The Benefits of Workplace Collaboration & Strategies for Improving It
As productivity and AI software tools automate more individual tasks, the work done by humans increasingly relies on collaboration. That makes improving “people skills” vital. Here’s a look at the benefits of workplace collaboration, the skills required, and practical steps to enhance collaboration across your organization.
How to Manage Passive Aggressive Employees with Team Building
Passive aggressive behavior in the workplace harms cohesion and productivity. Fortunately, team building can help. Be alert to these early warning signs.
Ways to Improve Team Cohesion and Manage a Team with Different Personalities
The key to unlocking the high-performance potential of diverse teams is skilled management. Without the right tools in place for managers to understand and address the different personalities, perspectives, and work styles of team members, there are significant risks of dissatisfaction, dysfunction, and eventually employee turnover. Here are several tools, processes, and programs that can help managers optimize the collaboration, cohesion, and performance of diverse work teams.
How to Resolve the Return-to-the-Office Dilemma
Few topics have garnered as much attention and coverage in the business press recently as return-to-the-office plans. Many corporations want employees back at the office after years of virtual presence. Many employees, having grown accustomed to working remotely and avoiding the commute, are resisting. To achieve a win-win for both business performance and employee satisfaction, managers are figuring out the need to take steps such as making a compelling case for returning to the office.
Top Secrets of High-Performing Teams: Insights from Harvard Business Review
Every organization wants to build high-performing teams. But too often, leadership efforts focus on myths or misconceptions about how to achieve high performance. This post exposes some of those myths, sets the record straight, and provides practical research-based guidance. Following his 2021 Harvard Business Review article, 5 Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently, leadership consultant and […]
Signs of High Emotional Intelligence & Why Emotional Intelligence is Vital for High Performance
In business as in sports, high-performing teams aren’t built on talent alone. While a certain level of individual talent is an essential element, teams that ultimately win championships—or outperform the competition in business—have talented members who work together and collaborate as a cohesive group. And the key element in creating that collaboration is emotional intelligence, or EQ.
Business Lessons from the Greatest Comeback in NFL History
The ability to perform at a high level and achieve remarkable goals, whether in business or sports, doesn’t just happen. It’s a combination and culmination of many factors, built upon a foundation of these nine components.
Remote? Back in the Office? Hybrid? It’s Not WHERE Your People Work but HOW They Work That Matters
How should you structure your organization for the future of work: everyone back in the office, fully remote, or a hybrid approach? The latest research suggests that for enterprises focused on optimizing operational performance (i.e., pretty much everyone)—that’s the wrong question to ask.
Four Ways Team Building Makes New Employees More Productive, Faster
One of the best ways to get new employees productive more quickly is to find a way to get them acquainted with the people they’ll be working with most closely. This will enable them to communicate more effectively with each coworker and avoid missteps or misunderstandings. And the best way to accomplish that is through team building!
How to Teach Collaboration Through Competition
How do competitive team building activities provide value to organizations? How can they be used to teach collaboration? And how can team building combine competition with collaboration to deliver the “best of both worlds”?
