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- Productivity and time management resources
- Remote teams
- Business Management
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Resources for Time Tracking and Productivity
Looking for the best resources — guides, downloads, and planners — on managing your business, tracking your time, and becoming a productivity expert? Build a sense of urgency, boost your workplace efficiency, and discover productivity hacks through our handy collection of resources.
Time tracking tools and resources
Whether it’s timesheet tips, a free time clock, hours tracker templates, or best practices for helping your team clock in and clock out correctly, explore our favorite articles and tools here.
- guideThe complete guide to time tracking
Learn why you need to track your team’s time and find out how smarter time tracking can improve your bottom line.
- guideWhat is buddy punching and how can you prevent it
Buddy punching is a common form of employee time theft.
- guideHow to get employees to track time
Wondering how you can get employees to track time more accurately? Read why your employees might not be recording hours, and how you can establish best practices.
- guideTravel time pay policies
Travel time law varies based on where you live and the types of team members you employ. Learn everything about accurately paying employees for travel time.
- guide11 mobile workforce problems solved with geofencing technology
Learn how your mobile workforce can use Hubstaff’s geofences and Job site technology to cut your admin work in half and benefit your staff.
- guideThe benefits of tracking your employees' time
No matter what kind of business you manage, it's crucial to track employee time. Read about the pros, cons, and best practices of time tracking here.
- guideHow to simplify your payroll with time clock rounding
Accurate timesheet rounding will help you follow the law, simplify your payroll, and make sure your teams are paid fairly. Here’s how to do it.
Productivity and time management resources
You’ll become an expert at the best time management strategies, vacation and leave tracking, and employee scheduling with our tips and tricks. These are great for timekeepers, new managers, and HR staff.
- GuideHow to do a time audit
The first step to efficiently managing your time is to know how you spend it. Learn how to boost your individual and business success with a time audit.
- guideThe essential guide to effective time management
Looking for a better and more productive way to manage time? Check out these proven tips from experts for effective time management.
- guideHubstaff vs. Harvest: Which one should you use?
Not sure which time tracking tool is the best fit for your business? Read our Hubstaff vs. Harvest comparison to find out.
- guide6 habits of the most productive entrepreneurs
Founders and entrepreneurs are naturally busy folks. These top productivity habits will help you boost your business so you can get more done in less time.
- reportState of Agencies 2021: What challenges are agencies facing?
What are the biggest challenges agencies face in the year ahead? Read our State of Agencies report to find out.
Remote teams
If you’re looking for remote, work-from-home, or digital nomad resources, we’ve got you covered. Learn the best practices for virtual team building, remote project management, and collaboration in a digital and distributed environment.
- guideWhat is remote work & how to find it
Understand how to set up your virtual team, hire remote workers, and be an awesome remote manager. Also, we have tips on finding your own remote job!
- guideHow to run a successful virtual meeting
These tips will help make any virtual meeting more interactive, productive, and effective.
Business Management
Operations, human resources, consulting, and finance — there’s a lot to manage as you run a successful business. Our resources will take you to the next level when it comes to keeping your company at the top of your industry.
- guideWhat is construction overtime and how do you calculate it?
Learn about construction overtime laws and how to calculate these amounts for your crew. Plus, we’ll show you how to plan better and reduce costs.
- guideConstruction project planning and scheduling
Save money, keep your crew happy, and finish on time with these steps to solid construction project planning and scheduling.
- guideEverything you need to know about employee monitoring
A complete guide to employee tracking and work monitoring. Discover how employee monitoring software boosts productivity and which tools are right for you.
- guideEmployee GPS tracking and battery life: tips and best practices
Learn how geofencing and employee location usage affects battery life on mobile devices, and how to reduce battery drain.
- guideWhat is predictive scheduling?
Get the details on predictive scheduling laws by state and how to be in compliance. Learn how this practice benefits employees and employers.
- guideHow to calculate construction overhead and profit
Figure out your construction overhead and project profits. Then, use those numbers to calculate profit margin to keep your business in the green.
- guideHow to get employees to track time
Wondering how you can get employees to track time more accurately? Read why your employees might not be recording hours, and what you can do to help.
Free tools
We have free, downloadable templates and tools that you can use to make your business more efficient. From timesheet trackers to easy time clocks, we want to help help you optimize and automate your systems — so you can focus on what’s most important.
- guideHow to do a time audit
The first step to efficiently managing your time is to know how you spend it. Learn how to boost your individual and business success with a time audit.
- guideFree timesheet templates for Excel, Google Sheets, PDF, and more
We’ve prepared printable weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly timesheet templates in PDF, Excel, Word, and Google formats. Did we mention that they’re free to download?
- guideFree time card calculator
Free online time card calculator to automatically log and track hours and breaks — all on one handy weekly timesheet.
Resources for managing projects and teams
Everything you need to hit deadlines, work efficiently, and lead successful teams.
- guideScrum Ceremonies: Everything you need to know
Want to get better at applying the Scrum framework? Learn about the four Scrum events (or Ceremonies) that your team should have, and the purpose for each one.
- guideAgile Epics: What they are and how to use them
Learn what Agile Epics are and how you can use them to manage your projects more effectively.
- guideWhat Are Sprints? A detailed guide
Get to know how Sprints work, what the steps are, who is involved, and why teams love to work in Sprints.
- guide2021 Remote Project Management Report
What makes managing remote projects uniquely difficult, and how do teams address this? Find out in our State of Remote Project Management Report.
- guideAgile Metrics: What To Measure and what’s important
Learn how to measure the success of Agile projects with these top ten proven metrics. Read about Sprint burndown charts, velocity, throughput, and more.
- guideHow to utilize SMART goals for project managers
Knowing how to set SMART goals boosts efficiency for both project managers and entire teams. Here’s how to do them right.
- guideProject team member roles and responsibilities
Clarity is key when it comes to project management success. Everyone needs to know their role, why it matters, and what they’re responsible for.
- guideAgile Planning 101: A guide to roadmaps, releases, and more
Agile planning is an iterative process consisting of six distinct steps. Get a clear walkthrough and start planning your own Agile projects in this guide.
- guideA guide to Agile estimation techniques
Find the right Agile estimation technique for your business. Learn the eight most common approaches and how to implement them.
- guideA is for Agile: Project management glossary of terms
The glossary of project management terms. You can find definitions for words like Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and other project management terminology.
- guideRunning your business on Agile: A crash course
Get up and running with Agile project management in no time. This e-course from Hubstaff Tasks will teach you how to lead teams and run your business on Agile.
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