5 Basic Needs of Virtual Workforces

According to data from Global Workplace Analytics, the number of remote employees in the United States has gone up by 79.7 percent since 2005. In the U.S., around 3.3 million people work from home.and this is just report of USA , we have list of others like INDIA  PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH AND PHILIP ENS

But these are not just freelancers. More organizations are adopting a fully remote work culture. Base camp, Mozilla and Automatic are three well-known companies that fall under the 100-percent-distributed category. Automatic, owner of WordPress, has been able to scale up operations to nearly 300 people and more than 131M monthly website visitors — the 3rd highest on the Internet — with a purely distributed team.

Among other benefits, remote work saves considerable time for the entire organization, and allows employees far more flexibility. To shift to a remote model successfully, however, management practices have to adapt to remote work, even if only a few workers are remote. New technologies – and the proper use of old technologies – are a crucial part of this adaptation.

In our experience at VenturePact, telecommuters tend to be self-starters and quick learners. You don’t have to micromanage them, just provide clear, high-level direction. But there are some common pain points. In a 2014 Robert Half Technology survey of U.S.-based CIOs, 30% said communication was their greatest remote management challenge, followed by productivity (22%) and technology (22%). Focusing on a few principles can help address these challenges:

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Convenience: This should go without saying, but it is important to give your virtual employees large monitors, great computers, and fast Internet. This will encourage them to work hard and stick with you for the long term. Bad tools hurt productivity. Scott Hanselman, who has been working with Microsoft remotely for the past 7 years, explains the challenges of being a remote worker: “Every week you’ll hit a site that doesn’t work unless you’re inside. You’ll be constantly prompted for passwords, you’ll be told certain scripts or installers don’t work as a remote worker. I have to drive into the office at least quarterly JUST for the purpose of dealing with issues like this.”  When you force your employees to use slow or inconvenient technology, the costs don’t show up on your balance sheet immediately. But they’re there all the same.

Transparency: To help make your team members’ private knowledge public to the group, invest in knowledge management tools that are accessible and searchable by everyone in the company. Any question a new employee has can be submitted to the system and should be visible to anyone in the company. This is a lot better than email, where the employee emails one person and the question is only answered once. If you use a knowledge management tool, the tag on the question will allow the next employee, who will probably have similar questions, to easily find and learn by searching through past questions. Tools like Slack and Sqwiggle can help with this.

Transparency tools are necessary even if only part of your team is remote. As David Fullerton, VP of Engineering at StackExchange, writes, “There’s no halfsies in a distributed team. If even one person on the team is remote, every single person has to start communicating online. The locus of control and decision making must be outside of the office: no more dropping in to someone’s office to chat, no more rounding people up to make a decision. All of that has to be done online even if the remote person isn’t around. Otherwise you’ll slowly choke off the remote person from any real input on decisions.”

Accountability: How do you keep track of what your colleagues are doing when you can’t see them? Define goals clearly and then have the remote team decide on the path to reach that goal. Rather than dictating each specific task, provide them a vision to work on. Let them hold each other accountable, and ask them to assign themselves daily goals and provide weekly reports. This level of responsibility helps remote workers learn on the job and stay motivated. To track progress, use project management tools like Asana, Basecamp or JIRA.

Importantly, don’t mention that a task needs to get done to a team of four people without holding one person accountable for ensuring that a task is complete by a specific deadline. Remember, to properly execute on task management, you need:

  1. A task management tool
  2. One person held accountable to complete a project
  3. A deadline
  4. Clear guidelines as to what the project entails.

Communication: Take time every week to have a candid conversation with remote employees. Make sure you include personal questions to get a sense of the employees’ interests and, if they’re in a different country, their culture.

Consider using an instant messaging tool for your team such as HipChat, IRC, Google Hangouts, or Skype. This way, people can easily reach out to everyone else in the firm regardless of location. Ideally, try to have all remote employees organize their hours such that each person has a 2-hour overlap in working hours with at least one other teammate. When you have remote teams that cross many time zones, this can become difficult, but it is critical.

Try to also have multiple calls a week (sometimes daily) to go over any challenges the team is facing. We like to use video calls, as it helps build a relationship and the visual cues allow for clearer communication. Whichever means you choose to communicate with your virtual employees, make sure you communicate regularly, openly and clearly.

Trust: Remote workers often miss the feeling of company culture, so management must make an extra effort to cultivate trust and involve remote team members.

There are many ways to do this. You can create inspiring videos that speak about company culture, like this one created by Zappos. You can involve remote employees in company events — small or big — and share the company’s future vision with them. At VenturePact, we communicate interesting startup stories at companywide events, which helps employees understand the values and vision of our startup, and at the same time feel part of the team. A common misconception is that remote or distributed teams never meet, but I recommend that teams meet once every quarter and the whole company, once a year. Since most people will travel, it is best to choose an amazing location with great weather to create a unique experience. These in-person interactions help build trust.

Another technique to build trust is professional and personal check-ins, a strategy Keith Ferrazzi mentions in his article on remote work: “A personal/professional check-in at the beginning of meetings makes people feel part of a team. It’s probably the easiest way to overcome the isolation that can creep in when people don’t work together physically,” he says.

Finally, one best practice we find effective is to encourage personal sharing with the whole team through Yammer, an enterprise social network that creates a Facebook-like environment where everyone on the team can share pictures from the weekend, their travel plans and any interesting articles they are reading.

Above all, the key to a successful remote engagement is a great hiring and management process. As Jason Fried puts it in Remote: Office Not Required: “If you let them, humans have an amazing power to live up to your high expectations of reasonableness and responsibility.”

Use Trash and earn Cash… an IDEAS can change your life

This Artical is written just to get ideas to sell different products which can be made easily and sell out . all you need to present it well and target it well ..May it is more towards interior designing kind of example but you can mange and get idea for other products as well .. all you need to considerate what you can sell easily and what you can made .

For most of us when it comes to saying goodbye to old stuff we tend to become a bit clingy. It doesn’t feel right to throw away the stuff you once spent money on. We have created this list of 19 items that have been created from trash and can help in giving ideas as to what you can do with the items you’re about to throw and sell them out ….hahahahah

19. Boat couch21 Amazing Creations from Trash 19

18. Broken pot fairy garden21 Amazing Creations from Trash 18

17. Drawers turned planters21 Amazing Creations from Trash 17

16. File cabinet kitchen island21 Amazing Creations from Trash 16

15. Colorful glass garden wall21 Amazing Creations from Trash 15

14. Portable Cooler Remodel21 Amazing Creations from Trash 14b

13. Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Engine Conference Table21 Amazing Creations from Trash 13

12. Milk crate kids stools21 Amazing Creations from Trash 12

11. Piano aquarium21 Amazing Creations from Trash 11

10. Cinder block chair planters21 Amazing Creations from Trash 10

9. Skateboard tree swing21 Amazing Creations from Trash 9

8. Headboard porch swing21 Amazing Creations from Trash 8

7. Crib-turned-play-table21 Amazing Creations from Trash 7

6. Teapot lamp21 Amazing Creations from Trash 6

5. Old tire ottomans21 Amazing Creations from Trash 5

4. A trampoline floating day bed21 Amazing Creations from Trash 4

3. Shower head from an old watering can21 Amazing Creations from Trash 3

2. Bathtub sofa21 Amazing Creations from Trash 2

1. Chandelier from bicycle gears21 Amazing Creations from Trash

Ways to Establish Your Business Credibility

Credibility.

Why credibility?  Have you ever think of it or about the start up entrepreneur who is trying to convince a team of stakeholders and investors to pursue a new and innovative idea without a proven concept. I know it is a the most difficult task one should have to do start his start-up .the case is same with the entrepreneur as well who runs into production problems and needs his business partners to extend credit for a few days, weeks or even months.

Sure, there are many great characteristics that can be attributed to successfully maneuvering these situations, but having the reputation as an entrepreneur who gets things done, stays true to his or her word, and has a history of successes creates credibility “currency” that can be cashed in instantly.

Without a doubt, establishing credibility cannot be done overnight, but entrepreneurs can engage in strategies along the way that will help build credibility more effectively.

1. Be sensitive

Some one once told me about sensitiveness . It as full of amazing experience so that i put it on first in all the list . you may varry but i am sure it do have impact on credibility. please do have have and demonstrate empathy for the people on your team and your customers. This goes beyond being politically correct in your business, but rather fully understand the backgrounds, desires and needs of all your stakeholders.

For instance, if you are a bootstrapped start-up, emphasizing to your team the importance of cutting expenses and working more hours and for less than market rate will seem completely out of touch if you are spending elaborately or showing up to the office in your new BMW. it badly damage the moral and your value ,be careful.

2. Be honest

Without a doubt, one thing that will kill credibility instantly is dishonesty. Lying will certainly crush your efforts, but so will unnecessarily embellishing or providing information or feedback out of context, selectively or in a manipulative way.

Stakeholders want transparency most from entrepreneurs, so just be straightforward about the business and your goals.

3. Be objective

Unless you are building your brand on a platform of being subjective, it is best to take objective stances on business matters and not get caught up in preaching. It is especially important to eliminate topics or subjects of discussion that do not pertain to the business and not directly related to meeting your goals.

Your priority is to focus your energy and resources on only those tasks and assets that help you meet your goals.

4. Be sincere

Optimism is an endearing trait of an entrepreneur, but not when it crosses the line to overzealous embellishment. When things are going well, highlight achievements and allow the team to revel in their accomplishments, but don’t go overboard with praise and recognition.

Avoid presenting yourself in a fake tone, and just be yourself. All your stakeholders will appreciate this.

5. Be knowledgeable

Having the skills necessary to accomplish your goals will instill confidence and put your stakeholders at ease. Understand, however, that knowledge does not necessarily translate to leadership, and in fact some individuals who focus only on specific areas of knowledge fail to see the importance of other disciplines and skills necessary to lead teams.

Find a balance between the pursuit of knowledge and skills necessary to lead your team.

6. Promote achievements

Now is not the time to be bashful. First, learn to recognize achievements in your business and in your career. Even small achievements can be recognized if they can be directly related to building your credibility. Next, learn to put your achievements front and center for all to see. Share them with stakeholders, list them on your website, and promote them on your LinkedIn profile.

Be proud of your achievements, and allow them to speak to your credibility.

7. Ask for endorsements

First, recognize that everyone you meet in your career, regardless of how small or insignificant a role they might play, is someone who can add value to your credibility. Be unabashed about asking for endorsements and testimonials from these individuals, especially if your role in the relationship added value and had a positive impact.

The more endorsements and testimonials you have from other successful professionals, the better it speaks to your own credibility.

8. Find your confidence

If you are early in your career, you probably lack the achievements, endorsements and experience necessary to build credibility now. Even without these, confidence is a trait that, when properly mastered, can speak volumes about you without ever saying a word.

If you are endeavoring to be an entrepreneur, you already have credibility above the millions of individuals who lack the confidence to even try. Be proud of that.

All of these tips are great for building your credibility, but remember that the process can take years of hard work and diligent execution. More important, know that an ill-advised choice or avoidable mistake can wreck all the work you accomplished in a matter of minutes. Take as much care to protect your credibility as you do establishing it.

Small Food Business : An idea can change your life

food Business
food Business

From beginning of the time food is a need of human kind and many ways are been introduce time to time. Serving home made food from your own home to others is example of on of them like others restaurants and hotels and food trucks .It is Always been possible for all  to start a home bakery or other small food business from your own kitchen.  Collectively known as Cottage Food , this entrepreneurial activity has a huge benefit to artisan food entrepreneurs due to significant cost and time savings as opposed to renting commercial kitchen space. Information about running a home-based business  can be obtain from your around who already in that business like lunch Ghar in Islamabad, Pakistan which offers home made continental food delivery in all over Islamabad and also take away facility.For additional information about Cottage Food in your area you may contact to me at (92)3005136930 or  contact your local entrepreneurial societies.

Start your business .

An entrepreneur is a builder—one who sees an opportunity, sizes up its value, and finds the resources to make the most of it. Entrepreneurs are innovators introducing something new to the marketplace, putting a different spin on a product or a process. if you can understand and fulfill the above requirement of being a part of food business that surely you can do it well.

Business is a game , and I love this game only
Business is a game , and I love this game only

Just start your business right now . list down your resources and come up with some innovative way to present your product to your customers . More specifically in food business you need to have a recipe in which you may have a little expertise , add some value to it by adding some new from your side , give a name and launch it . Must start with testing model . invite your friends and fellows to your home and present them to taste and eat. do this exercise several time .if they start liking it than as them freely to introduce my dish to your friends , this is the key of your business marketing .

Lunch Ghar
Lunch Ghar

Made a website like lunch gharFacebook Page, Google page and use all medium to get your self of social media . and please update them regularity with unique items only .no copy paste . it is more attractive if you made your own post and with your own kitchen food food show reality. you may visit Lunch ghar website , facebook page and google page to get an idea or can directly call to me for more assistance at (92) 300-5136930 or email me at sikander.playit@gmail.com. I  must share here that i wrote this artical to market Lunch ghar You can do the same .Help others and get your work done at the same .

Four Young Entrepreneurs Work Idea .. LUNCH GHAR

Pasted only to support young blood who relay initiated with entrepreneurial work ….read it and share it please ..

LUNCH GHAR 

Lunch Ghar , Premium Home Made Food Delivery Service ( currently only ) For Islamabad Delivering Food( lunch for Daily Menu ,Discounted Deals and other Auspicious Food on Demand ). Home cooked food specially made for those who really love to eat quality food at their door step or at workplace during there lunch break . Lunch Ghar also offers their monthly package for those who want to get rid of daily payments and also love to have Home Made Food in lunch box on their work station.

Please visit our Daily Menu to order like Daal , Chicken Salan , Sabzi and Home Made Chapati. Or order for deals like Biryani Deal ,Chicken Palao Deal , Chicken Karahi Deal, or Chicken Boneless one.

Or

Subscribe for our monthly package start just from 3000 Rupees only, include Daal,  Seasonal Sabzi Chicken Salan , Biryani, Palao, or many other delicious  and auspicious Food as made in home Environment suitable to seasons.

Or

If you are in gathering right now are planning a party of 4 or more people then our Discounted Deals suits you the best. our Biryani dealor Palao Deal Serves 5 , Chicken Karahi deal accommodate 4 easily while boneless also easily fulfills food need of 4

Cooked at home, care for your health first and deliver the best food at your doorsteps. Lunch Ghar have just started its operations in Islamabad.

T (92) 332 8378 328
T (92) 303 5968 718
Email: info@lunchghar.com

Lunch Ghar (Pvt) Ltd.
House # 223 , Street 87 near Ibn e sina Road, G-11/3, Islamabad, PK

A common man with Dreams :Muhammad Waqar Mughal

Waqar Mughal with a common attributes , currently working as chef in Lunch Ghar worked with so many top restaurants of Islamabad like fujis , cave and lasania. loves to do cooking as  he learned for his Ustaad ( teachers ). but he never tries a new dishes and new style of cooking by his own way because he has fear of being treated badly by the management of Lunch Ghar , Three young graduates.

Lunch Ghar is home made food ( Lunch ) service for the resident of islamabad , working people of Islamabad and official. Also provide food for events, small ceremonies, and tours.Coming with the basic idea , Its not a restaurant it is purely a home made under hygienic and quality every home made.

Being  a part of Lunch Ghar as chef experienced of so many other local to rated restaurants of Islamabad like fujis , cave, lasania and many others made waqar mughal

A man with common attributes always looks upon his own benefits and attaining life facilities with hardship. Waqar Mughal being working in Lunch Ghar as chef in local home made food delivery service always interested  in making new friends want to live happy with friends and the biggest dream which want to fulfill is to have a business to give support to poor ones and do allot of social activity. and the second most important part of his dream is to support his parent  for their religious activity Hajj . life full of joyless, a small family and a car , so many loyal friends and want a peaceful life.

being a part of lunch Ghar i have learned alot , like how frnds live and do thier business , how to handle and manage , how to do business  and how to deal with people , clients and others .

What Your Desk Says About You : Easy Guid to know

Have you ever look at your desk. Is it scattered with  so many useless or unread papers? Adorned with family photos or of your girl friend ? Do you have toys made up of wood or plastic that help you think? The way you organize and decorate your desk reveals a surprising amount of information about who you are and how you will behave in specific circumstances. its may b wrong. just our point of view.

At the office, we arrange our spaces to communicate our attitudes, goals, and values once told by my college. As a entrepreneur, your employees’ desks can help you understand and motivate thDesk_gettyem more effectively. “People want to be known,”once a physiologist says “You’re healthier, happier, and more productive when others see you as you are.”

Take a look at your employees’ desks. What does the space look like? What personal objects are there? “It’s really important to look for themes,” Focus on the objects that seem consistent and permanent.

Here are a few easy things to look for, along with what they reveal about personality:

1. An organized desk says… you’re organized ,dependable and timely.

People with organized desks tend to be more conscientious, meaning that they are reliable,disciplined  and task oriented people who plan well and get their work done on time. “When I go into a space, I look for a back wall and window first,” Gosling says, since a well organized back wall with logo or frames ,certificates is  as sign of a conscientious person.

Having a rushy crowded desk isn’t a bad thing (creative people often do), but others may judge you incorrectly. When people see a messy office, they infer that the person is disagreeable, which is not necessarily true, in my opinion “My view is simple and its is unpleasant [to look at], so they assume the person is inconsiderate.”

2. Uncommon objects say… you’re innovative, creative, more towards design and open to new experiences. 

People with original art, unusual spaces, or a diverse array of objects tend to be high in openness, meaning they embrace new ideas or experiences and are often very creative. “If you go in and think, wow, I’ve never seen that before, they’re likely high in openness,” some genius says.

Innovative companies, such as ads agencies or tech start-ups, tend to attract creative people and encourage their employees to showcase their personalities. For example, Play It Production MD gives each employee a $ 100 site credit  decorate their desks, leading to an odd array of robots, stuffed toys characters, vintage typewriters, and artwork.

3. Inspirational posters and messages say… you’re neurotic.photo

People who pepper their desks with inspirational statements are typically a bit more neurotic — the classic Type A personality. “[Inspirational statements are] a psychological form of trying to keep people together [emotionally],” Gosling says. “It calms anxiety.”

If you have inspirational posters up, don’t worry that they’re sending the wrong message. Neurotic people are often highly successful in the workplace and the sayings they choose to display communicate their values to others.

4. An inviting space says… you’re extroverted.

People with especially inviting offices — including an open door, comfortable chairs, or a candy jar — tend to be very social. By creating a welcoming space, they show others that they’re approachable, and often get many more visitors than the introverts.

Sociability can pave the way for promotions and new opportunities, so introverts may help their careers by adding a few inviting touches. “People can learn to exercise that side,”  Experts says. “But it’ll never be pleasant like it is for someone who is biologically this way. It’s not intrinsic.”

Warren Buffet once told: ‘I Eat Like a Six-Year-Old’

A suspicious question always comes in mind that how does the top entrepreneur used to start their day or life, And now i  got answer of this question by knowing more about the top investor and brilliantine entrepreneur

Question :How does the world’s top investor, at 84 years old, wake up every day and face the world with boundless energy?

“I’m one quarter Coca-Cola,” Warren Buffett says.

When he told me this in a phone call yesterday (we were talking about the death of his friend, former Coca-Cola president Don Keough), I assumed he was talking about his stock portfolio.

No, Buffett explained, “If I eat 2,700 calories a day, a quarter of that is Coca-Cola. I drink at least five 12-ounce servings. I do it everyday.”

Perhaps only a man who owns $16 billion in Coca-Cola stock — 9% of Coke, through his company, Berkshire Hathaway — would maintain such an odd daily diet. One 12-ounce can of Coke contains 140 calories. Typically, Buffett says, “I have three Cokes during the day and two at night.”

When he’s at his desk at Berkshire Hathaway headquarters in Omaha, he drinks regular Coke; at home, he treats himself to Cherry Coke.

“I’ll have one at breakfast,” he explains, noting that he loves to drink Coke with potato sticks. What brand of potato sticks? “I have a can right here,” he says. “U-T-Z” Utz is a Hanover, Pennsylvania-based snack maker. Buffett says that he’s talked to Utz management about potentially buying the company.

Investors in Berkshire Hathaway may feel relieved that the CEO isn’t addicted to Utz Potato Stix at every breakfast. “This morning, I had a bowl of chocolate chip ice cream,” Buffett says.

Asked to explain the high-sugar, high-salt diet that has somehow enabled him to remain seemingly healthy, Buffett replies: “I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among six-year-olds. So I decided to eat like a six-year-old.” The octogenarian adds, “It’s the safest course I can take.”