Day: December 15, 2021

The opportunity of leading a team is enormous, but there are many things you need to learn once you become a Team Manager, which was of no use while you were a Team player. Now, what are those, and how to achieve them? xTimesheet goes into the depth of 5 things we bet no one ever told you about Team Management, but it is essential.
Hear out what your Team Members have to say: Being a Team leader is much more about listening to the team than managing it. You might feel you have to give orders and people will follow them without questioning anything, then my friend, you live in another world. Being a team manager, you have to be an excellent listener. You have to understand every problem your team members are facing.

Talk your Heart out: Apart from being a great Listener, you have to be great at expressing your views too. Once you start empathetically showing your concerns and opinions on the topics raised by your Teammates, you are moving an inch closer to understanding them. See the workflow, talk about the next steps, take suggestions, and keep the team going.

Not everyone is the same: There may be a group of 15, and amongst them, you may notice 5 to have some different characters when working in a team. Reach out to these employees personally and talk their fears out. Tell them that they can work freely with the team and that you have a supporting hand behind them.

It’s not always about being Better: All these while you might have been just a Teammate like others, but your Boss saw the hard work you put in, and that’s why they made you the Manager, so understand that it’s not always about being great at your Field. It’s sometimes about the way you manage people and understand them.

These were four things no one ever told you about Managing a Team. If you are a new Manager, xTimesheet wishes you all success and prosperity in your Field. I hope these tips help you be a great manager in the long run!

2020 came up with a massive punch on every professional’s face, named a “Work From Home.” Since then, thousands of people have been working from home regularly, but some research proves that the added amount of trouble these Remote workings are giving a professional is vast. That’s why it is prescribed that they take time off during their work hours rather than working for 8hours at a stretch. xTimesheet brings you five different ways to cut yourself out of the Conference calls and meetings and all the Remote working while working from Home.

Set a “NO WORK” time for yourself: Whatever be the situation, maintain a clear schedule that you won’t be able to work from this hour to that hour daily. It can be an urgent case or anything. Never get out of that schedule. This is the time off you have to manage for yourself in your daily life schedules.

Get yourself a Lunch break: Make sure that you keep a Lunch break where you eat lunch and do your stuff. This is the time you take your eyes off the screen and enjoy the privacy of being all by yourself or your loved ones.

Keep a Hobby time: This might sound not easy, but this is nothing if you make time for yourself. Once you are done with all the Work, keep a time, say 6 pm to 8 pm, when you indulge in working out or gaming or even walking or doing something for yourself where no one can steal that time from you.

Work is over slogan for yourself: Set a boundary where you say aloud that when you log out of your Work is done, it’s time that you bid goodbye to Work and never come back doing anything. The next day wake up and start working again. Until then, keep the basics right and say that you are not supposed to do any work post your Work hours.

xTimesheet understands that it is challenging for working professionals to manage both their houses and work simultaneously. That’s why we urge you to take off your own time and enjoy life as you want to!