Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

Are your remote or hybrid teams actually working during their shifts? Or are they clocking more idle time and less active time? You don’t know the answer unless you review their completed tasks or check in with them throughout the day. At Time Doctor, we understand how challenging it can be to get these answers without crossing the line into micromanagement. Over the past decade, we’ve successfully grown our own remote team to 100+ people in over 31 countries. Our solution?

Remote work has become an essential part of the modern workforce, and behind the scenes, there are unsung heroes making it all possible—business process outsourcing (BPO) companies. In a recent podcast interview, Liam Martin, the co-founder of Time Doctor and Running Remote, sat down with David Sudolsky, the founder of Boldr Impact, a mission-driven BPO company, to explore the unique perspective and impact of BPO companies in the remote work landscape. Listen to the full interview here.

Have you ever been in the middle of a task when a chat message, buzzing phone, meeting invitation or news alert broke your flow? It’s hard to get going again after a distraction. And that’s more concerning than it might seem at first. Most people come up against between 31.6 and 60 distractions in a day. Each distraction pulls our attention away for 5 to 25 minutes, which can quickly add up to an astronomical amount of unnecessary time wasted.

Running a business today is a tough gig. It’s fair to say that the combination of two global economic catastrophes in two decades, rising inflation, increasing competition and widespread employee disengagement has business leaders looking for ways to manage costs. But there’s growing evidence that shows cost-cutting is bad for productivity.

To run a contact center that’s both efficient and cost-effective, you need to align people, processes, and resources with the company’s key business objectives. Workforce management (WFM) is crucial for the success of any call center. But building out a WFM function is often easier said than done, especially without the right tools or frameworks.

A flexible work policy can enable your hybrid team to be their most productive while on the clock. However, managing both in-office and hybrid teams can be tricky, especially without a reliable system for overseeing teamwork, tracking time, and measuring output. In this guide to productivity analytics for hybrid teams, we cover everything you need to know about these tools.

When you manage hybrid or remote workers, tracking employee activity can sometimes be challenging. To get real-time visibility, you may have considered live screen monitoring software. However, you’ve probably found that it has more flaws than advantages. This type of software easily crosses the line into micromanagement and often serves as a surveillance tool. Should you ever use live screen monitoring, and is there a better option?

With a system for measuring productivity levels, you can see which employees positively impact your bottom line the most and use their methods to level up the rest of your team. That said, choosing the right productivity metrics and implementing tracking systems are often the biggest roadblocks. Should you focus on quality or quantity? Do you need productivity software, or can you measure manually?

No matter where your team works, tracking employee time is crucial for managing costs and planning projects. If you’re exploring a new work model or growing your team, it’s worth rethinking your time tracking system or implementing one for the first time. But if you’ve tested time clock systems before, you may have discovered a few disadvantages, such as: So, what’s the most reliable method for your business structure and work model?

The BPO industry is booming, but many outsourcers still need help growing their company. Scaling beyond 1,000 seats is something that relatively few BPOs achieve, but it’s entirely possible as long as owners are prepared to take risks and persevere with a growth-focused approach. This article will explore why BPOs find it so hard to scale.