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. Now, there are times when distance between teams is something that can’t be avoided. Be aware of time zones To increase productivity, use cycled work schedules. MORE

Maybe it’s about time you get yourself support and experience the benefits of hiring a virtual assistant. But you have to remember that collaboration is a tool you need to level up your business. A lot of entrepreneurs have a hard time coping with the expenses. Depending on your needs, you can choose to have a full-time or part-time virtual assistant. See Also: Avoid Decision Fatigue: Learn The Steps for Effective Delegation. More Work, Less Time. MORE

As EA we encounter numerous challenges in working together due to different times zones, but we do our best to let our executives shine. To enhance good collaboration and communication I set up virtual coffee meetings with all EA’s. Want to learn more about Ask an Admin and how to submit your own question? Ask an Admin was created by Office Dynamics to help administrative professionals with their problems through the help of their peers. MORE

You are the one in control of your time and attention to stay productive. To have a better look into the matter, let’s talk about the team collaboration challenges SaaS environments have to face: Top 5 Remote Collaboration Challenges. NetSpeed Learning Solutions conducted a survey amongst virtual team leaders and their teams. Conducts effective virtual meetings using an online collaboration tool. Poor time management. MORE

Not only because I coded every single line of it, but because this app is the tangible result of more than 3 years of testing, learning and writing about personal productivity. And this is exactly what I’m going to do in this blog post, I will publish these daily logs (in a more or less abridged version of course) giving you a time based description of the whole process, from installing Xcode to having your app in the AppStore. Third: I am obsessed with learning new things. MORE

While developing my agency, I made many mistakes and learned a myriad of lessons. Time spent on legal and financial due diligence can never be wasted. For one thing, no matter the size of one’s business, one must know the basics of the time value of money. The sooner one learns to make money work for them, the better their chances of accomplishing their financial goals. The bottom line: Learn all the ins and outs of your business environment. MORE

Collaboration, honesty and learning all form a part of my personal brand. Engage with them by reading their blog posts or watching their video and telling them how much you enjoyed it and what you learned. Lasting for 30 minutes or a full hour, Twitter chats involve people getting together on a certain day and time to discuss a specific topic and use a specific hashtag. 11am – 1pm is the most popular time for tweets, but do consider your audience’s time-zone. MORE

A few critical components and my key takeaways from the discussion: Project management – Whether it’s Basecamp, Central Desktop or another project management tool, have a way for everyone to easily collaborate and track client projects. However, now that some of my team is working directly with my clients, I am absorbing most of my own project management time so that clients aren’t double-billed. An opportunity for us to come together and share in real-time. MORE