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Quiet Thriving: Creating Purpose At Work
In the past few years, there have been a lot of different buzzwords being used to talk about the workplace and working. One of the more recent ones is quiet thriving. Coined as a counter to quiet quitting, quiet thriving is all about actively making changes and taking action to make your work more engaging and fulfilling.Â
Understanding and Supporting Introverts in the Workplace
Every workplace has extroverts and introverts. While extroverts often get a lot of attention and focus due to their comfort in social settings, introverts in the workplace have a lot to offer as well. There are a lot of benefits of introverts, such as often being hardworking problem solvers who are insightful and empathetic. The best cohesive teams and workplaces utilize what both extroverts and introverts have to offer.Â
Empower Your Team With Peer Recognition
Peer recognition is an oft overlooked but crucial aspect of a healthy and successful work environment. Peer recognition can help you build a stronger, more motivated, and more connected team. According to a recent Gallup report, employees who are properly recognized are five times more likely to stay, four times more likely to be engaged at work, and five times more likely to feel connected to their workplace.Â
Team Building Questions to Foster Collaboration
Team building is an essential part of building a strong, cohesive, and collaborative team. However, many organizations don’t know where to start or how to develop their teams and foster collaborations. Thankfully, it’s not as hard as it seems if you know how to properly utilize team building questions.Â
What Makes a Good Team? Unveiling the Dangers of a Disconnected Team
Connection is a big part of what makes a good team. A connected team will be more motivated, engaged, and productive than one that isn’t. According to Zippia research, companies with a focus on communication and collaboration have lowered turnover by 50%, and employees are 17% more satisfied with their job when they collaborate at work.Â
15 Fun Activities for Employees
Most of the time, work is serious. However, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have some fun every once in a while. Though it may seem like a waste of time, having fun at work can provide numerous benefits to you and your team. It can promote relationship building, team building, improve productivity, increase creativity, and boost team spirit.Â
Why is Professional Development Important?
Professional development is the continued education and training a person undergoes after they have already entered the workforce. Though it may seem unnecessary to many, professional development is essential if you want to succeed, grow, and achieve your full potential. Professional development can help you get more career opportunities and advance professionally.
The Importance of Building Psychological Safety at Work
Psychological safety is something that is incredibly important in the workplace, but many misunderstand what it is and why it matters. Psychological safety in the workplace is an expectation held by the entire team that they won’t be embarrassed, rejected, humiliated, or punished for things they shouldn’t be, such as presenting ideas, getting feedback, or taking risks. Psychological safety empowers employees to take risks and be courageous.
Leadership vs Management: What’s the Difference
Leadership and management are often used like synonyms, but they are actually two different things. Both are essential if you want to be successful in the workplace, and when utilized in tandem, can elevate you and your team to new heights. However, that’s not possible unless you know the manager and leader differences.
Team Success Starts with an Ownership Mindset
The ownership mindset is something that you may not have heard of, but it plays a huge role in team success. Having an ownership mindset is about taking ownership and responsibility of your business, the decisions you make, and the outcomes of those decisions. With the right mindset, you and your team can reach new heights and work better than ever.
From Talk to Action: Creating an Inclusive Culture at Work
Inclusivity and diversity have become very important topics for businesses in the past few years. Many are focusing on inclusivity because of appearance concerns, while others genuinely care about having an inclusive culture at work.
Investing in Employee Wellbeing Initiatives
Employee wellbeing has become a bit of a buzzword in recent years, and for good reason—it can have a huge impact on your business. Focusing on employee wellbeing initiatives can be a great way to boost employee engagement and motivation, which can help with your bottom line.Â
15 Icebreakers & Get To Know You Team Building Activities
Get to Know Each Other as People, Not Just Professionals. We’re all so much more than our job titles. We have interests that may have drawn each of us to our roles and helped us excel within them. A common challenge at work is the lack of opportunity for employees to connect with their colleagues beyond just their job duties. This can lead to a limited sense of connection among the team. But there is a solution: get to know you team building activities. There are easy and fun team building icebreaker activities that can help you and your team bond and get to know each other as more than just co-workers.
A Guide to Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
When you think of work-related skills and soft skills, things like communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and initiative probably come to mind. While those are all important, there is another skill that often gets overlooked — emotional intelligence in the workplace.Â
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome at Work: Achieving Team Growth
Imposter syndrome has become a bit of a buzzword in recent years, and for good reason—it’s something that many of us struggle with. A review article published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science estimated that 70% of people experience imposter syndrome at some point in their lives. And imposter syndrome at work has become ever so common.
Returnship: The Benefits of a Return to Work Program
We’re all familiar with internships as great ways to introduce new members of the workforce to their future careers. But what about those who have been successful in their professions for years – but then took a break from their industry? Whether by choice or obligation, career gaps happen often to professionals across the board. Once these professionals are ready and able to return to work, it’s important that they’re offered support and guidance to re-integrate them into their field.Â
The Biggest Barriers to a Successful Hybrid Work Culture & How to Overcome Them
Make no mistake, when COVID-19 struck, the future of the workplace changed for good (if not for the better!). Many employers transitioned to hybrid and remote operations without much preparation. Like riding a bike, we all had to learn by doing it.
8 Tips On How To Give & Take Constructive Criticism At Work
Most people don’t like criticism, especially in the workplace. Have you ever been on the receiving end of it? Do you remember your physical reactions? Did you stop listening to them? Maybe you became angry and defensive or even hurled back criticism.Â
Call It Quits on Quiet Quitting: Focus on Boosting Engagement
Now that you’re back at the office, post-COVID lockdowns, maybe you’ve noticed a shift in the atmosphere. A bit less chatting in the breakroom? Are your employees clocking in seconds before their expected time of arrival? How about their productivity levels? Maybe they’ve taken a nosedive. All signs could point to quiet quitting.
From the Bottom Up: Reverse Mentoring in the Workplace
Regardless of your industry, the workplace is more age-diverse than ever. With Millenials and Gen-Z’s working alongside more seasoned colleagues, this mix of personalities can directly impact your workplace dynamic – often for the better. But only if you tap into its potential.
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