2021 is finally coming to a close, and what a year it has been. Give yourself a pat on the back for keeping your business going despite the challenges you faced this year, such as COVID-19 lockdowns and radical changes to consumer spending.

This time of the year is the perfect opportunity to not just look back on the past, but also plan for your business's future.

Many of us show and experience kindness in our daily lives. In the workplace, however, it is not always perceived as essential, especially given how competitive some office cultures can be.

In reality, kindness should be a crucial component of any organization’s values.

Teamwork is an important aspect of most jobs. When workloads are divided equally and allocated according to each team member’s strengths and skills, tasks are completed faster and more efficiently, resulting in a significant productivity increase.

According to a study by Google, however, it’s not enough to hire the most qualified people to build a strong team.

Strong teams don't appear out of the blue, but rather are intentionally created over time. One ideal way to do this is by having your staff participate in team building activities.These can help foster trust and good will among them and lead to improved interaction and collaboration.

A year can be measured in 525,600 minutes, according to the song “Seasons of Love” from the hit musical Rent. But after more than a year since the global pandemic pushed employees out of the offices and into their homes, we ask the following questions.

For many employees, long-term remote work sounds greatly beneficial. There are many advantages, including less commute stress. In reality, working from home long-term may also cause burnout because it often involves working unusually long hours, the blurring of personal and professional lives, and far-from-ideal working conditions.

Higher return on investment (ROI), better productivity, and happy employees — all three are key ingredients of a successful company. It’s the third one that can unlock the first two. It’s really not difficult to see why: happier or less stressed employees are more motivated to work.

Cloud computing is transforming the way companies store and access business-critical applications and data. Syncsort’s 2018 report showed that IT professionals consider business continuity to be the topmost benefit of the cloud. This is no surprise. With the cloud, applications and data are typically stored and accessed securely from a central, off-site location so that business can continue as usual despite unplanned interruptions or incidents.

SharePoint is a document management and collaboration platform in Microsoft’s Office 365. It helps users and organizations manage large amounts of data from archives, documents, reports, and other content vital to the processes of an organization.

It can manage content securely, optimize productivity and collaboration, and facilitate a flexible remote working environment.