Gren Gale’s Remote Work and Project Management Blog
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Companies need to reorganise for remote work
While for many years now it’s been no secret that lots of office based jobs could be carried out remotely, the COVID-19 crisis has turned that potential into reality for many businesses worldwide. Offices full of endless rows of desks and packed contact...
Why the hell are we all Zooming?
As they say, ‘other brands of video conferencing software are available’, so why has ‘to Zoom’ become a verb? Zoom of course must be loving it, share price rocketing, users increasing exponentially and achieving what very few with the exception of Mr Hoover and Mr...
Communication in Remote Teams – easy to do, difficult to do well!
The incidence of home working is increasing rapidlyThe COVID-19 epidemic has transformed remote working. Companies faced with the choice of stopping work or sending employees home with their laptops chose the latter. The epidemic caused a switch from...
Working from Home – Choosing the right videoconferencing set-up
With the Covid-19 pandemic in full swing, working from home has become a major factor in allowing many companies to keep operations going. So what should you consider for Videoconferencing? Buying a packageI can’t stress enough how important a good...
You don’t show leadership by hitting people over the head
Leadership"You don’t lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault not leadership". That’s a quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower as Supreme Commander of Allied forces during World War 2, when let’s face it there was a lot of hitting people over the...
5 life threatening requirements everyone forgets
If you’re looking to buy something and you don’t know what you want, there’s an excellent chance that you’ll get something you don’t want. That’s why it’s so important to know what you want before talking to a supplier. However...
Good marketing wins you business, great project management retains it
You don’t have to go very far if you’re involved in business to bump into a marketing person. The internet abounds with digital marketing experts, some almost at superstar level (have a look at Neil Patel’s publicity!) who have apparently turned just about...
Do most of your projects end in chaos and panic?
Whatever they do it always seems to ends up in chaos and panic It’s not uncommon to meet company directors who complain that whatever they do their projects always end in chaos and panic with half of the company eventually being dragged in to try to sort out...
11 ways of staying awake at meetings
In a recent survey of over 2,000 people, 20% admitted to having fallen asleep at a meeting, with men apparently slightly more likely to nod off than women. When you consider that middle managers spend around 35% of their time in meetings and senior managers more like...
The End of the World as we know it?
Well I doubt that, but Britain’s 'Brexit' decision - to exit the EU - has whipped up a storm that seems to be a very long way from blowing itself out. Initial economic indicators have been surprisingly good, but longer term, uncertainty about Britain's link...
