🎓 Caflou Remote Management Academy

🌐 How to manage a company and a team remotely? Tips for remote management

What are the benefits of remote work for companies? And what are main barriers and concerns? What are the main principles of operating a company remotely? Find out in our article.

🏝️ The 2025 Outlook for Remote Work in Europe

You’ve probably come across articles and social media posts discussing the recent “back to office” push, led by mega-corporations in different industries. Naturally, these mandates made headlines, and many employees viewed the shift as an abrupt change from the remote and hybrid policies that these organisations previously advertised.

At a glance, it may seem that remote and hybrid work is under threat. The dissatisfaction expressed by many employees online can also give the impression that workers are overwhelmingly against the back-to-office push.

Learn how workers feel about returning to the office, why hybrid work might be the future for Europe, and developments in remote work to expect in 2025.

💬 Basic rules and culture of remote team communication

The success of any team that works and is controlled remotely depends on the correctly set communication of remote teams, on their rules and culture. Here are some tips to help you with remote communication.

📖 An Actionable Guide to Remote Team Management

Can remote work kill your organisation’s productivity? According to a growing body of research, the opposite is more likely. Remote work options can reduce employee turnover, improve productivity, and increase employee satisfaction. However, remote team management is crucial to achieving organisational excellence and managers and team leaders must step up and ensure their teams are remote-ready. Learn how.

💻 Which Remote Team Management Tools Are Right For You?

For better or worse, there are almost too many remote team management tools in the market now. And while it’s great to have options, too many can be overwhelming. Comparing different tools and trying to understand which is best for your team is a challenge on its own. 

So, to help you out, we’ve put together a rundown of the different types of remote team management tools. We sorted the tools into their respective categories and have discussed some specific, popular tools for each category. But before you explore the different options, it’s crucial to discern…

👩‍💼👨‍💼 How to Build And Sustain Culture in a Remote Team

If employees make a company, culture sustains it. A healthy work culture empowers your team members, encouraging them to work better and keeping them happy. Good managers have done a great job at building positive, lasting work cultures. They’ve got their own playbooks for motivating team members, building bonds, and protecting the workplace from toxicity. 

However, remote work options have shaken the cultural landscape up. Whereas many managers are skilled at cultivating the right office culture, some struggle to achieve the same outcomes in remote environments. So why is the playbook for building culture in a remote team different?  And how can managers overcome challenges to build a positive remote team culture? 

These are questions we’ll answer in this article. 

🖥 Where We’re At: The State of Remote and Hybrid Work in 2023

Lockdowns during the global pandemic motivated organisations to experiment with innovative, more flexible ways to work. Remote and hybrid work models took charge, and much of the workforce came to appreciate this new way of working. No commute times or daycare costs. Better work-life balance. Lunch at home. Fewer office politics.

Some studies also made a case for remote work directly benefiting employers; not only would companies have happier workforces, but research revealed that they might even be more productive than their in-office counterparts.

But, despite the hopes of many, flexible work models and schedules have started to slip away for thousands of employees. So what does remote work look like now, and is the dislike for back-to-office mutual amongst the entire workforce? Maybe not. Let’s get into the details.