How to Use Employee Motivations to Increase Employee Engagement

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We’ve stated before that employee engagement is essential in the workplace. It not only ensures the happiness of employees but there are real bottom line benefits—employee engagement increased productivity by 69% and decreased turnover by 14.9%. Successful employee engagement ultimately comes down to a few key factors: Work, Environment, People, and Culture. When work is…

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Building Teams with Better Team Dynamics

We use teams at nearly every point in our life…the work place, our social organizations, community affiliations…it’s all about interacting with others, and in many ways you can center on the importance of teams. Every team is different of course and the dynamics of teams determine if goals will be met in an efficient manner.…

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A Collaborative Workforce Starts with Collaborative Leaders

You know the examples of leaders that set and drive a culture. Steve Jobs set a culture of perfection and exactitude and Apple has enjoyed an uninterrupted run of technologically complex but beautifully simple, game changing products. Richard Branson sets a culture of brash innovation and Virgin Atlantic is the first commercial airline to initiate…

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The Science Behind Team Collaboration

By definition, collaboration is working effectively with others to accomplish goals and to identify and resolve problems. It seems like a simple idea—engage interpersonally to achieve a goal. Our brains are inherently wired to connect with other humans, so this should be easy right? Well, it’s obviously not that simple. In addition to the myriad complexities…

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Conflict Can be Good – If Your Team is Open Minded

Cognitive diversity is a proven way to create more creative, diverse solutions. However, it can also breed conflict – but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. According to findings in the Journal for Applied Psychology, conflict can be positive if the team is set up right. Specifically, task conflict had a positive impact on performance…

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Top Down Corporate Culture and Why Its Good for Business

Mention the words “Top-down” and employees, organizations, and leaders start to cringe. Organizations are now designed to be flatter, leaner, less siloed, and more idea-driven. These are not a bad thing and certainly go a long way in promoting employee engagement, stronger retention, more creative ideas, and a more collaborative workplace. However, even as we…

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Employee Recognition – Be Thankful This Thanksgiving

It is that time of the year again, when families and friends come together and celebrate the preamble to the Holiday season. Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for all of the great, influential people in our lives. Our immediate outpouring of gratitude always seems to focus on families and friends, the turkey, stuffing…

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3 Ways to Use Collaboration and Gain Perspective

When you think about leadership, it starts with an embodiment of who you are—how you think creatively and strategically, how you implement ideas, the way you’re wired and motivated. Then, of course, it naturally (and necessarily) must translate into how you can relate to others. Knowing yourself should create a better framework to know others.…

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