Tag: Remote Work

There’s been perhaps no better time to take advantage of what the rise in remote work can offer your business…

A year into the pandemic, here are some valuable lessons learned for businesses about powering on productively when you’re far apart…

So we are now all living in the future of work. The shift to remote work was happening in a modest way before the crisis hit. But now, if the arrangement proves productive, it’s likely many companies will opt to reduce their overheads and end millions of people’s commutes by going big on remote. Those of […]

How can employers best support their parent employees during this time, with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many businesses to adopt work from home models? Recent weeks have seen many businesses and organisations embrace remote work to continue operating throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this is causing challenges for all employees, it’s a particularly challenging time […]

Around the world, millions of people are attempting to slow the spread of COVID-19 by implementing social distancing measures such as remote working. While Australia has not yet been placed into an official lockdown by the government, there has been a steady increase in people who are opting to work from home. “We’re being forced […]

Globalisation and technological advancement has fuelled the emergence of a mobile workforce with almost 70 per cent of Australians working remotely each week. According to a study by the International Workplace Group (IWG) almost 50 per cent of Australian employees work remotely for at least half of the week while more than two-thirds work at […]

Over the last 10 years, my company Business Blueprint has achieved more than 4,000 percent business growth. During this time, I’ve also travelled for three to four months a year, sometimes for business but mostly to visit incredible locations with my family.  Many of my clients and peers ask me how I’m able to spend […]

We’ve all read the stories about people running their businesses from far-flung places or from a beach, but the reality is that most small businesses in Australia today still operate from a physical location or office, for a minimum of 5 days a week. For most businesses that means staff having to show up day […]

By actively supporting flexible and remote work, businesses can position themselves as employers of choice in the ever-more-ruthless war for talent.  Plus, if they’re seeking to be national or even global in scope, enabling ‘distributed collaboration’ – i.e. the ability for people to work together as a team, albeit remotely – isn’t just a strategy […]

If your employees are like most Australians, they work fairly long hours. But you can’t assume that just because they’ re working more, more work is getting done. Long hours might mean they love what they do and want to give it their all . Or it could mean their day is full of productivity […]