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Your employees are at the epicenter of your business operations. And just like the far-reaching impact of an earthquake, the shockwaves that result from poor human resource planning are felt throughout the organization—in the form of…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
Cast your mind back 10 years to 2012. It was the year Barack Obama was re-elected as President. The year the Olympic Games were held in London. And the year Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Diamond Jubilee.…
Written by Percy Stilwell
The Avengers. AFC Richmond. Pawnee’s Parks and Recreation Department. Besides the fact that we’d love to join each one of these fictional groups, what else do these legendary teams have in common? Legendary leaders. Nick Fury…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
Oyster mushrooms start to grow when you shock them by moving them from a dark and dry room to a bright and humid one. Unexpectedness is part of the plan. Your projects and employees need a…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
A new “virus” is going around, and it’s highly contagious. “Quitagion,” as the New York Times recently termed it, persuades employees to quit their jobs because they see co-workers making a choice to live better—higher pay,…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
Unless you’ve been living under a rock since the COVID-19 pandemic started (#nojudgment), you’ve probably heard over and over that remote work is here to stay. Owl Labs found that 69% of U.S. respondents work remotely…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
Research shows the many benefits of visual decluttering – better focus, higher productivity, and greater mental well-being. The same benefits of organizing your home apply to organizing your work calendar. They are a visual representation of…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
When a full-time employee says they work 40 hours a week, they don’t actually spend all 40 hours engaged in productive tasks – that’s completely normal and shouldn’t surprise you. A more realistic picture of an…
Written by Andrew Rogoff
Our new two-way sync for Google Calendar allows you to synchronise your Resource Guru schedule with Google Calendar, so you can have full visibility of team availability, all in one place.
Written by Kat Pattison
Teamwork is a project management tool that’s just made for client work. They’ve really developed their product and brand over the last couple of years —and it shows. Recently, they’ve added a whole suite of brilliant…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
Asana and Teamwork are both formidable products for helping you manage your work. Both have done a great job of paving the way for new entrants into the project management software market. But as you’re pitching…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
Resource management is already complicated – you don’t need to add more stress by using tools that hinder more than help you. But frustration and mistakes are inevitable for resource managers using cumbersome spreadsheets or task-based…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
Wrike and Teamwork are both formidable products for helping you manage your work and both have done a great job for different kinds of customer. But as you’re pitching Wrike vs Teamwork and deciding which is…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
When you hear “overallocation,” your mind probably jumps to overworked team members. But project managers can burn out just as fast. Wellingtone’s 2021 State of Project Management report found that project management offices can offer as…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
The World Health Organization added “burnout” to the International Classification of Diseases in 2019. Categorized as an “occupational phenomena,” burnout significantly impacts employee wellbeing and the financial health of businesses, costing organizations between $120 to $190…
Written by Stuart McLachlan