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Creating a People First Culture & Dodging Company Culture Killers

A good company culture is a key aspect of organizational success, and it can help your business become more innovative, profitable, and driven. However, maintaining that culture can be a challenge. There are numerous company culture killers that can hinder progress, decrease engagement, lower productivity, and more.

Expert Team Building Tips for Your Next Event

If you want to succeed as a business, having a good workplace environment is essential. A positive culture and environment will help motivate employees, reduce turnover, better teamwork/communication, and much more. Team building is one of the best ways to create a positive culture and better your workplace. In this blog, we will highlight some of the most important team-building tips from the pros themselves.

Corporate Culture: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do

Corporate culture is something that often confuses and frustrates leaders, but it is also one of the most important parts of any business, company, or organization. Corporate culture influences the way people interact with each other, work, communicate, conduct business, and much more. A positive and healthy corporate culture can help push your business towards success.

5 Secrets to Employee Happiness

Employee happiness is often overlooked in favor of short term profits, but one of the keys to long term success is ensuring that your employees are happy. Happiness in the workplace can spur innovation, inspire creativity, and drive your company to success.

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.

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.

Encouraging Authenticity in the Workplace

It’s often difficult for employees to express authenticity in the workplace. The demands of the job, the pressures of being successful, and the expectations of others can make employees feel like they have to conform to a specific work persona.

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.

Monthly Event Spotlight

As the days grow longer and the air fills with the scent of fresh blooms, spring is the perfect time to shake off the winter blues and re-energize your team. With the change in seasons comes an opportunity to step outside, reconnect, and boost morale through engaging team building activities. Whether it’s an outdoor adventure, a creative workshop, or a charitable event, spring provides the ideal backdrop for strengthening collaboration and fostering a positive work culture.

Leveraging Charitable Events for Effective Team Building

Team building is like a never-ending adventure that helps a group of people become an effective and unstoppable team. In addition to having shared goals and objectives for work, team members must also establish trust, offer support, and value each other’s unique qualities and characteristics. To commit to this growth, teams must adopt effective team building methods.

Building Community At Work: Going Beyond the Surface

In the digital world, it’s easy to get disconnected and isolated from others. This is especially true when it comes to remote work. Disconnection can have huge consequences. A large report from The Engagement Institute found that disengaged workers cost businesses up to $550 billion a year.

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.

Social Purpose: What It Is & Why Your Business Needs It

In the past, businesses could get by if they had a great product or service. However, modern consumers are increasingly looking for companies that care about social issues and have a positive impact. According to a 2019 Aflac survey, 77% of consumers are motivated to purchase from companies committed to making the world better. Social purpose now plays a huge role in the decisions of consumers, and businesses need to accommodate that. The shift in consumer behavior has propelled the concept of social purpose to the forefront of business strategies.

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.

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.

Internship Onboarding: Plan a Successful Internship Orientation

One of the most significant advantages of hiring interns is the opportunity to select and develop your future talent. A survey from Bridge states employers have reported converting more than half of qualified interns into full-time hires. However, interns must learn about the company and position and interact with staff members to make this happen. This can be accomplished through Internship Onboarding or Internship Orientation, either held virtually or in person.

Labor Hoarding: What Is It & How Does It Impact Your Team Culture?

Let’s face it – it can be difficult enough for your company to retain top talent in the best of times. And right now, in our uncertain economic climate, the last thing you want to do to save money is to lay off the very employees who are the backbone of your company. Cue the rise of the labor hoarding phenomenon.

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Category: General

Creating a People First Culture & Dodging Company Culture Killers

Expert Team Building Tips for Your Next Event

Corporate Culture: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do

5 Secrets to Employee Happiness

15 Fun Activities for Employees

Why is Professional Development Important?

Encouraging Authenticity in the Workplace

The Importance of Building Psychological Safety at Work

Leadership vs Management: What’s the Difference

Team Success Starts with an Ownership Mindset

Monthly Event Spotlight

Leveraging Charitable Events for Effective Team Building

Building Community At Work: Going Beyond the Surface

From Talk to Action: Creating an Inclusive Culture at Work

Investing in Employee Wellbeing Initiatives

Social Purpose: What It Is & Why Your Business Needs It

A Guide to Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome at Work: Achieving Team Growth

Internship Onboarding: Plan a Successful Internship Orientation

Labor Hoarding: What Is It & How Does It Impact Your Team Culture?

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