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Remote employee engagement: How to keep your team inspired

Over the past year, many companies have noticed that working remotely isn’t quite like working in the office. Remote employee engagement is more important now than ever before because working from home introduces new distractions and detachment. Remote employee engagement is complex, but far from impossible. In this post, we’ll dive into what remote employee engagement actually looks like. We will also cover how you can leverage it to strengthen your remote team.

Employee engagement: How to actually measure and increase it

Employee engagement is a metric that shows an employee’s commitment to their workplace and their motivation to work. High employee engagement can improve employee performance, productivity, customer experience, and more. In this article, we’ll cover the benefits of high employee engagement, its driving factors, and the teams responsible for managing it. We’ll also discuss the different surveys to measure employee engagement and steps to create an action plan.

Project Cost Tracking: A Beginner's Guide

Project cost tracking might not be the most glamorous aspect of project management, but it’s the financial backbone that separates profitable projects from those that drain your resources. Why? Beyond successfully managing your team and their time, you also need to manage project costs, including tracking your spending, labor rates, bills, and expenses in relation to your initial budget.

10 Best AI Project Management Tools You Must Try in 2024

Managing projects is no one-size-fits-all affair. You might juggle tasks in your email, stick post-its everywhere, or plot everything on a Kanban board. That’s where AI project management tools come into play. They’re not just about keeping tabs on who’s doing what; they help everyone stay connected, collaborate seamlessly, and keep all your project details in plain sight. And guess what?

The 16 best employee engagement software

Looking for the best employee engagement software? The past decade has seen a rapid surge in the number of startups and new businesses. While this growth undoubtedly leads to a higher employment rate, it can also cause a serious problem – a high employee turnover rate. Now that employees have so many options to choose from, the companies’ pressure is to provide an excellent work culture and environment to retain their best talent.

Alfie Wenegieme: How to get better at finance

Without financial results, we can’t see the impact of the decisions we make on our agency’s profit. In this episode we’re joined by Alfie Wenegieme, a seasoned chartered accountant with over 17 years of commercial finance experience. Alfie shares important metrics for us to understand, report, and improve on. We explore the fundamentals of agency finances, common issues agencies face, and tips for improving your team’s understanding of key financial metrics.

Get better team insights with Time Doctor's improved email notifications

As we strive to be more productive at work, being focused on what is actually important may make all the difference. At Time Doctor, we are thrilled to announce significant updates to our Email Notifications feature. These changes empower both managers and teams by giving deeper insights and increased efficiency in task and project management, by tailoring what you receive in your inbox to focus sharply on the information you need.

4 ways to align your project team with PI planning

Poor alignment kills projects. In fact, according to a report from TeamStage, 37% of projects fail because of a lack of clearly defined goals, and 44% fail due to a lack of alignment between business goals and project goals. But what if the project you’re working on is really complex? What if you need to align hundreds of team members across multiple departments and timezones — all with their own organizational goals, perspectives, and expertise?

What's new in Asana | July 2024

Welcome to the July edition of What’s new in Asana. This month is all about Asana AI. First, let AI streamline the project creation process with smart projects. Next, write more effective goals based on best practices with smart goals. Finally, use portfolio-level smart summaries to get an AI-generated summary to get up to speed on any notable changes.