Professionals dread meetings, primarily because so many are poorly planned, over-long events that could have been covered in a brief email. However, meetings can still be an effective way to share vital information and give teams the necessary direction on projects and tasks. The key to success is understanding meeting types and how to choose the right option to achieve your goals. In the following guide, we’ll take you through six of the most common types of company meetings.
Dive into the critical role of Agile methodologies and Scrum practices in the success of remote software companies. This comprehensive analysis explores how these strategies enhance adaptability, collaboration, and iterative progress in distributed teams. Learn how Agile and Scrum foster effective communication, promote transparency, and enable continuous value delivery, even in geographically dispersed settings.
We won’t sugarcoat it: cross-functional collaboration is hard. When you pull together people from disparate departments into one unit, it’s common to grapple with poor communication, mistrust, lack of alignment, and confusing team dynamics. As the leader or project manager, you have the daunting responsibility of getting everybody on the same page — and these cross-functional team building activities are a great place to start.
In today’s blog we’ll be looking at the basics of kanban boards!
The rise in data breaches and cyber threats has made organizations increasingly aware of the need for more secure communication. With traditional communication methods such as regular cell service, email, instant messaging, or social media leaving sensitive information vulnerable, organizations want solutions that make privacy and security their prime concern. End-to-end encryption offers a solution to this growing concern.
A decade ago, if you asked an agency owner how they managed their projects, the answer would have been one of two things: a whiteboard with sticky notes, or a complicated Excel spreadsheet. Today, thanks to technological advancements, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the project management space by offering agencies a more streamlined approach.
Our regular webinar viewers will know we’ve been leaning into the topic of “time” for some time now. We’ve looked at how time impacts everything from an agency’s pricing strategy, to workplace culture, and everything in between. In this month’s webinar, we went back to basics to focus on what is possibly the biggest time-related challenge facing agency leaders today: getting staff to actually track their time in the first place!
