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How to Best Manage Telecommuters

On The Job

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer put the kabosh on work-from-home deals and ordered everyone to return to the office so they could be more collaborative and innovative. The problem is that many companies, Yahoo included, manage telecommuters exactly the same as they would manage people in the office. This doesn’t work,” he writes.

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How to Successfully Manage Remote Employees

Office Dynamics

government have found that allowing employees to telecommute, when done correctly, can increase employee productivity and satisfaction, reduce costs for the company, reduce employee turnover and allow access to a larger talent pool. The post How to Successfully Manage Remote Employees appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Is a post-COVID remote work policy right for you?

BMT Office Administration

Global Workplace Analytics estimates that an employer can save $11,000 on average per year for each half-time telecommuter. Some businesses do hands-on collaboration or more sporadic brainstorming sessions to elicit innovation. How to pick the right policy for your business. Consider your business needs.

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Work-life Integration vs Separation: How to Find the Perfect Middle Ground

Office Dynamics

In addition to that, Colgate-Palmolive offers some great benefits, such as flexible work hours for their employees, telecommute options, and nearby back-up childcare centers, which is a nice perk for work-at-home parents. The post Work-life Integration vs Separation: How to Find the Perfect Middle Ground appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Attracting Millennials: Understanding What Millennials Want in a Career

Office Dynamics

Instead of debating about millennials’ work style or views, companies need to embrace this new generation and figure out how to attract and retain top talent. To attract millennials, offer flex time, telecommuting days and additional vacation time contingent on their work performance. Collaborative work.

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Frugal Ways to Improve Remote Team’s Productivity

Productivity Bits

Many organizations tend to neglect team collaboration in remote workers, and that is a concern. With each year, the number of telecommuting workers rises drastically. The real challenge is how to manage your team so that productivity levels are high and the can still deliver expected, if not surpassed results.

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The New Frontier for Business: Work-Life Integration

Office Dynamics

The days of a clear separation between work and home are a thing of the past, and we’re still trying to figure out how to integrate life and work in a healthy way. Esna, a provider of embedded real-time communication and collaboration solutions, reports that 20 percent of the 4.6