When recruiting we look for skills and abilities rather than work history. We’re prepared to be “outside the box”. She’s your ideal worker. She’s educated, an experienced problem-solver, and works well as a team member to deal with a problem your company needs to solve. And,...
Have you ever been in virtual team meetings where everyone dials in every week, and it seems like you just re-hash all the stuff you talked about last week? Then next week it's the same thing? Does it feel like treading water? Well, you’re not...
Who really does more work: remote or in-office workers? 65% of employers believe that employees are more productive when they work remotely. Bet you know someone who spends their working hours at home or hanging around in a coffee shop, don’t you? Most people think that remote...
There are many ways you can help cut down on harmful emissions, and here at Sales Beacon, we’re working hard to do our part too. Climate change is real. So, unless you’re still getting your facts from crazy Uncle Jim who seems to be trapped in...
Sales Beacon's CEO Cynthia Spraggs explains how to keep virtual teams accountable and engaged, and how to cut through the noise to secure buy-in from project stakeholders. Learn strategies to use to manage meetings, direct projects, and promote team success through communication strategies and change...
Rural areas comprise 95% of Canada’s land mass, employ 4.9 million people and generates 30% of our GDP. When you think about Canada, what springs to mind? For most people, endless wheat fields, frigid snowy landscapes and soaring mountains are among the first ideas. Canoes on...
We can’t do our best work if we’re struggling to hear each other. Sound matters. What did you say? Can you hear me? WHAT DID YOU SAY??!! Is there anything more frustrating than bad communication? I’m not talking about a poor choice of words, I’m referring...
We at Sales Beacon have opted for a more relaxing, stimulating approach to commuting: we work wherever we want. Have you ever met anyone who loves commuting? It’s hard to think about anything more stressful and inconvenient than struggling through traffic, breathing lousy air and listening...
Managing virtual meetings is both an art and a science to make them as productive as a boardroom meeting. Meetings aren’t what they used to be. Not even close. The days of physically going to a particular place at a specific time are gone. In today’s...
“What I wouldn’t give to lay around in my pajamas all day while jotting a few random notes into my laptop!” This is the myth of remote work. People think that just because they don’t have to spend all their time in an office that they...