Almost 50 per cent of today’s Millennials are freelancers, giving rise to an increase in remote work. To make this workforce model productive, however, managers need to maintain their company culture, in particular, making remote workers feel “part of the team”. Managers are advised to maintain frequent crossover points during the day and even give remote workers “buddies”.

In addition, tools can aid productivity enormously, from RosyBoa’s collaborative framework to video messaging and remote desktops.