It’s tough to keep any team aligned—whether distributed, remote, or in office—but marketing teams can face particularly unique challenges. With so many different functions, tools, and channels in the marketing world, moving quickly, efficiently, and with everyone on the same page sometimes feels like an impossible task.

It’s no secret that effortless customer service takes, well, a lot of effort. To turn an IT request into a quick and effective response, key details need to be shared between the agent and the IT team member responsible for resolving the ticket—often across multiple tools.

It’s been over a year since work as we knew it transformed overnight. Today, distributed work continues to pose challenges for teams and organizations around the world, whether they’re struggling to prioritize work, logging longer hours, or experiencing burnout at higher rates. Contributing to these remote work hurdles, according to the Anatomy of Work Index 2021, is that workers switch between 10 apps—25 times a day—and miss over one-quarter of all deadlines.

Dr. Sahar Yousef is a cognitive neuroscientist and leading expert on productivity, as well as a faculty member at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. She teaches a popular MBA class, “The Science of Productivity and Performance,” and has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Business Insider.

At Asana we’re big on knowing who’s doing what by when—and that includes knowing when your own tasks are due. That’s why we created My Tasks—your one-stop-shop for viewing all of the work assigned to you in one central place. Whether you’re new to Asana or an Asana power user, My Tasks is the best way to make sure none of your work falls through the cracks. View your tasks in List, Calendar, or Board View, and create custom sections to make My Tasks work for you.

When it comes to starting a business, many entrepreneurs are drawn to the freedom of earning money on their terms. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t come without its challenges. One of the most common struggles we face is finding an adequate work-life balance. Anyone who is an entrepreneur knows and understands the many hats you have to wear and the tasks you have to juggle each day, especially when you’re starting out.

The past year has been a year of adversity. From the pandemic to racial injustice, many people have been faced with multiple types of adversity. And while there are societal changes that need to happen to overcome these challenges, there’s a lot we can do as individuals to fight adversity within an imperfect system. We recently had the privilege of learning from Laura Huang, who joined us for a virtual talk at Asana focused on how to turn adversity into advantage.

Extreme stress is now an all too familiar component of work. Last year, 71% of workers felt burnt out at least once. Additionally, the number of workers assessing their mental health as poor, or very poor, rose from 5% to 18%, with 42% rating their stress levels as high or very high. This elevated stress and pressure is a clear sign of the times.