Individuals and businesses alike suffer from workplace bias. While millions of people are robbed of the chance for success, companies lose vast amounts of money due to poor business practices — and plenty of them fight lawsuits. Still, creating a bias-free workplace is not that difficult at all: today’s blog will show you how!
A very popular saying echoes, “Talent hits a target no one else can hit”. This stands so true in modern days. Organisations who wish to be progressive must have an ability to keep talent-first and focus on key talent management, continuous upskilling of employees, performance and productivity management revamp and futuristic organizational designs.
The lack of a productive culture can signal serious problems for an organization, especially in the fast-paced and highly competitive Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector. So if your organizational culture is unproductive, you’ll need to identify the reasons why and develop solutions to motivate your workforce. In this article, we’ll look into the effects of an unproductive culture, discover the leading causes, and tell-tale signs indicating the lack of a productive culture.
From multiple legal requirements for employees’ countries of origin, to payroll for employees, freelancers, and hourly workers — managing a remote workforce poses some unique challenges for HR professionals. Let’s tackle them one by one in this blog.🔥
Behind seemingly high-levels of employee engagement can lurk an unseen monster; employee burnout. Economic insecurity is driven by fear and uncertainty, and though engagement may appear high, employee well-being is often found lacking. Discover how you can prevent burnout with purpose-driven engagement in your workplace.
Being the perfect manager isn’t always easy. Management comes with its own set of unique challenges that they need to navigate through. A good manager has the power to boost overall job satisfaction and boost employee output through their management techniques. After all, management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success. To help you join the ranks of better and more efficient management, try to keep these seven productivity boosting methods in mind.
Employees are the lifeline of any business. However, not all organizations are able to keep the best workers, and it hurts their company more than they think. Employee retention, or the capacity of an enterprise to maintain its current workforce, speaks volumes about the health and success of your business. This is directly tied to workforce satisfaction since a good experience usually leads to a higher intention of workers to stay.
Far away we left the notion that mothers can’t handle a top-notch job position, which was a ridiculous premise considering moms can easily manage a hyperactive 3-year-old! Nevertheless, we know there isn’t a working mom or woman out there who doesn’t want to know the secrets to success. How can we be great mothers and still have thriving careers? It seems like an impossible task, but it’s not! In this blog post, we will discuss some of the best practices for working moms.
Tracking employee productivity levels is a more complicated procedure than it appears. Employee morale, productivity, and engagement will all suffer if you choose the wrong way to go about time tracking. On the opposite end, finding an employee monitoring tool that fits your team members will result in a boost that can elevate your business to the next level. In this article, we’re going to tackle some of the most common considerations for finding an effective method to track employee work.
With the change of the business ecosystem, IT based tools have gained a huge market share and if your organization is missing out on the major ones, you may be losing out on revenue as well. By automation and the use of technology, you can keep your organisation running smoothly and improve efficiency. Here is a list of 7 great business management softwares that can help you in the way forward:
Employee turnover is higher than ever, and hiring costs continue to soar. Making your staff satisfied so they stick around for a while is a strategic decision, with solutions simpler than you think. Here are 5 ways to improve the employee experience fast!
Ah! The never-ending quest of keeping your staff motivated. We know how difficult it can be to deal with an underperforming employee. They may be dragging down the rest of the team or taking up valuable resources that could be put to better use. In some cases, it may even seem like they are trying to sabotage your company. It can be tricky to know how to handle the situation, but don’t worry – we’re here to help!
In an effort to better understand the impact of the pandemic on workplace productivity, Time Doctor teamed up with one of our major outsourcing clients in the Philippines to examine their data and uncover insights. We compared performance data from the two months prior to the pandemic to the two months following their transition to WFH to discover how remote work impacted agent behavior and affected productivity. Some surprising insights followed.
Are you struggling to address poor performance with a direct report? Even if you have a great team with highly skilled employees, as a manager you will eventually be forced to have difficult conversations with underperforming employees about their performance issues. In this article you will be provided with a performance improvement plan template. You will also learn what an employee performance improvement plan is and the best practices for using one to address poor performance issues.
The cost of burnout on employee well-being as well as the company and even GDP is staggering. Find out what your organization can do to prevent burnout in the workplace, and discover how software used to monitor employees can help.
Insightful is a spot-on ActivTrak alternative for monitoring employee activity during working hours. However, they aren’t identical — read our detailed comparison of ActivTrak and Insightful to find your perfect match!
Everyone is trying to accomplish more in less time, which is undoubtedly true for the corporate world. Organizations are always looking for new and creative ways to expand their operations while making sure that there should be no drop in productivity during the growth process. With so many challenges, it can be hard for managers to identify employees who are their true performers.
Time Doctor and Insightful are both solid employee tracking tools, with plenty of seemingly identical features. However, some essential differences will determine which tool will fit your workplace better — stay tuned for details!
When it comes to employee engagement, the thinking is typically that more is better. However, during the pandemic, employee engagement levels and employee well-being began to go in opposite directions. Read on to discover how too much engagement can be just as detrimental to employee well-being as too little - and what to do about it.
As Gen Z makes up an increasingly more significant percentage of the workforce, it’s no surprise that companies are adapting to their desire for more flexible work arrangements. Generation Z has grown up in a time when technology allows them to be productive from anywhere, and they desire jobs that provide the same freedom. In this blog post, we’ll look at the top 10 reasons why Gen Z prefers to work remotely.
It is a known fact that not every person works with the same efficiency. Few are quicker than others and few might be too slow. But there is a category of people who face what is known as Time Anxiety. Time Anxiety is the constant thought within someone’s mind that he/she is wasting time or the time is never enough to complete the allotted tasks. In other words, it means that the person has a fear that time is running out.
This article describes how you can hire and manage multiple Virtual Assistants and the cost and budget considerations. Virtual assistants have an essential role in the success of any company. They are crucial to increasing the productivity of your organization. Additionally, it gives flexibility to your business. With them, you only pay for the productive time. Weekly reporting businesses can save about 50% compared to hiring a PA.
When COVID-19 hit back in 2020 it was a big shock. We were sent straight home to be locked down! Those were really stressful times, but the silver lining is we discovered the array of benefits of the work from our homes, such as improved productivity and reduced stress levels. However, now with the pandemic in its last stages (hopefully!), many people are being sent back to their offices, much to their disdain.
Employee engagement is an important aspect for any organization to consider. The company’s growth completely depends on how well the employees are treated and made them feel good. The more engagement created, the more focused they are, ultimately benefiting the company. According to the report from Gallup, in the workplace, 51% of people are disengaged, with 13% being actively disengaged, this was specifically found in the US.
In this fast-paced world, we are living in it can be tough to “unplug” ourselves. We are constantly bombarded with work emails, calls, and texts outside of the traditional workday! On top of that, as remote work has become more prevalent, it makes it even more difficult to establish work/life boundaries. Sometimes, it’s just too hard to stay off, hence the need of set boundaries at work.
Some countries have strong labor regulations that mandate aspects of working culture like working hours and paid time off, while others do not. Workforces in countries lacking regulation are at higher risk of burnout, which is why companies need to be aware of what they can do to ensure a healthy workforce.
It has been rightly said - “Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before” And “It's not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less.”
Work fatigue is something that we all experience. If you spend a good deal of time at work, then you might be familiar with this problem. You feel tired, your eyes are getting red, and you just can’t take it anymore. Work fatigue is a physical, mental, and emotional condition that affects the way we work. It’s almost like a form of stress that happens when you do a single task for too long. We’ve all been there before — feeling the effects of work fatigue.
Any employee can experience burnout in the workplace, but some demographics are more vulnerable than others. Find out how susceptible your workforce is to burnout, and learn how to identify, mitigate, and prevent burnout using an employee monitoring tool.
