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Kudos to The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) which has produced an excellent report into the use of consumer messaging apps within the Australian government. Based on a survey of 22 government agencies, it is one of the few quantitative research papers addressing the issue.

Productivity tracking is the practice of monitoring how time and effort are spent on tasks, projects, and goals. It provides a data-driven view of your work habits, showing how efficiently (or inefficiently) you’re using your most limited resource—time. Instead of relying on assumptions or feelings of busyness, productivity tracking delivers real numbers. You can spot which tasks drain your energy, when your peak performance hours are, and where you lose focus.

An employee performance review is a meeting between a manager and their employee to discuss how the team member is pacing toward organizational goals. Though simple in design, there are many ways to create a more effective process that brings your reviews to life. See the top 15 performance review templates to measure success and improve your review skills. Measuring success is a key piece to leading an effective team. After all, you can’t improve until you know what skills you need to build.

Goals give structure to big-picture plans for your business—but they’re only useful if you can action on them. Lotte Vester, Head of Organizational Strategy at Asana, drives a process to guide teams through execution of goals. She helps transform broad initiatives into focused goals and Key Results (KRs) for Asana's dynamic teams. But she’s a one person team, and Asana is a multi-faceted, global organization. So she doesn’t try to do it alone.

Have you ever wondered why customer support operations feel like a maze? With so many customer communications across email, phone, chat, and social media, teams struggle with inefficiencies, siloed data, and poor customer context. When your customer service agents don’t have a 360-degree view of the customer, they waste time switching between systems—leading to slow resolutions and poor service experience.

Inclusion is key to retention. Explore strategies to foster diversity, build loyalty, and use remote work productivity tools to drive measurable results.

Investing in employee wellbeing improves retention, engagement, and productivity. Discover practical strategies and see how productivity and attendance monitoring software helps you make a lasting impact.

Whether you run a marketing, digital, creative, or advertising agency, the right tech stack can help you streamline operations, improve efficiency, and boost profitability. To help you build the ideal tech stack for your team, we rounded up our favorite agency tools for everything from work management to marketing automation to appointment scheduling. Here are our top picks.

Revenue per employee (RPE) is the net average revenue your employees generate. Net refers to revenue minus pass-through costs, like supplier bills and software licenses. This metric tells you if your employees create enough revenue to cover: Agencies and consultancies track this metric because it offers insight into.

Give your team and career a boost by getting to know common mentee archetypes and what they need from you.