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Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything. A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise its output per worker. Paul Krugman, The Age of Diminishing Expectations There are different definitions when it comes to productivity. Wikipedia would say that “productivity describes various measures of the efficiency of production”.

Don’t work from bed. You want your bed to be a place of peace and calm, not work stress. Liz Grossman Kitoyi The situation we are in right now, the pandemic and our so-called “new normal”, has made some drastic changes to the global work scenario. Many global employers opt for work-from-home to save our economy from a new depression. Little did we know that we’d be facing a slightly different depression. Yes, I know, working from home sounds peachy.

There’s no question that the internet has forever revolutionized the way we communicate. Gone are the days where we’d write letters to relatives to see how they were doing — having to wait days if not weeks to hear back. In fact, many of us don’t even make phone calls or send emails anymore. There are just so many better online options that the digital world has brought us to the point where legacy communication methods have become increasingly obscure year after year.

Since the advent of technology, the business world has taken on a faster pace. Project management software, automated programs, and other gifts from the digital realm have made it possible to get a lot more done than we were once used to. However, with so many options at our disposal, it sometimes becomes a question of which one is the best pick. The debate between Kanban and Scrum methodologies is one that has plagued those efficiency junkies for as long as anyone can remember.

Effective organizational communication is crucial for any successful business. Not only will it lead to more effective outcomes, but it will also help to boost employee engagement, collaboration and workplace satisfaction. Organizational communication refers to all types: from verbal to written, from formal to informal. Making sure that you have an effective strategy is key to helping your business thrive. Here are 5 key strategies to help you improve your organizational relationships.

If you’ve been collaborating with coworkers remotely, you’re likely familiar with project management systems centered around Kanban boards. After all, they’re one of the most efficient ways to organize your workflow. It’s the sheer efficiency that drove Chanty to develop its own native Kanban feature, but we can talk about that later.

Being organized and having a work ethic may increase the productivity of your performance. It also helps reduce stress and tensions at work because you have everything planned out, and you deliver top quality services. But what are the most important elements of self-management at work? And, most importantly, how do your organization techniques impact your performance. In this article, you’ll find key aspects of self-organization along with some tips to become better at planning your work.

Communication is the key to any healthy relationship. You wouldn’t expect your loved ones to read your mind, would you? (Ahem..at least not all of the time) So why should your customers and employees have to do all of the guesswork? The single biggest mistake most companies make is the failure to communicate, losing their customers’ interest, and sometimes even their trust. And without internal communication with their team, businesses would simply cease to exist.

Does your small business have remote workers? Or are you allowing your employees to work from home owing to the pandemic? You are not alone. In fact, 57% of small business owners are considering allowing their employees to work from home post-pandemic. While doing remote work is achievable and more productive, according to studies, you need to implement some effective brainstorming tools to facilitate creativity and improve teamwork.

Working from home is a comparatively new trend that started to gather momentum with the advent of digital technologies. The previous five years saw a 44% surge in remote employment, which is explained by two major factors. The first is the growing mobility of the workforce, 40% of which are expected to go exceedingly mobile globally by 2022. In the developed countries, this ratio is likely to reach the astounding three-fourths. No less fundamental is the impact of COVID-19.