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10 Must Have WordPress Plugins For Your Startup’s Website

By Anjana Silva December 21, 2025Downloadables

In 2025, WordPress powered approximately 44% of all websites on the internet, which equates to over 500 million total sites. What's the No 1 mistake startup founders make with WordPress…

The Ultimate Framework for Successful Remote Teams: 5 Essential Pillars

By Anjana Silva December 14, 2025Productivity & Work Efficiency

Over the past 5 years, I have had the privilege and the challenge (which I find deeply rewarding) of managing a truly distributed team of high-performing individuals, communicating via Teams chat/video calls and emails. The more I interact with my team members, the more I realise the success of a distributed team is not a byproduct of some random actions. Who will most benefit from this framework for successful remote teams.

5 Remote Work Habits That Boost Productivity : Proven by a Fully Remote Team

By Anjana Silva November 30, 2025Remote Work Success Stories

A fully remote team of 73 people across 22 countries figured out what actually works. These five habits cut distractions, strengthen async culture, and keep people engaged.

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Master Time Management Without Supervision: Remote Work Guide

By Anjana Silva November 23, 2025Work-Life Balance

Remote workers often find it difficult to stay on track due to a lack of or ineffective time management strategies. Time management is one of the major struggles remote workers face. A FlexJobs survey cited in a 2024 review found that 44% of remote workers say they struggle to manage their time effectively, which is a key obstacle to productivity.

Manager’s Essential Guide: Mentoring Remote Employees

By Anjana Silva November 2, 2025Team Dynamics & Engagement, Trending

Having worked remotely since 2009 and managed diverse distributed teams for over five years, I have developed a practical framework for mentoring remote employees that actually works. This framework consists of six essential categories: Empower, Check-ins, Goals, Visibility, Teamwork and Feedback.

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How to Deal with Underperforming Remote Team Members: A Manager’s Guide

By Anjana Silva October 5, 2025Productivity & Work Efficiency

Managing remote teams comes with unique challenges, especially when dealing with employee performance issues. Without face-to-face interactions, it's easy to misinterpret productivity signals or miss early warning signs that someone is struggling. Before figuring out how to deal with underperforming remote team members, you have to pause for a moment to break the generic 'underperforming' term into much simpler, understandable terms.

Stop the ‘Quick Call’ Trap: Overcoming Notification Distractions When Working Remotely

By Anjana Silva September 21, 2025Productivity & Work Efficiency

Overcoming notification distractions when working remotely has become the defining challenge of modern workplace productivity. You're deep in focused work when a colleague pings you with those two words (i.e., Quick Call?) and nothing else. No context, no urgency indicator, no hint about what they need.

5 Remote Work Strategies That Actually Work : Lessons from a Fully Distributed Team

By Anjana Silva September 7, 2025Remote Work Success Stories

These five practices from one of the world's largest all-remote companies will change how your team communicates, ships, and stays connected across time zones.