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by Mary Walton There’s no doubt that employee satisfaction leads to better performance, maybe even leading to a 12 percent increase in productivity. But that doesn’t mean that measuring employee engagement and happiness at work is simple. After all, satisfaction is far from a science. Employee surveys are essential if you want to run a...
Read moreby Marjan Venema The longest journeys start with a single step. You get to where you want to go by continuing to put one foot in front of the other. My energy to keep taking those steps comes from a big vision. Over the past few years though, I’ve learned that big visions can also...
Read moreby Mary Walton How many times during your career have you heard that communication is the key to success? Working in an office, this is all well and good, but when it comes to managing remote teams, how can you boost communication when you’re never in the same room together? Today, we’ll explore seven keys ways...
Read moreby Alex Moore While it’s laudable that companies nowadays are trying their best to provide their employees with satisfactory conditions, it’s important to be wary of going overboard. Excessively enforcing positivity policies at the workplace can be damaging for any business, even though management strategies keep promoting this method. The Burden of Forced Positivity According...
Read moreby Jennifer Landis Your goal is to finish out the year as a holiday cheer champion and to be so productive and positive upper management can’t help but notice your moving motivation — which hopefully leads to a promotion or extra holiday cash. Many companies are now moving beyond the simple “happy holidays” well-wishing and...
Read moreby Tomas Kejzlar Mentoring should not be a one-way relationship between the mentor and the mentee. It should be a bi-directional relationship where both parties explore things and learn together. And where they create a more meaningful human connection. The Pitfalls of Mentoring Mentoring is something that’s very popular these days. In companies, online communities,...
Read moreby Luke Doyle Being happy at work and being productive at work tend to go hand in hand. If we feel like we are achieving things every day rather than just enduring the daily grind, it’s great for our self esteem and that in turn helps us to be even more productive. Some of the...
Read moreby Loïc Leofold A few years ago, I was asked to be mentor for a Startup Weekend. I’m still very proud of my experience. Relationships with participants were mutually beneficial: they developed their competencies and worked to become more agile. And they gave me energy. It was very exciting! When Sam looked for mentors to...
Read moreby Shahin Sheidaei Change is only constant in the world we live in, and you are a part of it! In fact, you are in the business of Change. You may be influencing the change of people’s behavior and/or their processes. You might be directing a change, focusing on the process versus people aspect of...
Read moreby Leanne Creasey So, there is this thing called a ‘side hustle’ and according to research in the New York Post, apparently, half of all millennials have one. The simple definition of a ‘side hustle’ is a job, business or project that you do on the side of your full-time work. It might earn you a...
Read moreby Jock Purtle Making an exit from the business you’ve built can be an entrepreneur’s ultimate dream. You get to move onto bigger and better things while receiving a massive cash windfall. However, for the employees of the business being sold, life can be anything but exciting, and looking forward to a future when there is...
Read moreby Manja Costermans This is an outside-in look at the drivers of portfolio career happiness and success. As a follower of a more traditional career path with geographical challenges, the introduction of the portfolio career challenge caught my curiosity. What was it? Who would follow such a career path? Why? And how to do it...
Read moreby Jennifer Landis You’re detail-oriented and conscientious with a work ethic that’s true blue. You hire carefully chosen, innovative candidates that show promise. Together you’ve knocked quite a few notable projects out of the park. Some of them had their moments. You know, the ones where you wonder why plan implementation looks nothing like the...
Read moreby Rich Visotcky Remember when you were a kid and you knew exactly what you wanted to do? You were going to be an astronaut and fly among the stars with your trusty helmet on. No, you were going to be a police officer and keep everyone safe. Ah, what you were really going to...
Read moreby Ralph van Roosmalen At one moment in my career, I really got involved in recruitment. Not just doing a few interviews, but the whole recruitment process. We were growing in three locations, two in Europe and one in the U.S. As I recall, certain people in the organization such as HR and higher management...
Read moreby Sam, Management 3.0 Team In my 35 years, I’ve worked as a DJ, radio host, podcaster, communications writer, journalist, life and executive coach, tour business marketing director and owner, apartment rental operator and ski instructor. Oh and I can’t forget the job I had where I got to write about steel and portable buildings....
Read moreby Jennifer Riggins We are taught by our parents and then our teachers to say thank you. So it becomes an automatic thing. But is that a good thing? Nowadays, “thanks” is in our automatic email signatures. We say thanks without even making eye contact with cashiers or even those that hold doors for us....
Read moreby Nick McKenna When it comes to work-life balance, there is an old cliché: It’s not a balance, it’s a juggling act. So it’s either a balance or a juggling act? It seems to me that the premise here is flawed. The premise is that there is a demarcation between work and life. I don’t...
Read moreby Sam, Management 3.0 Team When I decided to become a coach I thought the transition would be easy. I’d been giving advice to people my entire life and it seemed liked a natural transition to start doing it for a living. I wanted to help people be happier at work, more productive and live...
Read moreby Loïc Leofold Holidays are over. Kids are back in school. Also comes the time to choose your family activities. “I want to play football.” “And me, to ride!” “You take us to the restaurant!” Have you ever been in this complex situation? Inevitably, you have more choices than time and money. One thing is...
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