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Working remotely does not necessarily mean working without a team, alone and isolated from the rest of your colleagues. This distance must be physical only, as communication must continue to be permanent and even closer than it would be in an office. There are also some team dynamics that can be done at a distance and that, in a way, create that informality and chillness that a meeting in the hallways of the company's office or coffee breaks with colleagues are able to promote.

‍Defining “diversity and inclusion” is a Herculean task when it comes to reaching consensus. But destiny mixes with the path, and in the path there is a shared will: to build something bigger and better.

Promoting diversity and inclusion within companies is much more than hiring a few women, people with some type of disability or people of different nationalities, just to fill the quotas. Diversity and inclusion is about people. It's about their different experiences and individualities, which make them who they are and what make them unique. It is about accepting, respecting and, above all, promoting difference.

In the past 12 months, the prediction about the end of gender pay gap has increased by 36 years, to 135.6 years. To mitigate and reverse this path of regression, announced by the World Economic Forum, reviewing parenting policies is just one of the best practices that companies should implement. Philip Morris International, Lush and Dashlane are some of the companies that are paying attention to this issue.

The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.

More than discussing who comes from Venus or Mars, at Coverflex we are interested in knowing how employees can be happy - or happier - at work. After all, what do they want and what does talent look for in a job and in a company?

Finland announced that it is preparing a law that allows citizens access to the salaries of their co-workers whenever they suspect discrimination. Transparency, also applied to salaries, is a tendency to reduce inequalities: in which stage are we in Portugal?

Fostering team spirit through fun and relaxed moments, which encourage the creation of bonds between colleagues, is important for all organisations, regardless of the work model implemented. It is essential for companies that work remotely (so that they can hang out and get to know the faces of their colleagues without a screen in between), for those that work with a hybrid model (and, above all, after the pandemic forced the people to keep a social distance) and also for those who receive employees daily at the office (since the relationships that are established outside the office, in a more informal and relaxed context, are very different).