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March 18, 2021

A Shared Online Spreadsheet Can Help Your Business Do More



There are a lot of ways to make your business better, and many of them involve strong collaboration between employees. The easier it is for people to work together, the more likely those people will be to find common ground. They may also get things done faster and more efficiently, and work harder on tasks because they're sharing the load with other people instead of having to do it all themselves. With a shared online spreadsheet, it's easy for people to work remotely and stay apart, but also see the same things in real-time, so they can continue working together.



The Value of a Shared Experience

People who work together and are able to share with one another can move more easily through the collaborative process. A shared experience can also be very valuable for pride in the work and an interest in the final outcome. When there are multiple people responsible for a project, a shared online spreadsheet and other collaboration tools make it easier to see who has what tasks. There's also space for information on where each person is in the process of completing their tasks, and how those pieces fit together to make up the project as a whole.

Being Apart and Working Together

Work has become more remote than ever before, with many people working from home and a number of them spread out across the globe. But those people still have to work together. They can't do that very easily over the phone when they can't see the same thing in real-time. Faxing and emailing also don't work well, since only one person at a time has access to the document and how it's changing. To truly work together even when they're apart, people need online collaboration tools like spreadsheets that they can easily share.

Spreadsheets Make Organization Easier

A shared online spreadsheet is one of the most ideal tools for collaboration. It gives everyone access to the same information and helps ensure that changes made are in real-time. It can also be set up so that only certain people have access and not everyone has editing privileges. That way the sheet stays in the form expected and required, but there's also the opportunity to make needed updates and changes. Staying organized is one of the most concerning issues when it comes to a group of people collaborating online and remotely. With a spreadsheet, that organization is much easier.

Collaboration May Lead to More Success

One of the biggest reasons to appreciate collaboration is that it can lead to more success for the company. A shared online spreadsheet is a collaboration tool that may help add to that success. Because there's so much that can be done with a spreadsheet's layout, and the number of options is high, it's a great way to get things done. Adding and removing people from this shared collaboration tool is also easy, so there's no reason to start over or move the project to something else if a member of the team leaves or there's a reason to bring a new one on board.

When collaborating to get to a company's goal, shared online tools are among the best options. There's no reason to settle for a lot of pieced-together choices when working in a spreadsheet can be the answer everyone on the team has been looking for. The simplicity and value of a collaboration tool matter, as does the online user experience and the ease of setting up what's needed. The right tools may collaborative efforts easier and more efficient for everyone involved.



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