Picture this. You have just scored a major win for your company. You sit at your desk proud of your latest achievement. You know you deserve a pat on the back, and a nice hefty bonus wouldn’t hurt. More than anything you want everyone around you to know who got the job done before the […]
Forget white picket fences and new family caravans, hybrid work is the new dream. For most team members having the flexibility to work remotely, but also allowing for in-person bonding and brainstorming once or twice a week is the ideal arrangement. For managers however having a team that is sometimes here, and sometimes in Peru, […]
In today’s fast-paced work world, keeping your team happy and productive is a big deal. That’s where leadership skills and employee recognition programs come in. This train of thought below is all about how patting people on the back can boost their mood, make them more energized in hard times, and how you can easily […]
Remember that story about the butterfly effect, where a butterfly flaps its wings and starts a typhoon? Dramatic? Maybe, but the idea that small things can influence nonlinear events within complex systems is hardly new, and it applies to corporate ecosystems. One disgruntled employee complaining near a copy machine can nudge another disengaged coworker to […]
Can Employee Recognition Programs Help? .We have all suffered from this disease, but it doesn’t build up immunity over time. You can and will most probably get it again… If you as a leader put 5 people to work on projects that have even a tiny overlap and you fail to organize a way for […]
Better late than never sounds like a solid piece of advice – until you realize that in corporate „late“ might as well mean „never“. What good are annual performance reviews when your best and brightest can leave in a space of two weeks? Reviews are a two-way street – and one you need to cross […]
No, it’s not all about the money. When most people think about „the grind“ all they see is a bunch of people huddled into rows of cubicles just waiting to check out and pick up their paycheck. It’s tempting to think of workers as people who are only in it for the money. While this […]
From GANT charts to endless Google Sheets, it seems that nowadays we plan everything. Managers are happy to brag about long-term strategies and rows of green cells in official Excell table reports. How is it possible then, that we tend to overlook one of the most important factors of success – people who make it […]
It’s a tale as old as a two-week notice. Greg used to be a top performer. Everyone relied on Greg. He was timely, energetic, and reliable. He was dedicated, outspoken, and took initiative. But one day Greg stopped talking in meetings. A little while after that he tried avoiding them altogether. Then one day he […]
