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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. Before you begin working with your first freelancer, it’s a good idea to have project management strategies in place to help you make the most of their expertise.

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Work Sabbaticals: The Latest Nonprofit Retention Strategy

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Much of nonprofit work is emotionally draining, whether directly assisting individuals, working with communities or driving public policy to change systems. The length of my sabbatical meant that I was able to complete a work-related project, travel with my son, focus on some creative writing projects and complete needed home repairs.

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

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If you have a customer-is-always-right policy, describe what’s required to support it. Although many companies had to make a dramatic shift in office policies since the pandemic, goLance has been a fully remote company from the start, with the infrastructure, communications, and processes in place for this environment.

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Employees 12 percent more likely to leave if employers don’t establish hybrid working norms

Workplace Insight

Organisations should avoid implementing policies that require employees to be on-site while managers can work remotely, as this will foster disappointment and resentment in the workforce, which could ultimately lead to attrition.”

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What Is ‘Bare Minimum Monday’ and Will It Work for You?

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Instead, she has her own Monday policy. “I Monday was the best fit to help structure the week, plan ahead, move big projects forward and foresee any roadblocks that may come up during the week.” Instead of explaining why I’m unavailable, it’s held as an existing commitment on my calendar, so I just tell people I’m busy (which I am).

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Working from Home Flip-Side in Covid-19 Shutdown

Tips From T. Marie

Increase in projects. This has given them an opportunity to work on projects they have put on back burners or pivot their business in such a way that embraces what could be our ‘new normal’. This has caused an issue I’ve never had a problem with before…more projects than available time in my schedule.

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Spring means new acquaintances and new projects

Loosely Speaking

Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? Springtime also heralds the start of allergy season, and this means more time spent indoors than I would like. It’s also an opportunity to dig through my assorted knitting bags to see what might be languishing there, forgotten. Hope springs eternal.

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