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  • Casting Off The Chains: Drive Up Productivity Through Team Mobility
    For most sales focused organisations – any employee ‘down time’ is dead time and constitutes a direct impact on the profit margin. Many companies are chasing the Elysian dream of reducing this loss and therefore driving up margins through the implementation of ‘remote access technologies’, but they may well be missing the point entirely…In reality, the provision of ‘gadgets’ to field operatives without a unified ‘team’ communication model will not improve, but in fact actually reduce focus and lead to a decrease in staff efficiency. Let me put it another way: give your employees more to play with, without enabling real benefits in terms of ‘team mobility’ and frankly you are wasting your money.More

  • 7 Strategies For Effective Distributed Teams
    Currently companies are investing significant amounts of investment in distributed, mobile and remote workers the aim of reducing operating costs. This article details 7 proven ways to realise significant returns on these investment.1. Introduce benchmarks to assess/measure performance It is key before undertaking any business organisational change is to understand exactly what the objective of the exercise is and to set targets so that progress towards the objectives can be understood and measured.More

  • Public Services on the Move: Mobility and Flexible Working in UK Local Government
    This article looks at a trend sweeping the UK public sector currently. Investment in flexible and remote working infrastructure by local authorities is delivering significant cost savings, improved services and added value for money for the general public.The need for local government to mobilise:Reduced operating costs - The key result of effective remote and flexible working strategy within any organisation is significant cost savings.More

  • Taking A Cooler View On Hot Desking
    What are the factors that need to be considered when looking at hot desking? This paper looks at the definition and factors involved in this type of working model.What is hot desking?More

  • Understanding The True Cost Of Corporate Office Space
    How do I assess my true office accommodation costs?We have been asked by a number of clients to help them identify the true cost of an office or location. Here is a guide to the factors you should consider to assess total accommodation costs.More

  • Base Jumping For Beginners: Principles of Successful Remote Team Leadership
    IntroductionThis article looks at the basic considerations for any team leader/manager implementing the switch to flexible/remote working teams.Staff SuitabilityTeams which tend to fit easily into the remote worker/team mould have the following common characteristics- They are either knowledge workers or back office admin staff- They approach their work in a mature, disciplined and self motivated way.- Their work is task/project focused in nature.More

  • Supporting Remote Team Performance
    IntroductionAt CAL we have been involved with remote teams for a number of years and have spend time understanding was makes a good team and what makes a great team. The problems with a team that is not located in one place are different to standard office-based team issues and although there is no magic wand or standard problems here are a few classic issues.Communications – It can be frustrating to be waiting on information from other team members and this can cause tension in the team.More

  • Identifying Potential Remote Teams
    How do I identify and justify teams within my organisation that could operate as a remote team?The two elements of this paper look at simple broad terms that can be applied to help you identify if remote team working has a place within the organisation and justify further investigation.What is remote team working?More

  • Measuring Remote/Flexible Working Projects: The Top 7 Performance Indicators
    Many organisations are currently investing in remote and flexible working practices in order to reduce operating costs, improve team efficiency and make smarter, more efficient use of corporate accommodation.This article describes the top 7 things that should be measured in assessing the long term performance of your strategy.We would suggest that scores are assigned to the following 7 key areas regarding a team efficiency at the start of the change programme, then after 3 months and after a year.More

  • Moth to a Flame: Charting the Demise of Email
    The influx of junk/spam/miscellany/humour and personal email can amount to a constant barrage of emails which stay tantalisingly in reach to sorted/deleted or actioned in the ‘work space’ of 100% of office based workers the world over. This article looks at the problem in detail, suggesting ways to flatten this unhelpful mountain of information and providing hints of a possible ‘better way’ in the near future.Come on...More