Team chat software is a place where you can connect and communicate with your team members in a secure and dedicated professional environment. A lot of people refer to team chat software as a business communication tool, but it is much more than...
Top 7 Tips to Prevent Employee Burnout for Remote Workers
The concept of employee burnout is nothing new and something that employees and their employers have been contending with for decades. However, with more employees than ever working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the burnout of employees is...
6 Tips on Running a Successful One on One Meeting
There is no doubt that effective communication is the backbone of any successful organization. For effective delivery, you must ensure that your employees have a smooth and effective way of communicating with each other. That will help allow your...
How to Manage a Remote Team: 14 Effective Tips for Your Business
According to Global Workplace Analytics, the number of people who work from home has grown by more than 173% since 2005. There are now over five million remote employees in the U.S. The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic prompted stay-at-home...
Wanted: FOMO. “Fear of Missing Out” Keeps Killing Productivity
FOMO defined What is FOMO? And why is it so important? Well, it’s one of the most popular syndromes of the 21st century – the fear of missing out. More than half of social media users are experiencing FOMO. They are continuously afraid of missing...
5 Online Team Building Activities for Remote Teams
Teamwork makes the dream work — a cliche you would see on a tacky office poster — might sound lame but it’s very true. Humans are social beings, even more so when it comes to business. You can’t build or run it single-handedly. Heck, you wouldn’t...
Zoom Fatigue: How to Recognize it and Tips to Overcome it
Chanty · Zoom fatigue.mp3 It’s Friday afternoon and we are ready to hit the road and start our weekend getaway. Our last Zoom call is here and we are done for the day (or week)! Let the party begin! And all of a sudden, the screen freezes, the...
How to Stay Engaged While Working Remotely: 15 tips from Chanty’s team
Collaboration in remote teams Having a team chat and collaboration tool as a product we had nothing to fear when we were forced to go fully remote because of the pandemic. Things went on as usual with the exception of having more video...
Top 7 Industries for Work From Home Jobs
The pandemic has permanently reshaped the workplace. It made millions of people say goodbye to the rush hour and start working from home. The apps such as Skype, Zoom, Chanty, or Slack made it all possible. We no longer have to be in an office full...
4 Common Problems of Virtual Teams are Solved
Low-stress level, no commute, no shoes, PJs only, spending more time with family and friends, and so much more. Sounds neat right? According to some studies, remote work has brought higher productivity and a more positive work-life balance since the...
The Ultimate Guide to Video Conferencing
The alarm rings on your phone. It’s 7 am. You swipe up to shut the alarm and unlock your phone to check your messages. The first message is from a client in Europe requesting an urgent video conference call for 7:30 am your time. You roll out...
Infographic: 10 Pros and Cons of Working Remotely
Work-from-home arrangements are most successful when employers set clear parameters and invest in technology, such as videoconferencing, to help remote personnel feel like they are part of the team, – McDonald Remote working, working-at-home...
30+ Work From Home Memes: Funny Work Memes to Make You Laugh
In the past, when someone would mention remote work to me I would automatically think of working on a beach, or on a beautiful terrace listening to the ocean waves while drinking coconut (yes, you guessed it, it was always on a tropical island). I...
7 Tips to Increase Productivity When Working From Home
Don’t work from bed. You want your bed to be a place of peace and calm, not work stress. Liz Grossman Kitoyi The situation we are in right now, the pandemic and our so-called “new normal”, has made some drastic changes to the global work...
Best Team Chat Apps with Video Calling Feature
There’s no question that the internet has forever revolutionized the way we communicate. Gone are the days where we’d write letters to relatives to see how they were doing — having to wait days if not weeks to hear back. In fact, many of us don’t...
Kanban vs Scrum: Comparison, Pros, and Cons
Since the advent of technology, the business world has taken on a faster pace. Project management software, automated programs, and other gifts from the digital realm have made it possible to get a lot more done than we were once used to. However...
Top 5 Strategies for Effective Organizational Communication
Effective organizational communication is crucial for any successful business. Not only will it lead to more effective outcomes, but it will also help to boost employee engagement, collaboration and workplace satisfaction. Organizational...
Kanban Project Management: What You Need to Know About Its Efficiency
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...
How Self Organization Impacts Work Results
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...
11 Brainstorming Tools to Improve Teamwork
Does your small business have remote workers? Or are you allowing your employees to work from home owing to the pandemic? You are not alone. In fact, 57% of small business owners are considering allowing their employees to work from home post...
Collaboration in Remote Teams: 3 Things That Make a Difference
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...
Why Team Collaboration is the Key to Customer Loyalty
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...
How to Run the Perfect Virtual Meeting
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...
COVID-19 Has Changed the Business Communication Game – Here’s How to Adapt
They say COVID-19 has changed the world forever and business communication is no exception. Remote work is becoming a new normal making employees set up their home offices and bring all the work communication online. Whether we are communicating...