5 Tips to Building Strong Relationships with Remote Colleagues
10th April 2019One key element to a successful remote career is how close you are to your team and remote colleagues. How can you substitute the water cooler conversation with an even greater level of communication? More of a proactive effort needs to be made when working away from each other but with advances in technology it’s…
Home Working Pioneers – Fortune Favours the Bold!
16th May 2018Home Working Pioneers Home Working Pioneers are creating a competitive advantage in their markets and the gap between these bold forerunners and those businesses that are lagging behind is set to grow wider over the next couple of years. Virgin Media Digital Insights Data reports that the percentage of businesses enabling employees to work from…
Top 10 Tips for Managing Performance of Remote Workers
19th April 2018When implementing a flexible and remote working strategy the question is often raised about how the performance of remote workers can be effectively managed. Trust impacts productivity whether workers work in the office or remotely and the cream of the crop adopt a management by objectives approach as opposed to over observation so that trust is maintained…
Flexible Working vs Pay Rise
9th February 2018Research has shown that many workers value flexible working over a pay rise! The number of CEO’s who are taking the opportunity to reflect on this and to include flexible working options into roles wherever possible is gaining ground. We’re currently working with a London based company who ventured into a remote working pilot because…
A Commute From Hell
6th February 2018One of the lesser mentioned benefits of employing remote workers is reduced sickness and absence. If you’re under the weather the temptation to call in sick is vastly reduced when you don’t have the commute to face. It’s much easier to soldier on when you can take regular breaks, keep yourself medicated and hydrated and…
The SmartWorking Workforce Model
13th January 2018Business Leaders are changing their mind-set about the way they approach the employment of their people. Many have begun to tap into a new concept we have called The SmartWorking Workforce Model – a new and dynamic way of working. The rapid development of high-speed mobile data services, fixed-line broadband and cloud services is playing a…
New Year – New Start – New Resolutions – New Job?
1st January 2018New Year’s Day New Year’s Day for me was a 220-mile drive home after visiting friends and family in the North. It was a fairly easy run actually, as most sensible people weren’t on the road in the rain and they were probably still enjoying the festivities with their loved ones. It brought back memories. Memories…
Remote Working: It Comes Down to Trust
19th December 2017Abodoo C.E.O Sue Marshall explains why you should hire remote workers Here at Goldfish.ie we are big fans of #SmartWorking, it is integral to our working culture. It allows us to be more productive, more efficient and helps us reduce risk in our business by ensuring that we can stay fully operational even when staff…
SmartWorking At Christmas Time
15th December 2017Ah, the run-up to Christmas. Full of festive music, mince pies, and twinkly lights… along with list-making, gingerbread-baking, turkey-ordering, gift-shopping, errand-rushing, and deep-beat-the-stress-breathing. Juggling full-time work and Christmas prep is a high-pressure scenario and the truth is that I used to go a little bit crazy with stress every December. But remote working and SmartWorking…
The Birth of SmartWorking and Something Exciting
18th November 2017Making a decision to uproot and work abroad is a huge decision; not least when you have a family. When that move involves changing continents, to a country you have never even visited, in an industry which is new to you, working in a language you haven’t any experience of the challenge increases dramatically; as…