How to Rebuild Corporate Teams: Restoring Trust and Morale After Layoffs

Good companies offer outplacement services, counseling, and other assistance to the workers being let go. The best companies also take swift action following layoffs to reorganize, reassure, and engage those who remain.
Eight Reasons Why Coworkers Are Not Your Friends: The Truth About Work Friends

While strong workplace relationships improve employee wellbeing and engagement, office friendships also have potential risks. Here’s a look at how HR, managers, and employees can avoid those pitfalls and establish healthy workplace dynamics.
How Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development Impact Your Corporate Team

This post explores how Tuckman’s five stages of group development apply in the workplace and what strategies can help teams thrive at each phase.
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.
Does Team Building Work? How to Measure Team Building Success

How can you prove the value of team building? And how can you ensure that you get a positive return? Here’s a look at why some managers may be skeptical about the value of team building, how to set your teams up for success, and how to measure the positive impact of periodic team building exercises.
How to Build High-Performing Teams in the Workplace

In today’s tight labor market and challenging economic environment, it’s more vital than ever to not only attract great employees but also keep them engaged. So what’s the secret to building and maintaining extraordinary teams?
Leadership vs Management: What’s the Main Difference?

Though the terms “leadership” and “management” are often used interchangeably, and every organization needs both in order to succeed, they are very different concepts. Understanding the difference between leadership and management is vital for balancing and coordinating efforts between the two.
Two Types of Team Building Takeaways

During team building activities, participants experience challenges, camaraderie, recognition, and fun. But what do they take away? After the shared laughter and the high-fives, what do they bring back home and to the workplace from that experience?
Plan the Perfect Team Building Event for your Office in 10 Simple Steps

Whatever your business scenario and objective, this post will break down a 10-step process to plan the perfect team building event for your office.
What Is Corporate Team Building and Why Is It Important for Your Team?

Given the variety of results that can pop up in an online search for “team building”—as well as some of the misinformed writing about the topic—it’s important to understand exactly what corporate team building is, and what it is not.