How to manage growing pains during rapid team growth
Your business has grown. What once was a small office of 10 people has expanded to 200, and with that comes a whole lot of adjusting. While growth is great, not everything is sunshine and roses. We call these tough adjustments “growing pains,” and they can throw your business way off its trajectory if you aren’t prepared to face them.
What introverts want extroverts to know about workplace collaboration
We all know the stereotypes about introverts and extroverts. While wildly exaggerated, introverts are often viewed as shy, timid bookworms who avoid parties like the plague, while extroverts are seen as outgoing social butterflies who dominate conversations and never seem to slow down.
How ‘kudos’ can transform team meetings, culture, morale, and relationships
You’ve spent months working on a project. You’ve dedicated countless hours on collecting data and organizing it into a swoon-worthy presentation complete with easy-to-digest handouts. You nail your presentation during a team meeting and in return, they give you a few sleepy claps and mutter ‘thank you’ as they rush off.
5 features to really fine-tune your Trello boards
For those of us who use Trello for well, most things, it’s common to get into a routine of always using the same features over and over again.
How planning your week using Trello can save you hours of work
There are two things that always seem to stand true in a professional career: time is scarce and the workload is abundant.
Working remote, growing together: how to ensure distributed employee development
Ready for a truth bomb? We don’t spend enough time talking about employee development
21+ questions every manager should ask their employees
Two’s a company, three’s a crowd, and 10… is a whole lot of employees to keep up with.
5 ways to successfully ditch the digital distractions
Picture this: Your to-do list rolling its imaginary eyes as you scroll through social media, refreshing Instagram one more time just in case someone updated their story in the last two seconds.
How to give your manager feedback without sounding like a jerk
Giving your boss feedback is an intimidating prospect, especially if what you want to share isn’t exactly glowing praise. After all, no one worries about sounding like a jerk when they’re telling their boss how great they are!
A Trello manager’s guide to more meaningful meetings
A huge part of our job as managers is to enhance human interactions with processes.
How to deliver difficult news with compassion to your employees
No one likes to be the bearer of bad news. It’s uncomfortable, stressful, and often, emotional.
Fight or flight? How to channel your work anxiety in a productive way
Is this you? It’s 4 pm and you know that you’ve got an unrealistic amount of tasks left on your to-do list. Feelings of unease and restlessness start to creep into your mind and body as you try to fathom how you’ll get all this work done in time.
Bend before you break: the secret of great leaders everywhere
Servant leadership. Coaching. Transformational. Democratic. Bureaucratic. Becoming a manager is as much about discovering your style of leadership as it is learning to oversee people’s workloads and guiding a team towards a shared goal.
4 ways to balance under and over-communication as a remote work manager
As employees around the world settle into the nuances of remote and hybrid work models, companies are starting to plan for the next era of distributed communication and collaboration.
How and why leaders should prioritize wellness within their remote teams
What if you discovered that your remote employees are likely feeling more isolated, stressed, anxious, and emotionally drained than ever before?