Organizational culture can be seen as a “personality” created by the organization’s values, attitudes, and behaviors. This “personality” attracts and keeps great talent, creates a positive public image, and helps build long-lasting relationships with stakeholders, vendors and customers. But a good organizational culture doesn’t spring up out of serendipity. It requires intentional and thoughtful identification […]
Teamwork: Common Pitfalls and How to Conquer Them
Just because the necessity of teamwork has been preached to us since childhood doesn’t mean we’re inherently good at it—or even like it for that matter. Working with other people can be challenging, even more so in the workplace when stakes are high. So now that we’re off the little league field, what can we, […]
How Using Games and Game Mechanics in Business Can Increase Your Bottom Line Starting Today
Most people think that games are just for kids. According to Jane McGonigal’s TedTalk, embedded below, three billion hours a week are spent playing games. Gamification, the underlying mechanics that make video games so compelling, can also help professionals develop into better team members, employees, managers, and innovators in non-gaming environments. What Is Gamification? Gamification […]
How to Increase Employee Retention With Data
Your search is over. You finally found an ideal candidate after months of screening and interviewing. It took a lot of work (and many awkward conversations) but thinking about your new hire’s potential contributions to the team made it all worthwhile. However, don’t pat yourself on the back just yet… because one third (33%) of new […]
Avoid Bad Meetings: Understand Cultural Differences of Time, Hierarchy and Decision Making
The meeting went badly. Very badly. The CMO was thirty minutes early, and the CEO was twenty minutes late. The COO and CMO were both attempting to lead the meeting, while simultaneously offending each other for doing so. Meanwhile, the CFO and CIO interrupted them constantly, both steering the conversation where they saw fit. After […]
Why Emotional Intelligence Affects the Bottom Line
It’s a Friday afternoon and Alexus is holding a status meeting with her team. After the project manager gives a complete update, Alexus breaks the news that the project deadline has just been moved up by three weeks. After months of working on the project, she knows this news won’t be taken lightly. The project […]
10 Questions to Ask Your Remote Team to Boost Productivity
Thanks to the internet, it’s easier than ever to recruit employees from anywhere in the world. With a remote team, you can choose the best people for the job, instead of the best people from within a certain distance close by. That being said, there are drawbacks to hiring remote workers. The biggest of which […]
Want Engaged Employees? You Need Values First
Employee engagement may be the latest HR buzzword, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore it as a fad. With only 13 percent of employees engaged at work around the world, the majority of employers have a lot of room to improve — and positively impact the bottom line while they’re at it. A recent report from Dale […]
6 Must-See Movies Highlighting Employee Engagement
Why does employee engagement matter? Cooleaf highlighted the 6 must-see movies that best show the importance of engagement in the workplace: 1. IN GOOD COMPANY Best Quote: “Why do you say let them go? They don’t WANT to go. Why don’t you just say fire them?” Dennis Quaid plays a 51 year old advertising executive whose company is bought […]
Three Tips for Managing Communication in a Digital Context
In a world of real-time multimedia information managing communication is a modern day challenge. Leaders must actively manage the constant flow of emails, tweets, pins, and social media updates as well as initiating their own important conversations. Prioritizing effective communications is crucial and according to a recent poll is the single most important attribute expected from […]
