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Step-by-step guide to the risk management process

The risk management process provides teams with a clear methodology to identify and tackle risks before they disrupt projects. A well-prepared risk management plan keeps your team focused on each step to keep the project steady and successful. A project is most successful when you plan and manage it effectively. Developing your project management skills and implementing tried-and-true project management mitigation strategies can help. But even the most well-developed projects will have risks.

6 Effective Ways To Improve Work Performance

Performance at work is crucial for companies to assess personnel productivity and monitor data on hard and soft skills, leadership qualities, and employees’ attitudes. Such analysis is helpful for both managers and the entire team. Here’s why: Indicators such as task complexity, resource expenditure, and deadlines are considered when assessing labor efficiency. For example, employees cope well with their job duties but do everything late and interrogate colleagues.

Cloud Computing in Healthcare: Benefits, Types, and Solutions

The demand for cloud technology is skyrocketing across industries as businesses transition their operations to digital. Research says that 85% of organizations are preparing for a “cloud-first” approach by 2025 to drive digital transformation. In healthcare alone, experts estimate that the total global spending for cloud technology will exceed 89 billion USD. This solidifies the significant impact of cloud-based services in boosting overall efficiency.

How to Create a Messaging Application

Do you want to build a messaging app but are unsure where to start? Despite the intense competition, the demand for innovative messaging solutions continues to grow. Successful apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal have set high standards, and today’s users seek both ease of use and advanced privacy features. In this guide, we’ll walk through each step to create a messaging app that delivers secure, real-time communication and a seamless user experience.

Why Supporting Employee Wellbeing is Key to a Thriving Remote Workforce

There are 3 billion working people globally, with 40 percent expressing happiness in their jobs, which indicates that roughly 1.8 billion individuals are not feeling fulfilled at work, and this discontent can create ripples that affect not only those employees but also the organizations they represent. Happiness at work is a genuine performance booster, and organizations with high levels of employee happiness report three times the revenue growth compared to their less-content counterparts.

Servant leadership: How to lead by serving your team

Servant leadership is a leadership model developed by Robert K. Greenleaf. Servant leaders display characteristics such as strong listening skills, empathy, self-awareness, and the desire to create a healthy work environment. Read our tips on becoming a servant-first leader and find out what the pros and cons of this leadership style are. Finding the right leadership style is no easy feat. It has to feel natural to you, be accepted within your organization, and effective with your team members.

We've Tried Skype vs Google Meet and Chat (Our Team's Feedback)

Microsoft and Google have been battling for years to own the future of tech. Today, I’m comparing two of their popular tools – Skype and what was once Google Hangouts. (Now it’s split into Google Chat for messaging and Google Meet for video calls.) Thanks to building Chanty – a simple team chat, our team had to perform an in-depth analysis of our competitors.

Our Take on RingCentral vs Slack: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Can you imagine a working environment without team communication tools? Nowadays, that’s almost impossible. Once you start using them, there is no need to keep in touch with colleagues via email. Team chat applications bring the whole team together in one place, organizing the working process and keeping conversations flowing. However, with so many tools hit the market, it can be tough to find the best one for you.