Effective communication is an essential part of a team’s overall performance and success. Many difficult business issues can be weathered by teams that are communicating, while teams that struggle will find that even minor issues quickly increase in magnitude. Thankfully communication is a learned skill so if you’re not happy with your team’s current levelRead more …
Resource capacity planning is the umbrella of methods business leaders use to quantify their team’s bandwidth for projects. It’s a simple idea that comes with a labyrinth of execution problems, even with a top resource management software option. For example, take 100 consultants who can dedicate a quarter of their available time to a newRead more …
Fifty Eight are a company with a serious mission. Since launching in September 2014 they have been partnering with organizations including the University of Liverpool and the Ethical Trading Initiative to provide training, consulting, and the development of practical solutions in an effort to address the challenges of modern slavery and improve working conditions in globalRead more …
Security at Resource Guru just levelled up with the release of Single Sign-On (SSO). SSO enables people to sign into multiple applications using just one set of login credentials. It’s always been a frequently requested feature on our roadmap but it was accelerated via a sponsorship from Dept – an agency reinventing digital. We’re incrediblyRead more …
Imagine the ideal meeting: everyone has arrived on time brimming with ideas, the discussion is lively and there are no disagreements; an idea is decided on quickly and there’s time left to spare. Even if meetings like this were a reality, what follows is usually the trickiest bit – creating a project plan. A positiveRead more …
Isn’t it amazing that we will happily pour our creative energy into inventive excuses to not complete a task? Suddenly, a million little things simply must take priority; a desk needs clearing out or it is finally time to cancel all those unused memberships – anything but the task at hand. If all of thisRead more …
You can now use our Zapier integration to import a list of people into your Resource Guru account. Read the step-by-step guide below to find out how. Before you get started: It is not currently possible to import custom field data for your resources using the template. Zapier wasn’t designed for large data imports, andRead more …
If you’ve ever needed to wear glasses there’s a good chance you will have heard of Specsavers. Founded in the UK in 1984, the company delivers high quality, affordable optical and hearing care via partnerships with nearly 2000 locally-run stores across Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Their award-winning Retail Learning Design team are tasked withRead more …
The entire Resource Guru team recently got together for our annual team summit, hosted this year in Hungary’s beautiful capital city Budapest. As a fully remote team with colleagues in the UK, Spain, Sweden and South Africa, our daily communications tend to be shared across Slack and Google Hangouts video calls. We’re big believers inRead more …
Your inbox has no doubt been inundated with a flood of emails from companies asking you to update your data preferences or take note of changes to their privacy policy. What’s going on?! In case you haven’t heard, the EU has overhauled data protection legislation and made the biggest change in the arena for 20Read more …
