4 Ways Managers Can Monitor their Remote Employees

Remote employees and work at home is now the way of the land— which can bring about certain challenges for managers. With over 4.7 million US employees working outside of the office, companies must find unique ways to monitor employee behavior. While it is true that 77 percent of remote employees feel more productive while at home, working outside of the office does provide the opportunity for your workers to use their time unwisely. Below are a few tips to ensure that your employees are giving their best effort while they’re working away from the office.…

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Using Time Tracking Software for Snow Removal Management

It's mid January, and as the Holiday decorations come down, so does the snow. Even the South is feeling the impact. Nashville schools are closed today, as slippery and hazardous roads pose major delays. While Southerners won't see enough snow in their driveway to call for help, residents in cold weather climates are likely making calls to have it hauled away.…

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How Collaboration Tools Help Build Your Business

Getting employees to work more effectively together is one of the guiding tenets of successful project management and workforce management. In recent years, a plethora of collaboration tools have taken the workplace by storm. Whether they’re being used at the same job site or miles away from each other, these technologies offer workers convenient, user-friendly ways of communicating and sharing work with each other.…

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The Five Great Leadership Skills Every Business Needs

While there are plenty of innovative workforce tools – including state-of-the-art workforce management software – that can help you better run a company, there's no technological substitute for a strong leader. For a lucky few, leadership seems to come naturally, while some of us have absolutely no business being put in charge of other people. Others likely fall somewhere in between, possessing some leadership traits and lacking others. The good news for these people is that with hard work, leadership skills can be learned.…

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How to Talk to Your Team About a Terminated Employee

It’s generally much easier to hire than fire. Unfortunately, it’s hard to span a career in workforce management or project management without having to let an employee go at some point. The decision to terminate, the process of communicating that news to the employee and the way in which you share the situation with the rest of your team are some of the toughest scenarios you’ll experience as a manager.…

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Now Available: Desktop Punch Capability

Although Timesheet Mobile caters to businesses who need to keep track of mobile employees, we understand that many employers also have workers who are office-bound for at least some portion of the work week. Instead of requiring these employees to download the app and carry their phone around with them throughout the day, we now offer a desktop punch method. Employees who use the website to punch in and punch out will not receive Punch Prompt alerts.…

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7 Ways to Manage Difficult Workers

If workforce management were just about dealing with cooperative, competent employees, it wouldn’t be such an important skill. Inevitably, however, anybody overseeing a job site deals with workers who are not easy to manage. The mark of a good manager is in knowing how to guide and motivate people to reach their full potential – and as needed, tapping into workforce tools to make life easier.…

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5 Things You Need to Know About Workforce Management

Workforce management is all about looking at a business through a critical, evidence-based lens. The goal is to put processes into place that maximize productivity and minimize wasted time, money, material and labor. The following are five of the most fundamental ways that workforce management can enhance your company.…

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