Hiring a freelancer is often something that business owners hate but unfortunately at times, cannot be avoided. It used to be something I avoided like the plague, mainly because after hiring a freelancer, the quality of work wasn’t good or something went wrong. But eventually, thousands of dollars later, I worked out how to consistently […]
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5 Remote Hiring Tips for Entrepreneurs
Are you still hiring? This is probably the most common question entrepreneurs ask each other nowadays. The changing market situation due to COVID-19 has made every business owner adopt the not-so-new format of remote working as their centralized process of business operations. As this is the only option today to keep business continuity, the entrepreneurs […]
5 Dangers of Using Consumer Messaging Apps in Business
Nobody could have predicted how much COVID-19 would affect our daily lives, including the impact it would have on the way in which we do business. With companies having staff work from home wherever possible, digital communications became an absolute necessity to keep many businesses open. This shift to a new way of working saw […]
How to get the best out of any online training course
Everything is changing. Day-by-day we see increasing changes in technology and also the psychology of effecting successful change management in the workplace. That’s why it is imperative to get the most out of any training course to help you move your business practices onwards and upwards. Meeting the increasing demands of customers and shareholders is […]
How to Mentally Unplug When Your Home is Your Office
For those who are fortunate enough to be employed during these uncertain times, working from home has suddenly become the new-norm. While organizations like ours have always offered remote-flexibility, taking the occasional WFH-day is vastly different than working a mandatory remote schedule for months at a time. As we attempt to adapt, our ability to […]
5 Ways to Recruit Top Talent in the COVID-19 Aftermath
With the current economic crisis, businesses are facing some of the toughest times ever in over a decade. What’s worst is that when a business crumbles, everyone around suffers. Employees get laid off, and creditors don’t get paid. It’s a ripple effect. But there’ a silver lining to every negative turn. The businesses that can […]
5 Easy Ways to Increase Business Productivity
Small businesses often run with tight margins and need to ensure that they are getting as much from their staff as possible. This is productivity, and it is absolutely vital in the short and long-term success of the business. If your team is less productive than your competitors, you can fall behind in the marketplace […]
What MUST Your Small Business Spend Money On?
The business world has come a long way in the last ten years. Today, there are new tools and technology that you are told are essential to success. As a result, it’s tough to know what to spend money on and when to keep it in your corporate bank account. Considering small businesses don’t have […]
Why Your Small Business Needs to Adopt eLearning for Employee Training
As more businesses realize the importance of learning and development (L&D) for staying relevant in today’s competitive environment, small businesses are faced with a unique challenge. While larger enterprises have little restraint when it comes to investing in employee training, smaller businesses are tied by bootstrap budgets and infrastructure-related challenges if they want to deploy training initiatives. […]
Use Mobile Apps To Efficiently Handle A Remote Team
Remote work is the future. According to a study published by Upwork, close to a third of all workers will be fully remote by 2028. Collaborating with your remote team members and ensuring a streamlined work set up can be a challenge when a major chunk of your workers don’t log into your office . […]
