5 Things I Loved About Working Remotely
For a number of years I had the opportunity to work remotely. It was a wonderful experience that I really miss. There are countless advantages for a company to allow their employees to work remote. And there are so many for the worker too. During my time, I found so many reasons to love it. Here are just a couple of them.
The Value Of Sharing What You’re Working On
Every other week, my entire company meets. During this 2 hours on a Friday, various team members present on a wide range of topics. Each time another team presents what they’re working on, or what they’ve just completed, I find both numerous questions (chances to learn form them) and I also see many opportunities.
While most aren’t in the habit of always sharing what they’re doing, I see that doing so would provide countless opportunities to offer help to others and share expertise and insights across the organization. Here’s how it can benefit your company.
Agencies: Are You Sure Your Clients Are Happy?
Agencies: Are You Sure Your Clients Are Happy?
The goal of any agency should be to deliver work and results that make their clients happy (ideally, make them ecstatic). To gauge that happiness, we sometimes survey clients or simply ask. More often, we make assumptions based on the tone of our interactions with them. All of these measurements can inform of how satisfied our clients are with the work they’re getting. Knowing means we can adjust to make sure clients love the things we’re doing. Unfortunately for many, they don’t know until it’s too late.
The Big Costs Of Poor Exiting Employee Treatment
At some point in time, we all leave a job for exciting new opportunities. Generally, those we work with are happy for our advancement, even if they will be sad to lose us as a coworker. Sadly, there are some that don’t take the news so well. They make the exit process painful and turn a cold shoulder to those trying to grow their careers and themselves. Not only do these poor behaviors cause pain for exiting employees, they also have huge negative impacts on the companies themselves.
10 Business Lessons From My Cat’s Litter Box
The ridiculousness of list posts has gotten out of control. Posts like 10 Indispensable Business Lessons From the Notorious B.I.G. We can find lessons in absolutely anything. Does that mean we should? To see, lets take a look at lessons from one of the countless unlikely places that can offer business/life lessons.
To find great guidance in business, we’ll look no further than my cat’s litter box. That’s right. The place that Bucky Kat craps each day is filled with lessons (and cat poop). Read on to find out what they are, and be sure to share your own at the end.
The Last Guide You’ll Have To Read For Dealing With Millennials
Millennials, millennials, millennials. If you read any type of business news, you see the word countless times daily. Article after article after article about how to hire them, how to work with them, what they want, what they hate, and on and on. Judging by the non-stop talk on the topic, one would think millennials are some strange new breed that’s impossible to understand and must be approached with caution. The business world seems to be acting as if they’re unprepared to deal with this new generation of workers and everyone is offering their ideas how to make sense of this impossible task.
As much as the business world seems to believe that working with millennials is a crazy task, it’s actually stupidly simple. In reality, there’s just one thing we need to do.