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Why setting goals and creating clarity are key to better business in the UK

The last year and a half has really tested how well organisations in the UK—and around the world—are able to communicate goals and create clarity for their teams. Without strong goals to work towards together, teams flounder and can’t do their best work, especially considering the amount of sudden change and stress people have experienced.

How to Manage a Remote Team: 14 Effective Tips for Your Business

According to Global Workplace Analytics, the number of people who work from home has grown by more than 173% since 2005. There are now over five million remote employees in the U.S. The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic prompted stay-at-home orders, and work-related tasks have become challenging for those who struggle with managing remote teams. Some employees find it hard to create a work-life balance now that they work from home.

When everything is important: Effective prioritization for product managers

To be an effective product manager, you must constantly evolve what, how, and why you prioritize. During this talk, Yuliya Malysh, Head of Self-Serve Business and Growth at Miro, shares the mental models and approaches that help her and the Miro team prioritize under pressure when everything is urgent and important. Want more Miro in your feed? Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE. You can click the bell to get notified about new videos.

How Blavity CEO Morgan DeBaun leads with purpose and empathy

Leading a company through a global pandemic is no easy feat. It requires resilience, purpose, and a whole lot of empathy. At our recent Focus & Flow Summit, Asana Customer Success Manager Rasha Harvey sat down with Blavity’s Founder & CEO Morgan DeBaun to learn how she guided her team through change while staying focused on her organization’s purpose. Here are a few of Morgan’s insights along with tips on how to achieve greater focus and flow.

Give your agents the context they need to solve customer problems

When surveyed, more than half of customer service agents said they usually have to switch between different systems to solve a customer request. Here’s why: When a customer reaches out for support, an agent typically needs a bit of context to fully understand the customer’s situation or problem.

Project Integration Management 101

Project integration management is the coordination of each specific aspect of a large project. A project is more than just tasks, milestones, communications, and reports. Projects have a context; they aim to satisfy all requirements by balancing resources and fulfilling stakeholder’s expectations. In this way, Project Integration Management is the process of managing a project in its totality, including the tasks, milestones, communications, requirements, trade-offs, and resource decisions.