(Newswire.net — December 3, 2019) — Working together as a team is essential as it leverages the collective skills of all the members and produces a synergy that is greater than the productivity of all the individuals put together. In other words, team spirit and productivity are the two key pillars of every high-performing team.
That said, achieving high levels of productivity and team spirit is not easy, given the fact that individuals come from varied backgrounds and have different skills. This is why it is important to tap into technology and use the many apps and software that are available today to promote productivity and team spirit. Let’s take a look at some of these apps.
Slack
Slack is one of the popular tools for collaboration among team members. It comes with a simple user-interface that is fairly intuitive for most users. Also, it comes with many advanced features such as group chat, individual chat, separate channels for different projects, and more. An added advantage is that Slack integrates well with most major applications.
Flowdock
Flowdock is another useful tool to improve productivity as it helps to keep your workflow quick and simple. In this tool, you can have a private chat with one of your colleagues, have a group conversation, create threads to organize topics and conversations, enjoy video conversations, get notifications on new messages, and so much more. Customizable emojis and a well-developed mobile app are its other advantages.
Boldare’s Sprint Retrospective Tool
Boldare’s sprint retrospective tool is a FREE online app ideal for scrum/sprint retrospectives. It is light and fast, and more importantly, gives the development team an idea of what worked well, what needs to be done, and can even support actionable items with specific deadlines that will give team members specific tasks to work on. It even enables team members to give their feedback and share opinions to enhance the true team spirit.
Wunderlist
To-do lists have become an essential part of life as it helps you to stay on top of the many tasks on any given day. Wunderlist is an automated to-do list that keeps you organized and in the process, enhances your productivity. One of the biggest selling points of this app is that it is highly user-friendly and comes packed with many features like email forwarding, organizing items, adding due dates and notes to every action item, comments, and more. It also supports a wide range of platforms and the free version comes with many advanced features as well.
Trello
Trello is a comprehensive tool that covers many aspects needed to boost productivity and team spirit. It is not just a to-do tracker but also a project management tool that comes with a host of powerful features. It integrates well with most well-known third-party apps and it is super easy to use as well. You even have the option to integrate many third-party services into your workflow to have complete control over your projects.
Thus, these are some of the best tools for enhancing productivity and team spirit.