Financial Planning Managing leadership Resourcing Creative marketing Planning The key to maintaining growth at an enterprise level is the ability to continue to adapt and think differently to your competitors. Just because the business has grown and there are more staff, doesn’t mean you have to lose the essence of a start-up. Think of the […]
6 essential life hacks for business leaders
Take a break from email Read your productivity body clock Have a remote working strategy Stand up in meetings Greetings, business captain. Ready to use five shortcuts that can save your company money, improve staff happiness, and give you more time? Thought so. Read on… What’s a life hack when it’s at home? It’s a […]
Why businesses should adopt a start-up culture
When we think about start-ups what springs to mind? Perhaps it’s the ultra-cool offices: trendy loft spaces with high ceilings, large windows, quirky feature walls, break out rooms filled with oversized cushions and beanbags, ping pong tables and the rest. But there’s an infectious optimistic culture that the start-up captures. In this blog post, we’ll […]
The driving forces behind business agility
As businesses grow and evolve, technology continues to drive the pace of change. Software solutions are improving our productivity and businesses are becoming more dynamic, taking new strategic decisions to future proof their business. What hasn’t changed, is communication being at the heart of this. The way we work It’s without a doubt that we’ve […]
Hot desking: What are the benefits?
The modern workplace is almost unrecognisable from the offices of previous decades. There’s always something new to try, whether it’s throwing out cubicles and welcoming in the open-plan era, or encouraging employees to work remotely from a café or co-working space. Hot desking is one of the many elements of working in the 21st century, […]
World Time Zones for your Conference Call
Video call Screen share Conference call Webinar Pricing PowWowNow > Business Guides > Conference Call Time Zones Reading time – 2 minutes Do you want to organise a conference call with participants in different countries, but are unsure what time to schedule it for? You don’t want to ring after office hours or, even worse, wake […]
Can job sharing work for your business?
As more and more companies and employees wake up to the various benefits associated with flexible working, the number of workers job sharing is also on the increase. In June 2015, The Guardian reported that 14.1m in Britain want some flexibility when it came to their working hours or location – a figure equivalent to […]
How to keep costs down in a startup
Getting your startup going is an exciting process – and one that more and more of us in the UK are doing. Amazingly, more than 600,000 new companies launched in 2015 alone. There are so many decisions: what company name will you choose? What will your website look like? And can you call yourself ‘Chief […]
The realities of remote working
Thanks to flexible working legislation and a shift in cultural attitudes, remote working has become more common in business over recent years. In fact, remote working has become such a norm, that these workers are going one step further, and travelling internationally – all whilst holding down a steady career. You or your company might […]
What is flexible working? – Infographic
There’s a lot to learn about flexible working, and a good way to start is to learn the basics. What is flexible working? What are the types? We’ve put the the main types into the infographic below. There’s job sharing, remote working, compressed hours, annualised hours, staggered hours and flexitime. So when you request flexible working, you’ll […]