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11 Practical Tips for Onboarding and Training Remote Employees

The dynamic nature of the workplace has seen some incredible changes in the past couple of years with the rise of remote teams. Given that 83 percent of employers have reported a successful shift to remote work, it is highly likely that we will see a major shift towards remote teams in the future. As we see the growing trend of shifting to remote work, what will this mean for onboarding and training? Before we get into this, we need to look at the importance of employee onboarding.

Why Team Leaders need to get RUDE with their KPIs

Setting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is not easy. Whether you’re deciding the One Metric that Matters or a mix of KPIs, it can be a long, iterative process to determine the precise metrics that best measure team performance or the success of your business. In fact, when we finally do get to the end of this process, we could be forgiven for thinking the hard part is over. But it isn’t. Because a good team KPI doesn’t just live in a strategy paper.

Ask the Experts - Constraints vs Bottlenecks

Organizations implementing agile practices often use the word constraints and bottlenecks interchangeably, but they are in fact different and it is important to understand how. In this Ask the Expert discussion we look at how to find them, what implications they have in your development flow, and how you can address the issues they cause. We will also take a look at how you can use Jira Align to tackle your bottlenecks and constraints.

5 Ways to Progressively Engage Remote Employees to Encourage Value and Connection

We know about the “new normal” and “new ways of working” because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For numerous companies, the pandemic shifted the workforce to remote, even if it was temporary. However, more companies are now hiring fully-remote employees even if a large portion of their workforce will return to the office. At the same time, other companies have implemented a hybrid or fully-remote workforce.

3 ways to provide an AI customer experience

A great customer experience features efficient and personalized interactions at each step of the buyer’s journey. But in order to achieve this, companies need a way to quickly analyze customer data and act on it. According to the Zendesk Customer Experience Trends Report, businesses that leverage customer data see 36-percent faster resolutions and a 79-percent reduction in wait times; they also solve four times the number of customer requests.

Understanding customer touchpoints-and why they matter

Let’s start with the basics: What is a customer touchpoint? To put it simply, a customer touchpoint is any time a consumer interacts with your brand, whether that’s through an employee, a website, an advertisement, or an app. And the experiences consumers have with those touchpoints can shape how they view your company.

10 Best Virtual Assistant Countries for Finding Excellent VAs

Traditionally, virtual assistants handled day-to-day processes such as scheduling appointments, responding to emails, confirming travel itineraries, etc. But these days, you can hire a virtual assistant (VA) for virtually any task performed online. For instance, you can hire a VA to develop your website and handle your social media marketing. In this article, we’ll highlight the 10 best virtual assistant countries for outsourcing various tasks to VAs.