Articles tagged "Remote work"

The best automations for Slack users

Slack is a great way to coordinate. It can also be a great place to get information about your business in realtime—if you set up the right automations.

How to automatically upload Zoom recordings to Google Drive

By now, most people are pretty familiar with video call etiquette. However, one habit that trips up even the most seasoned remote worker is remembering to upload or share the meeting recording after a call has ended.

Zapier report: The future of work

It's clear that employees don't want to go back to the way things were pre-pandemic. So we asked the question: What is the future of remote work? What perks do employees really want? And what will help keep employee retention high? 

Lead your remote team like a magician by conquering these 5 cognitive biases

To lead in a remote environment, you have to understand your own cognitive biases, the shortcuts your mind takes to manage the overwhelming amount of information you navigate every day.

5 Google Calendar features every remote or hybrid team needs

Remote and hybrid work used to be an edge case. They're not anymore and major software is changing to reflect that.

4 video meeting rules that should follow us back to the office

As people start transitioning back into the office, I hope they'll take some of the lessons they learned from online meetings to improve the in-person ones. Here are four remote meeting rules that I think should follow us back to the office.

How a social media skeptic uses TikTok to connect with family

Learning to communicate asynchronously takes effort. It means learning to talk and work together without depending on real-time feedback. It's an essential remote work skill. Turns out it's also a really great skill for the rest of my life. 

Returning to the office shouldn't mean returning to broken processes

Being back in the office can trigger a "let's go back to the way things are" attitude, but that might mean losing valuable new skills and procedures,

Every hybrid worker should enable this Google Calendar feature

Google's work location tool will help everyone know who's in the office and who's working from home. Here's how to use it.

Remote work doesn't have to be from home

Remote work isn't just for pandemics or for full-time travelers. It's for anyone who values flexibility.