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Successful Remote Work Requires Investment Into Culture

Allwork

Companies must proactively invest in building culture, connection and inclusion among distributed teams. I recently spoke with Melinda Ramos , SVP of People Partnerships & Experience at Bounteous , about how her company has navigated these challenges. Companies must create space for virtual socializing and team building.

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Frugal Ways to Improve Remote Team’s Productivity

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Many organizations tend to neglect team collaboration in remote workers, and that is a concern. Those kinds of team members never see each other face to face, and sometimes even work in different time zones, which obviously means that it’s that much harder to stay in sync. However, there would be alternating “shifts”.

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Work From Home? Want to be More Productive?

Professional Assistant Blog

Finding the right tools to manage your business can be time consuming. Virtual Assistant Manager is a website that I recently stumbled upon which helps you and/or your organization thrive in this type of environment. To find out more of how Virtual Assistant Manager works, click here.

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

Here are 4 ways you can help yourself and hopefully the rest of your team: Remember the positives. Over time, you will get the hang of dealing with difficult people and will become easier and easier each time. Remember that you are there to do your job because you have the skills and qualities that your manager hired you for.

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Want To Impress Your Boss?

Professional Assistant Blog

Try to become an excellent team player. With this in mind, it is more about perception than anything else, thus there is no particular tried and true way a person can act to achieve success as it is all dependant on the synergistic quality between the employee and manager. Contribute your thoughts and ideas.

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Cubicle Etiquette 101

Professional Assistant Blog

Ive been in offices where loud music is acceptable with people shouting over cubicles at each other, which was perfectly acceptable - it made the environment vibrant and fosters team unity. I took it to my manager, since I didn't want to embarrass the person and she took care of it. What makes that right?

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