The typical 9-5 work day can seem long sometimes, especially in the hours after lunch. Often times, productivity can take a nosedive in the latter half of the work day. Other times, employees may find it challenging to muster up the motivation to fire away on all cylinders so early in the morning. But without […]
Employees are the building blocks of your business. The stronger the team you’ve assembled, the more robust that business will be. If that team falters in any way, however, it can have consequences that impact the company as a whole. That’s why it’s so important to invest in your employees in every possible way, especially […]
No one ever said that managing a team would be easy, but what happens when you are responsible for various teams throughout every level of your organisation? It can be a real nightmare trying to achieve higher team performance if you don’t have management strategies in place. Although each department may have different goals, […]
If you’re a leader in your workplace, chances are you’ve had difficulty getting your team to collaborate well at least a few times in your career, whether with each other or with outsiders from different companies or departments. Teamwork is a vital part of the modern workplace, so if your team isn’t as cooperative […]
As they say, “communication is key.” And effective communication is especially essential to a fully functioning workplace. As a leader, you rely on communication in almost every aspect of your role, whether you’re communicating in board meetings, vision casting sessions, emails, performance overviews, and more. In the absence of healthy communication practices, workplaces can often […]
Is your workplace having fun? As counterintuitive is it may seem, incorporating fun into the workplace can create a big boost in productivity. Indeed some of the most successful companies in the world are also some of the most fun places to work. Why? Because sharing a few laughs with your employees can make them […]
Your office space speaks volumes about your brand and who you are as a company, and it’s hard to overstate the impact a quality design can have on employees and clients as they enter the space. While traditional (and perhaps stereotypical) office designs include drab colours and cubicle farms, today’s businesses have begun […]
Chances are you’ve probably taken a diagnostic at some point in your life—maybe without even realizing it. If you’ve ever taken an online quiz to learn your personality type, for instance, you were in effect ‘diagnosing’ your character to learn more about your traits and why you are the way you are. Diagnostics are often […]
Continuing our series about introverted and extraverted personalities in the workplace, today we’ll be discussing how to effectively manage extraverts. We’ve already covered this topic where it concerns introverted employees (you can read that blog here), where we suggested ideas such as setting boundaries in open-space offices, implementing virtual communication, and allowing time to jot […]
Lately on the blog, we’ve been discussing personality. The workplace is filled with a variety of personalities. Chances are than in your own workplace, no two people are completely the same. We human beings operate on such a wide spectrum of temperaments informed by our worldview, past experiences, comfort level, and thinking methods—and those are […]