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for Bangladesh and UK at overcome them?
NewsCred for more than half NewsCred is fortunate in the
a decade. If that’s not enough, sense that we are
while working full-time, headquartered in New York
Leonika simultaneously and have always had to work
launched her own remotely with our managers,
e-commerce business, most of our leadership team
tuki-taki, four years ago and and colleagues. We also have
has over 100 partners selling extremely flexible working
Leonika Hannan their creative products. hours and adhere to the
Head of HR Leonika recently launched her
NewsCred Inc philosophy of completing the
blog, peopleresources.blog, a task well within a specified
Bangladeshi platform which deadline rather than having to
provides consultancy, be in the office accomplishing
meaningful resources and tasks from 9 am - 5 pm. This
opportunities for employers, philosophy has enabled our
BE AS TRANSPARENT AS YOU CAN WITH YOUR employees and students. Dhaka based colleagues to
TEAMMATES. EVERYONE COMPREHENDS THE With these versatile
GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN; experiences she has at her work from home when
HOWEVER, IT IS STILL OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS disposal, Leonika shares her needed and has led to us
learning early on how to
PART OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO INFORM two cents on how should a
THEM OF DECISIONS THAT A COMPANY MAY job holder deal with communicate and work
effectively without being in
HAVE TO TAKE IF THINGS TAKE A TURN FOR challenges amid the epidemic. the same room.
THE WORSE. Nonetheless, this is an
What are the challenges of unprecedented time and we’ve
leading a team remotely? never all had to work remotely
How are you trying to to one another simultaneously.
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