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These are challenging times, and unfortunately, for businesses, it is probably going to become more complicated as more states move to shelter-in-place requirements and other restrictions related to the COVID-19 crisis. 

We also realize that this is not the time for “business as usual,” so we are now offering free use of our Workmates solution, designed to help improve communication and collaboration with remote teams. Learn more now.

We are also digging through our past blog articles, eBooks, and other resources to help you during this time. We know that for many companies this may be their first experience managing employees working at home. To help, this article gives you 10 reasons why a remote workforce can be the best option for your business.

Working remotely is an increasingly viable option for many professionals in the United States. An estimated 70% of the global workforce works at least one day a week from a remote location, and it's easy to see why. Remote work allows you to form your schedule around your life. You can cut the commute out of your day and spend more time at home, but it can sometimes make maintaining a work-life balance difficult. To ensure you are keeping a healthy balance, follow these eleven tips.

It should come as no surprise that employees who don’t feel engaged with the work they do will be less efficient on a daily basis. Therefore, many HR departments struggle with the seemingly difficult task of making employees engage more.

While it can definitely be tricky, there are some tried and tested strategies that will make it a whole lot easier. We’re going to cover those strategies and also briefly go over the importance of employee engagement in the next section.

By the time you’re done reading this article, you’ll be armed with the knowledge needed to overhaul your office’s level of productivity — in a short amount of time at that. Without further adieu let’s get right into it!

An organization’s company culture is something that every employee looks at. People look for a positive, healthy work environment to come to work every day. 

Initially, an organization should understand their values and what they want their culture to be; the image they want to share of themselves to others and what they need to do in order to achieve or maintain that image. 

Establishing this ahead of time as well as values and company goals will set up your business for success. 

Have you worked at a corporation in which they didn’t care about your development, didn’t recognize your good performance but only paid attention when you did not perform well? Most of these businesses typically just use employees as a resource and don’t necessarily value employees’ contributions.  

Companies that want to support their employees, encourage leadership in their employees, and strive for their employees to be productive, have a well-developed company culture that is positive and encourages employees to take the initiative for their own success!

Businesses with well-developed company culture are more likely to succeed and have happier employees.

If you are looking for ways to improve your company culture, consider taking the following actions:

To embrace effectiveness in your job, you ought to understand and comprehend the significance of praising others for the good work they do, applying the principles of recognizing employees yourself as well as encouraging others to recruit or employ it in their working relationships, that is members recognition. Additionally, recognizing workers helps boost productivity in an organization thereby guaranteeing the success of the business. Also, it will help create an innovative and pioneering organizational climate.

But what is the staff members recognition definition and how can an employer recognize an employee(s)? Well, worker recognition is the time-after-time, formal, and informal acknowledgment of an individual’s or team’s behavior and effort which supports the aim of achieving the organization goals and upholding its values. And, this has been beyond normal prospects. It is significant in very ways such as the ones aforementioned. And to recognize your employees, below are some tips that you can use.

Did you know that the people already employed at your workplace can prove to be the best instrument to streamline your hiring needs?

No marketing effort can be as successful as a happy employee bearing the flag for your company. Through them, you can reach the best talent available in the market which you possibly couldn’t even reach if not for your employees.

A great workplace is the first step to ensuring employee advocacy. But you can take further measures as well to ensure that your employees have the right tools to help the company’s recruitment efforts.

Social media is one such platform where you can use the help of your most engaged employees to advocate for your company and capture the attention of top candidates on social media.

Here are a few tips that will show you how you can use employee advocacy to attract and recruit top talent: