I’ve worked remotely for most of my career, over a decade as I write this. I’ve also run a fully remote company for nearly a decade. So I’ve experienced the benefits of remote as an employee and on behalf of the company. I haven’t experienced all of these benefits of working remotely all of the time, but I have come across all of them at…
What does remote work mean? What doesn’t it mean? Supporting remote terms 👉 What does remote work mean? 👈 Remote work: Knowledge work done outside of a company office space. But that probably needs some context. Remote work can mean different things based on your perspective or position: For the employee: An employee working away from a centralized, physical workplace. For the company: A fully remote company…
You need a cloffice (what the cool kids call a closet office). Maybe you already have a makeshift office crammed into your closet, or you’ve run out of space in your house and you’re desperately looking for a place to set up your desk. Either way, creating an office in a space that’s only meant to be big enough for old coats is a lot to…
The rapid shift towards remote work has led to difficulties in training partially or completely remote workforces. More businesses have started turning to educational technology tools (or EdTech tools, as we’ll refer to them here) to grow and educate their remote employees. When properly deployed, these tools play a crucial role in ensuring employees develop new skills and stay engaged while remaining productive despite working…
What is a 32-hour work week? The most common 32-hour work week is Monday – Thursday, eight hours per day. The 32-hour work week differs from the four-day work week which may consist of four 10-hour workdays. The 32-hour work week preserves the customary eight-hour workday; it simply features one fewer workday per week. I’ve worked 32 hours per week since January 2020, first…
This post was written on August 11, 2022. We updated the research and post on January 23, 2023. Why did we build offices in the first place? We needed… A place to collaborate A place to get work done with the proper equipment Well, the internet knocked out #1 as many major companies have gone remote. We can work together on Zoom, Slack, email, and…
In this library, you’ll find just about every type of meeting that takes place within a business. These 41 meeting types are organized into seven categories, so you can jump to a group that is most relevant to you. For each type of meeting, you’ll see three pieces of information – meeting length, meeting location, meeting frequency – that give the discussion structure. In the table below,…
I’m joined today by Kathy Kacher, the president of Career/Life Alliance Services and co-founder of The SMART Workplace. Kathy is an expert in workforce transformation and has helped numerous companies with post-pandemic plans, return-to-office plans, and implementing a hybrid work model. Interview With Kathy Kacher Below, you’ll find some key takeways that Kathy shared in answering each question. The takeaways were…
It’s happened. You’ve been tasked with running a corporate retreat for your company. While you have a vague idea of what a company retreat should look like (for instance, the team will probably be there), that’s about as far as your knowledge goes. Before you start panicking about the massive amounts of planning you have ahead of you, take a deep breath. We’ve put together…
I ran a company for four years before I thought about our meeting cadence. That was a failure by me as the operator of the business. If you don’t put work into your systems, you’ll end up with whatever comes out the other side (and you may not like it). When we decided to switch to a four-day work week, we reduced our work hours…