You would be hard-pressed to find a team leader today who acknowledges being a micromanager. But they’re out there and doing untold damage to morale, productivity and profit potential. Micromanagement’s most immediate impact is on employee engagement levels. Feeling controlled, undervalued and unable to make decisions, employees withdraw or leave altogether. But the influence goes far beyond disgruntled employees.

Discover how Insightful's suite of remote work tools and employee monitoring solutions topped G2's Winter 2024 rankings, enhancing productivity and well-being in the digital workplace.

The retrospective is a familiar end-of-cycle exercise for product development teams who follow Agile methodology. Done right, it can be a highly impactful process with the potential to improve how teams collaborate, function, and innovate. But all too often, teams skip this critical step of reflection in favor of moving on to the next “big” thing.

What are you assuming right this second? Lots of things! At a minimum: We all make assumptions about the world around us — it’s a part of navigating a complex and sometimes chaotic world. What good would we be in everyday life if we constantly doubted that gravity would hold us down, that electricity would keep working, and so on? We do the same thing in projects: we make certain project assumptions so we can focus on the less certain stuff between those assumptions.

What does a business need? What is the expectation of a CEO? These are simple questions that come to the mind of business owners every day and one of the simplest answers to this is all they want is to enhance productivity and streamline their operations.

A scope management plan outlines the processes involved in executing your project and serves as a guideline to keep the project within specific limits. In this article, we’ll explain what a scope management plan is and how it can assist you in the planning phase. With effective scope management, you can set you and your team up for success. Managing the scope of a project is like driving a car. If you don’t keep your eyes in front of you, the car veers off the road.

If you're looking to improve communication and collaboration in the workplace, choosing the right corporate intranet is a game-changer. Modern intranet solutions can raise user adoption rates, streamline communication channels, and vastly improve the digital employee experience.

Every business needs software solutions to thrive, and building the right tech stack means companies can put customer experience front and centre. But with so many options out there, finding the best integrations for each of your clients can be a head scratcher. In the context of Zendesk, ‘tech stack’ refers to a combination of tools and technologies that work together with our products – all geared toward improving a business’s customer experience (CX).

Meetings can be powerful tools for productivity, but poorly run ones can dampen energy and damage team morale. Save your team from frustrations by running targeted discussions with well-structured agendas. Define clear objectives, realistic deadlines, and task ownership to enhance engagement and cultivate a more dynamic collaborative environment. Are you using the right meeting format to achieve your goals?