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One of the things that the best virtual teams do differently is managing their day-to-day and focusing on the most important stuff day-in and day-out. These virtual teams know how to get things done and avoid distractions like email or cell phones.

If you are managing a virtual team, what you really need to do is help your team find their focus – not add to the chaos. It’s not easy. Getting the right things done can be an uphill battle with all the distractions around us.

Does this scenario sound like your day – full of conflicts, distractions, and demands for time away from project work? Could you use help staying focused? Read on.

When I started working at Teambox three years ago (a decade in startup time), things were very different. We were a small team of four, functioning organically, and doing a little bit of everything. Basically, we didn’t need to follow any specific process to make our customers happy.

Just read a great book on how to improve my daily routines and focus on the things that matter most. The book was entitled – Manage Your Day-to-Day, Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus & Sharpen Your Creative Mind. It’s a long title, but an awesome book for those struggling with information overload and project collaboration systems that need a little love.

Is there really anyone who doesn’t struggle with this issue? Let’s take e-mail as an example.

In the book, they talk about how companies really have no idea how much time and money they are wasting on the dominant communication vehicle – email. Poor project collaboration and overuse of email wastes time and costs your business lots of money. Let’s explore where the green stuff is going and how to fix the issue.

Looking for some tips for managing your virtual team? Check out these 5 issues that even the best collaboration software can’t fix.

The beauty of utilizing Google Drive for teams in Teambox is its simplicity. I don’t know about you, but I have a goal to have as many simple systems in place for myself and my team in order to ease our daily demands. Teambox’s integration with Google Drive really does make life easier and more efficient.

When I say Google Drive, I’m not talking about the car in the picture below. I’m talking about cloud storage and online collaboration. I want to make your life easier. So, here are a few tips on how you can utilize Google Drive within Teambox.

Is online collaboration vital for your business? I mean, is your business going to crash and burn if you don’t use some kind of platform? Probably not. However, you should ask a different question. Will online collaboration add value to your business? That is a better question.

According to a study done by the University of North Carolina, implementing virtual teams can increase productivity by up to 43%. In addition to improving productivity, online collaboration creates new opportunities, increases revenue, and decreases overhead.

Building successful virtual teams is challenging…but it can be done! Find out the 5 essentials to keep in mind.

You’ve probably heard about companies wanting their products to be first and foremost mobile-centric experiences (or what’s being called the “mobile first” philosophy.) You might have even read countless blog posts about how it’s the hip thing to do now. We’re here to tell you why that’s sorta wrong.

If you’re focused on leading high performance virtual teams, the right tools and processes are essential.

The “How You Do It Manual”, otherwise known as the business operations manual, is that lovely guide that often gets shoved in the drawer. Over the years, this manual was supposed to be used by company managers to help employees navigate change and/or understand how their company works. However, these lovely documents end up collecting dust in most companies. In addition, you rarely find operational guides for managing virtual teams that work.