Posts By: Samantha McDuffee
Rule Your Workplace Culture with an Iron Fist
A staggering 96% of people think that their workplace culture needs a change. This isn’t about laying down the law. This is about individual accountability and intention.
Stop Killing Employee Morale | 4 Ways to Boost Team Motivation Right Now
There are many reasons that projects fail. Many challenges are rooted in team participation and engagement.
Learn How to Communicate Effectively to Improve Teamwork
Communication affects teamwork in positive and negative ways. The quantity and quality of communication within a team and from leadership affects teamwork. The more collaboration your projects require the more assertive and intentional your communication should be. Every member of the team needs to take the initiative to communicate. When a team is not actively communicating, their work is at stake. It’s important for everyone to learn how to communicate effectively to improve teamwork. (more…)
Effective Communication in the Workplace for the Win
We learn early in our lives that it’s better to win, and in order to win, we need to be competitive.
The Employee Turnover Formula & Why It Matters
Turnover Formula: Employee turnover is the percentage of workers who leave your organization, the employment relationship ends and they are replaced by someone new. Attrition is different. This generally refers to the end of the employment relationship due to retirement or job elimination or employee death. When attrition occurs, the position is not filled with a new employee.
Innovation in Companies | Reward Failure & Get Results
In business and in life, people are rewarded and praised for success, which creates a culture where we don’t learn from failure.
Event Tip: Commit To Team Development
Commitment and continuation are key to Team Bonding success. It is important to have full commitment from everyone involved in order to run a successful Team Bonding event. (more…)
Increase Productivity In The Workplace Through Leadership
Be a good leader: Pay attention! Complacency at work leads to less innovation, less trust and less loyalty within your organization. Are you encouraging change? Do you reward failure? Is turnover on the rise? Are you making decisions based on intuition and information? Or, only to relieve a sense of anxiety? (more…)
Greenscaping | 3 Green Team Building Ideas That Rock
#2 Greenscape your workspace. Now that you’re carpooling to work, want to greenscape your workspace? Here’s what you do.
Carpooling | 3 Green Team Building Ideas That Rock
#1 Carpools, rideshares and biking. Oh my! Going green isn’t just about what you do at home. If you’re spending 40 hours a week at work, that’s likely over 35% of your waking life in an office. You may have noticed that for a team of people, that much time in the office can all add up to a lot of waste.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind? 5 Virtual Team Building Activities That Work
It’s one thing to create an atmosphere of trust and a feeling of camaraderie between employees when they’re all in the same building 40 or so hours a week.
6 Reasons Why Leaders Choose Team Building Ideas That Work
Team building brings people together by encouraging collaboration and teamwork. Fun activities that help people see each other in a different light allow them to connect in a different setting. People on your team are asked to think about the implications of these activities at their workplace.
6 DIY Team Bonding Activities That Work
It’s easy… right? You just need to find the right people with the right skills, put them in a room together, and you have a well-oiled team. They’re smart, and they know their stuff: they’ll figure out how to get the work done…except it doesn’t always work out that way. (more…)
Team Building Exercise | Toys R Us Ice Breaker
Team building games and ice breaker activities for adults can keep your team bonded throughout the year. Get started with this simple DIY team building exercise. EXERCISE GOAL: Participants will gain a deeper understanding of themselves and those around them through ice breaker activities. (more…)
3 Team Building Activities That Boost Communication in the Workplace
The numbers are staggering.
Celebrate Administrative Professionals’ Day Like a Boss
Administrative Professionals’ Day (also known as Administrative Assistant Day, Secretaries Day or Admin Day) is a day to highlight the important role of secretaries, assistants, receptionists, and other administrative support, which is observed in several countries.
14 Resolutions to Kick Off Your Team Building Strategies in the New Year
Have you made a team building resolution for the New Year?! You should!
Avoid Team Building Strategies that Don’t Work
CNBC has 11 great tips to help you make sure that your team building activities don’t have the unintended consequence of pulling your team of employees apart.
7 Tools that Foster Effective Teamwork
Whether your entire team typically works under the same roof or you’re spread out among remote offices (or coffee shops), you must work together to reach a common goal. From conference call meetings to e-mail agendas, it can be difficult to foster effective teamwork.
Keep Your InternSHIPS from Sinking
Tips For Onboarding Students Internships can deliver a lot of value for students and companies. Running an internship program may just feel like extra work, but (like any investment) the rate of return for employers and for students is rooted in what you put into the program.
