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11 Game Show Ideas to Revolutionize Your Team’s Potential
I’ve been team building for over 15 years, and in that time, I’ve discovered some of the most powerful tools for boosting team morale: game shows! Ideas like Jeopardy and In It to Win It might not sound like the secret to improving team interactions, but I’ve seen the magic firsthand.
10 Team Engagement Ideas That Really Work
Employee engagement hit an 11-year low in the beginning of 2024 with only 30% of employees actively engaged at work. This is concerning for most businesses, seeing as companies with engaged employees are 21% more profitable.
10 Winter Group Activities for January and February
Winter is a season that often brings people indoors, but it doesn’t mean that your team can’t still come together for some fun. The best way? A good old fashioned winter team building activity. Even coming back to work after the holidays can be arduous, but just because the holiday season has come to an end doesn’t mean the holiday spirit has to go with it. Keeping employees engaged and motivated year-round is vital to the success of all companies.
What Is Focus Time? Unlock Your Team’s Potential
You’ve probably heard the term “focus time” in conversations about productivity—or at least its trendier buzzword moniker, “monk mode.” But what is focus time, really?
10 Business Benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
In today’s business climate, it’s not enough for companies to produce great products at reasonable prices. Customers and employees alike expect the companies they do business with to use their resources and influence to bring positive change to the world. In this article, we will highlight the benefits of CSR (corporate social responsibility) and why companies should make this strategy a focus.
Your Comprehensive Guide to Millennials in the Workplace
Every workplace is filled with people from all different backgrounds, walks of life, and generations. Learning how to manage and accommodate each of those different groups and generations is essential for success. For example, this guide is all about managing millennials in the workplace.
13 Reasons You Need Team Building in the Workplace
Team building has been around for decades, but as teams have gone remote and hybrid, is it really necessary to maintain employee connections? The answer is yes! Team building in the workplace is more than just fun and games—it’s a necessary tool that has many invaluable effects on employee productivity and engagement.
Investing in Employees: Build a Stronger, Happier Workforce
As a business leader, investing in your employees is the most strategic thing you can do. Your team members drive your company’s success and breathe life into your business goals. There’s a powerful multiplier effect that investing in your employees unlocks, too. We’re talking about better productivity, improved morale, lower turnover rates, and uncovering hidden potential within your workforce.
A Guide to Great Teamwork and Relationships
Welcome to the world of amazing teamwork, where success is not just a goal but a byproduct of strong relationships and cohesive collaboration. In this blog, we’ll delve into the secrets and key components that make great teamwork possible, highlighting the pivotal role relationships play in fostering a positive and productive team environment.
Our 11 Favorite Workplace Wellness Tips for Employees
As we welcome the brave new world of 2025, change is in the air. The Great Resignation continues, how we work is rapidly transforming, and health and wellness tips for the workplace are more important than ever. According to Lyra Health, 86% of employees say that wellness at work has become a higher priority in the past few years.
Embracing an Employee Centric Culture
Most of us spend about 1/3rd of our lives at work. That’s a lot of time spent working, and it can have a big impact on our lives. A toxic workplace can quickly wear you down and leave you burnt-out, while a supporting workplace can have you feeling engaged and inspired. That’s why it’s so important to have people centric leadership who put your wellbeing first.
10 Wellness Tips for Working from Home
Daily routines and consistent habits provide structure and discipline to everyday life. Having a set wake-up time, lunch, and after-work routine can help reduce stress and anxiety and increase our overall health and wellness.
Expert Tips for Accessibility in the Workplace
Your team consists of diverse individuals with various abilities, skills, and talents. And each employee deserves equal access to the tools and resources to fulfill their job responsibilities without unnecessary barriers. Accessibility in the workplace means more than building wheelchair ramps or designating parking spaces, though.
Creating a Culture of Innovation at Work
Innovation is a critical part of most businesses, and you need a culture of innovation in the workplace if you want to continually come up with new and interesting ideas/concepts. That said, if employees and leaders are resistant to change, it can be very difficult. In this article, we’re going to look at 10 ways to build and encourage a culture of innovation in the workplace despite pushback.
Micromanaging Examples, Signs, and Solutions
If you’re a manager or leader and find yourself looking over employees’ shoulders, wishing they did something differently, making frequent corrections, or constantly asking for updates, you may be micromanaging.
Stay Social: Virtual Happy Hour Ideas and Best Practices
Have you been struggling to think of a fun, engaging team building activity for your remote or hybrid team? Something that’s social and interactive that gets participants talking and making personal connections? Well, over the past three years, we’ve been using all our team building resources to expand our virtual + remote team building program category for teams that may not be going back to work in the office full time.
10 End-of-Year Virtual Celebration Ideas for Work
Break out the noisemakers, because your remote team is about to close the book on 2024! And with 2025 looming ahead, you may be toying with yearend celebration ideas to ring in a new chapter. But with everyone living across multiple cities or even time zones, party planning may seem complicated, or even impossible.
10 Year-end Company Party Ideas to Kick Off 2025
Have you ever thought of throwing a work New Year’s Eve party at the office? There seem to be two camps for how most of us celebrate New Year’s Eve. The first? Those who fall asleep on the couch before the ball drops. And the other? Folks who want to bring in the new year with a bang.
4 Holiday Giving Ideas for the Office in 2024
The holiday season is fast approaching, and with it comes the opportunity to help those in need and give back to the community. This is also a great opportunity for you to show your gratitude to those who have dedicated so much of their time and effort to furthering the success of your organization in the past year. And coming up with holiday charity ideas for the office is not as hard as it seems.
5 Fun Team Holiday Celebration Ideas for the Office
As the year comes to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect on your company’s accomplishments. Did you hit your benchmarks? Did any employees crush their new responsibilities? Are you ending Q4 on a strong mark? If the answers are yes, then you should be considering which celebratory holiday activities you’d like to have for your team!
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