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Successful Remote Work Requires Investment Into Culture

Allwork

According to Ramos, “We’ve been very much accustomed to operating in a virtual environment.” ” This meant that practices like asynchronous communication, documentation and virtual team building were already part of their culture. With workers spread globally, documentation and written updates are vital.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

The greatest contrast in open environments and private or shared offices can be seen in Europe, where in the United Kingdom nearly half of all office layouts are entirely open (49 percent), while in Germany 54 percent of overall physical workplaces consist entirely of individual or shared private offices.

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7 Tips for Enhancing Virtual Team Work

Worxbee

As more and more teams have found themselves adapting to working in a remote environment recently, the spotlight has been on how to enhance virtual teamwork. Working on a remote basis offers you the benefits of being able to tap into a wider pool of talent, work across different time zones, and reduce office overhead.

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Pros and Cons of virtual meetings

Practically Perfect PA

With the introduction of virtual meetings and teleconferencing people can communicate with each other in different time zones and locations very easily and a great deal cheaper than the cost of a flight. Pros: Multiple locations across all time zones. Pros: Multiple locations across all time zones.

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Pros and Cons of virtual meetings

Practically Perfect PA

With the introduction of virtual meetings and teleconferencing people can communicate with each other in different time zones and locations very easily and a great deal cheaper than the cost of a flight. Pros: Multiple locations across all time zones. Pros: Multiple locations across all time zones.

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Guidelines for Effective Email Writing

Jen Lawrence

Pst, bonus points if you include time zones! We live in a global environment – don’t assume the reader knows where you are and your time zone.). Following my example from above, close out the email with, “Please send the requested documents to Susan Smith (susan@companyx.com) by Tuesday, May 17.”

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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2009 Different spellings: British, Canadian and American I was proofing a document the other day, but since Ive been reading documents from the United States and Canada, I couldnt remember if behaviorial was the American or the Canadian spelling. Lets enjoy our day together.©