Collaboration today is more global and connected than ever. As leaders of globally distributed teams in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the US—Jessica leads the Revenue Marketing team and Joshua leads the Engagement Marketing team at Asana—we live and breathe this every day. One of the most challenging aspects of managing team members located in multiple regions is team bonding. How do you create tight connections across countries (or counties), and how do you maintain them over time?

“You’re not paying close enough attention to your customers.” That’s how TeamSupport CEO Pete Khanna and ProfitSword VP of Sales and Marketing Paul Bennie began their speaking session at the recent TSIA Interact annual conference. This blog provides the highlights from their talk. It was a provocative statement to introduce the session. What did they mean?

Remote working has become increasingly popular for businesses across a host of industries, and it offers numerous benefits not just for employers but also for staff. The rise in collaborative technology has made it easier than ever to work as part of a team from any location in the world. In our ultimate guide to remote recruitment, we’ll cover the characteristics and skills that remote employees should have, how to hire remote candidates, and tools that remote teams can benefit from.

Saved replies can be set up in OneDesk for your agents to use. These saved replies allow your team to be able to respond faster to commonly asked customer inquiries by inserting pre-written responses. You can set up a repository of saved replies for your users to be able to make user of.

The pandemic and the resulting switch to remote working models has made enterprises and organisations across industries, including even the most highly-confidential sectors such as legal, government and healthcare, depend more than ever upon technology.