Tips for managing remote teams
Here’s the ultimate list of five-minute team-building activities for virtual teams. Virtual meetings tend to start… a bit stale: “Can everyone hear me?” “Is Brian here yet?” “Should we get started or give it a few minutes?” At the fully remote company that I ran for six years, we lucked into some great virtual icebreakers. And we also had structured team-building games from time to…
You’re planning out 2024 (a leap year, by the way) and you need some solid information about the 2024 work calendar: How many working days are there in 2024? How many work hours per month? When do the federal holidays occur in 2024? In this article, you’ll find everything you need to know about the 2024 work calendar. How many working days are there…
Use this calculator to determine your headcount and number of full-time equivalents (FTE). With a few simple inputs, it will do the headcount calculation and FTE employee figure for you. How To Calculate Headcount Headcount Definition Headcount is the number of people working for your organization. It’s a simple calculation that ignores how many hours people work, and employment types (like full-time and part-time). Headcount…
You’re planning out 2024 (a leap year, by the way) and you need to know the amount of working hours per month. Here are all of the answers that you need–organized succinctly. Working Hours Per Month (2024) Here’s how we calculate work days: Weekdays – federal holidays = work days (Federal holidays are not counted as work days in our dataset) Here’s how we calculate work hours: Work days…
If you search for “best corporate retreat locations” on Google, you’ll get hundreds of opinions on the top cities in the United States. But just because Tina says Texas is the number one spot or John swears by a venue in Rhode Island doesn’t mean you should start booking flights. You wouldn’t make any other business decision from just one person’s opinion, so why would…
How many work weeks are in a year? There are 52 work weeks per year. Said differently, most companies are open every week of the year. However, the answer can change depending on a few factors: If you exclude US federal holidays, there are 50 work weeks per year If you exclude an average amount of time off for employees, it is 49-50 work weeks…
It’s time to plan out your 2026 business calendar. You need some solid information about the work calendar: How many working days are in 2026? How many per month? How many weekdays are there in 2026? If you’re in a hurry, here are the important takeaways from the 2026 work calendar: Average work days per month in 2026: 20.83 Average work hours in a month…
You’re here to know how many weekends (and weekend days) occur in a year. On average, one can count on 52 weekends and 104 weekend days in a given year. However, this can be affected by leap years and which day of the week January 1 falls on. Accurate counting of work days and weekend days is essential for various operational purposes in your business,…
You’ve see PLENTY of advice about how to build a remote company culture. But most of the articles I see offer intangible and esoteric advice, like “embrace transparency.” For me personally, I can’t do anything with that. It’s too hard to read those and then implement something that we can actually do each day, week, or month to improve the culture. Here’s my idea: 🛑 …
What is a 60-hour work week? 60 hours per week is 12 hours per day, Monday through Friday. But most 60-hour work weeks usually look like this: 1) A typical work schedule like 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM, 2) a one- or two-hour block of work at night, followed by ~5 hours of work on the weekend. Are you working 60 hours per week…