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The Top Tech Trends Business Leaders Need To Pay Attention To

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A return to the office is spurring wider adoption of hybrid-optimized video conference spaces and cloud productivity tools to enable collaboration and team building across time zones,” Claire Alexander, general manager at Capterra. .

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How to organise the perfect conference call

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Conference calls are becoming a much more regular occurrence these days. Most of my executives participate in a conference call at least once a day if not more often. How do we make sure we organise a perfect conference call every time? Select a suitable time and date for everyone involved. Here are my top tips….

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How to Plan a Working Vacation

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Choose the right working vacation destination If it’s critical that you are available in case of emergencies during business hours in your home city, traveling more than a couple time zones away may not be wise. A location that’s too remote may not work if Wi-Fi and phone service are not up to par.

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Mastering The Art Of Distributed Leadership: Lessons From Atlassian’s “Team Anywhere” Program

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Teams spread across locations and time zones might be working from home, or might meet in the office. Individual focused work, asynchronous communication and video conferences tend to be better remotely. Dean agreed balancing remote and in-person time is key for optimizing productivity.

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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

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Time Zone Converter Apps: Time zones can be tricky, especially if you or your executive is working virtually from another state or country. I use the Time Zone Converter by TimeAndDate. Another cool one is World Time Buddy.

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

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Be cognizant of the time zones. When we entered the virtual conference room it gave us the chance to eliminate distractions and meet in one virtual room, without the hassle and expense of traveling to a central location. . Plan virtual “town hall” meetings where employees can be updated on important activities and results.

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Frugal Ways to Improve Remote Team’s Productivity

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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. However, there would be alternating “shifts”.