Teamwork
How to incorporate peer recognition into your processes and gain a more satisfied team
Imagine that you invested a ton of time, effort, and energy into a project at work. You poured your all into that assignment and you’re sure that everybody has seen how hard you’ve been working.
Video games can help your team work smarter (no, seriously)
Attention, managers: by the end of this article, we’ll have you slaying dragons with your direct reports in the name of team harmony.
Managers, your employees are struggling – here’s how to keep them happy
New research shows people value flexibility and belonging more than ever.
A project management team’s guide to successful project governance
You’re a crew member on a ship. Your ship’s captain has reviewed all of the necessary nautical maps, charted out where you’re headed, and decided on the route you’ll take to get there. The captain ensures that you stay on course, making high-level decisions as they arise, and monitoring for oversight, like hidden reefs. If a storm blocks your way forward—all hands on deck!—the captain must find safe passage from the storm, before steering the ship back in the right direction. The same can be said of effective project governance.
Is it time to get rid of annual planning?
A lot of people think of annual planning as a necessary evil. But, after the past few years of unpredictability and torn-up plans… is it still serving its purpose? Alternative planning methods are out there, but are they really any better?
Discover your most productive hours with the biological prime time method
There are those periods of time when you’re hyper-focused. You crank through items on your to-do list with seeming ease. Distractions are no match for you. You’re an unstoppable productivity powerhouse.
The agile guide to winning at team development
The forming-storming-norming-performing cycle repeats more often than you might think. Here’s how to navigate each stage with grit and grace.
How to progress in your career and advance beyond an entry level position
When you’re just getting started in your career—or switching from one career to the other—generally, you kick things off in an entry level position. Entry level positions are a great fit for early stage professionals—they can give you key insights into your company, your industry, and what you ultimately want out of your career.
I discovered the benefits of volunteering and restored my faith in humanity
How giving back changed my life (and could change your team).
Why you need an emotional-support network at work
Work friends are great, but they’re not always enough. Here’s our prescription for getting targeted peer support.
4 mindsets your team needs for a successful digital transformation
Navigating massive change is a mental game – here’s how to get in shape.
The state of teams
Trends worth tracking What’s this research all about? Takeaways for leaders Companies are only as healthy as the teams that compose them. When teams are thriving, they show up for customers, stakeholders, and each other. But what does “healthy” even mean? And what factors influence a team’s health for better or worse? With those questions […]
How trees and forests can teach us valuable lessons in teamwork
4,850 years old, the age of the oldest living tree. This is significantly older than the oldest human, all modern organizations, and more than double the Pandya Dynasty (generally considered the longest lasting human empire).
The future of work is asynchronous—and these companies are leading the way
Imagine you’re a typical worker in 1914, the tail end of the Industrial Revolution that standardized the 9-to-5 we know today. You work at a car factory on an assembly line (which Henry Ford introduced just a year prior). As the car moves along the conveyor belt, your one and only job is to attach the wheels and await the next car.
Does your remote team really need an in-person offsite?
The offsite is a staple – for individual teams, departments, or even entire companies. A chance for everyone to get OOO, bond, and get some deep work done. But today, as more and more teams are moving to hybrid or remote working, are offsites necessary? Find out if your distributed team really needs to meet IRL.