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5 things to know about growing remote teams, according to HR leaders

The HRX

More than being a buzzword in the business world, remote companies and distributed teams are cracking the code in areas like employee retention, employee happiness, and overall productivity. Eleven years ago, a 2007 Occupational Outlook Quarterly report revealed that 9 percent of the workforce at the time was working remotely.

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4 Ways Time Tracking Benefits Employees and Organizations

Hppy

Keeping people accountable is a struggle if you’re leading a hybrid or remote team. A 2007 report by The Kentucky CPA Journal, titled “Biting the Hand that Feeds: The Employee Theft Epidemic”, estimated that “ time theft ” costs the US economy about $400 billion annually in lost productivity.

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The Executive’s Guide to Managing Workforce Performance

Rallyware for Human Resources

My team members; they’re all so far away. Not sure if I can manage their performance as effectively as I did back in 2007 when we just started out and were all two feet from each other.”. It’s 2019, ladies and gentlemen, and we’re diving deeper and deeper into the world of distributed workforces and remote teams.

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What HR needs to know about remote workers

The HRX

More than being a buzzword in the business world, remote companies and distributed teams are cracking the code in areas like employee retention, employee happiness, and overall productivity. Eleven years ago, a 2007 Occupational Outlook Quarterly report revealed that 9 percent of the workforce at the time was working remotely.

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Daniel Ramsey of MyOutDesk: “Finding the right talent”

Thrive Global

As a part of our series about the five things you need to successfully manage a remote team, I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniel Ramsey. Some companies have many years of experience with managing a remote team. Can you tell us how many years of experience you have managing remote teams?

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Andy Freed of Virtual: “Remember the human side of things”

Thrive Global

Anyone my age has seen three seismic events in the landscape: 9/11, the 2007–8 market crash and COVID-19. The technology is rapidly evolving and new tools like VR, AR, and Mixed Reality are being developed to help bring remote teams together in a shared virtual space. But not when someone is remote. First, be present.

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Friends with Benefits – Why Social Relationships are Crucial to Physical Health

Thrive Global

This would be of particular relevance to managers of remote teams, taking the time to send a message of personal support can be an excellent buffer for social isolation and burnout of team-members. #3 3 – Normalise and Support Work Boundaries and Downtime. Nature Neuroscience, 15 (5), 669-67. Hawkley, L.C., Arevalo, J.M.,

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