A project management tool divides your business tasks into smaller, more achievable chunks helping you become more efficient. And isn’t that what we all want from our businesses? From guaranteeing smooth daily operations to exploring different strategies to enhance your eCommerce store sales, a small business owner has to balance multiple job designations or has a limited team to do so. Project management tools for small businesses are a sigh of relief in such scenarios.

The Qualities of a Good Team Member: What Makes Teams Effective?

For the record, this is not another blog post about how multitasking and working under pressure are good team member qualities: leave those to the 80s! People tend to believe employees must work really hard to be considered good, but when it comes to effective teams, there are other important teamwork skills that matter, all while maintaining good levels of employee satisfaction.