Team collaboration serves customers holistically. So customers become loyal. Businesses that get it will enjoy loyal customers while others struggle. In one study, 86 percent of business executives said that lack of collaboration or poor communication causes workplace failure. Employees agree more. In that study, 97 percent of employees say that lack of team alignment […]

Working from home is a comparatively new trend that started to gather momentum with the advent of digital technologies. The previous five years saw a 44% surge in remote employment, which is explained by two major factors. The first is the growing mobility of the workforce, 40% of which are expected to go exceedingly mobile […]

Remote teams are not new. However, they have been in the minority in most industries until recently. But due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, remote working has become the norm for millions of people across the United States and all over the world. This new status quo looks to continue for the foreseeable future.   Remote […]

As the saying goes, teamwork makes the dream work. Building an effective and successful team takes time, and it’s even harder in the case of distributed, remote teams. How can you run effectively a team of persons without, well, meeting in person? With the rise of remote work worldwide, many teams have found themselves juggling […]

Are you planning to enhance the productivity of your business operations? Do you want to implement specific changes in your marketing activities? Well, if your answer is yes, don’t just introduce the changes straightaway. It will undoubtedly invite trouble, especially if it’s a significant change that could impact your way of doing business.  Rather, you […]

Your mood, your demeanor and your verbal and nonverbal behaviors exert a powerful influence on your team members and the working environment.  Every moment of the day, our brain is busy scanning the environment for unpleasant things we should avoid and pleasant things we should rush toward. Those things we actively work to avoid put […]

Being organized and having a work ethic may increase the productivity of your performance. It also helps reduce stress and tensions at work because you have everything planned out, and you deliver top quality services. But what are the most important elements of self-management at work? And, most importantly, how do your organization techniques impact […]

If you’ve been collaborating with coworkers remotely, you’re likely familiar with project management systems centered around Kanban boards. After all, they’re one of the most efficient ways to organize your workflow. It’s the sheer efficiency that drove Chanty to develop its own native Kanban feature, but we can talk about that later. For now, let’s […]

Live chat software has been booming before the pandemic, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Allied Market Research projects its value at $997 million by the year 2023, with a compound annual growth rate of 7.5%. The software-as-a-solution (SaaS) has also evolved beyond the simple chat groups where individual team members […]

Gather wildly different personalities together; throw tight deadlines, difficult clients, and passive-aggressive communication into the mix; and blend. What you have is your average workplace, complete with its own unique culture and challenges. And while some office snafus are truly one-offs, there are others that are universal and we’ve all encountered from time to time. […]

Recruiting Millennials, selling to Millennials, writing for Millennials, we are all Millennials… How to engage Millennials, make them feel comfortable at work, consider their ambitions and emotions… What to do for Millennials to be happy… Okay, it seems the hullabaloo around Gen Y winds down in these latter days. How to Write and Assign Tasks […]

Happy employees are more efficient and productive, and they tend to stick around longer than their unhappy counterparts. This is why it is important to learn effective strategies to keep your team happy and productive! Happy employees are more productive Happy employees are more efficient and productive, and they tend to stick around longer than […]

The best work teams are those that are well-structured, know how to communicate and interact with each other. Motivation, participation, organization, commitment, trust, common objectives and problem solving are the seven fundamental characteristics of teamwork. Do you know the advantages of teamwork, what its characteristics are, what group dynamics are the most useful? We’ll tell […]

You’ve probably already heard that multitasking is inefficient and doesn’t save us any time. But, you probably also think that you’re different and have a higher capacity to multitask than most people. Plus, you’ve got so much going on that you need to multitask, right? Ironically, most of us believe we’re above average in our […]

Some career choices will naturally consist of having stress involved. Stress can show your passion for a task and proves that you care about its success. Although this can be true, stress, in general, isn’t a pleasant feeling. It can demotivate you, give you the constant feeling of tiredness and start to affect your life […]

More and more businesses are building global teams and accommodating those who want to work away from the office. This approach to work can be difficult to manage, but there are some simple ways to facilitate collaboration. Why global teamwork is growing According to a 2016 report by analytics and research-based consulting company, Gallup, 31% […]

The machines are taking over, it’s true. But you don’t have to run and hide just yet. At the moment, artificial intelligence is still run by humans. And billions of us all over the world use it every day of our working lives. You may be a business owner who has heard of AI and […]

Why do you need team collaboration anyway? This “working together” trend has transformed the office cubicles into open space rooms giving employees more opportunity to communicate and collaborate. We are encouraged to discuss things with colleagues, exchange data and stay up to date with all of the information streams at work.     But does this […]

Finding a software developer can be easy. There are thousands of “ninjas”, “rockstars”, and “gurus” ready to take on the next challenge. However, finding the right software developer for your SaaS startup could become a real challenge. In this article we won’t focus on job boards, like indeed.com, monster.com or LinkedIn Jobs. Those are pretty […]

What is collaboration software and how can your company benefit by investing in this type of system? This solution enables users to manage and share files easily. It empowers enterprises to work faster and more intelligently, thus boosting their productivity. For this reason, these solutions are favored in the corporate world to enhance internal and […]

All startups have some element of risk and never more so when you have an idea, but no technical co-founder. Atlas is a bespoke software development company that has acted as that missing technical co-founder for startups in the past and here are our insights on how startups can reduce software project risk if they […]

SaaS startups, like any other startup, face enormous challenges in the initial idea validation & growth phase. They are, by nature, largely dependent on technology, so awareness of new trends is a must for success. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the services that a SaaS startup can provide and it is quickly becoming a […]

When you think about starting your own business, you have a million questions racing through your mind: How to build a team of professionals? How to launch a SaaS startup? What is my niche? How to develop a startup business plan? How to avoid startup pitfalls? You can find plenty of information on how to […]