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Luciana Safdie

Chief of Staff & PartnerSpot Meetings, Inc

New York City Area

Member Since September 2021

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Ensuring employees are engaged is key in business, as it leads to higher company morale and improved quality of work. Further, a lack of engagement can be a telltale sign that something is wrong.  For companies finding that their employees aren’t engaged—whether it’s during meetings, feedback sessions or fun social outings—there are ways leaders can drive motivation. Below, 10 members of Young Entrepreneur Council discuss some simple things companies can do to get employees more engaged and involved.

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Remote work has gained a lot of popularity since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. When most businesses were forced to adapt to remote work as the world went on lockdown, business owners, leaders and employees alike started to understand the benefits that remote work has to offer, with better work-life balance topping the list. But while there are many upsides to running a remote workforce, there are several issues that entrepreneurs and business owners may encounter when trying to build a totally remote company. Here, nine members of Young Entrepreneur Council discuss the potential solutions to those issues and why they’ll help set you up for success.

Company details

Spot Meetings, Inc

Company bio

At Spot Meetings, our goal is to help professionals find a better balance between work and life. We believe in a world where you can have productive, collaborative, virtual interactions with coworkers while doing things that promote a healthier, happier you. We believe that the ability to take your meetings on the move increases engagement, sparks creativity, and decreases burnout. Whether you are a walker, a pacer or a sun-seeker - we created Spot for you. Spot co-founders, Greg Caplan and Hans Petter (HP) Eikemo, were working remotely before working remotely was the cool thing to do. From the beginning, they’ve been finding ways to hack digital tools to continue to lead productive, efficient, and collaborative remote teams. While they, and their employees, were enjoying the freedoms that come with remote working, there were some challenges. Challenges that all boiled down to communication. At the time, remote working was relatively new so their teams defaulted to using video calls. Soon after, Greg and HP, realized that their new freedom was only as far as the wifi signal reached and their new found freedom was feeling awfully sedentary. So like any innovative duo, the two found ways to hack traditional video calls to be a bit more mobile. What they found was more than a greater sense of freedom - they felt more engaged in the meetings, more creative, and were feeling happier and healthier overall. Nearly a decade later, they’ve combined forces to bring Spot to life. A tool that helps make the remote lifestyle work for you. It allows users to continue to collaborate and produce top-notch work while finding balance in their daily routines for an all around happier and healthier lifestyle - no matter where you are.

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Company size

11 - 50

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