Tools for High-Performing Teams
Build a better world with a better team
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10 Tips for Leading and Managing Remote Teams Effectively
Your team members are facing unprecedented challenges as the COVID-19 situation drags on. They’re working from home, dealing with new interruptions and issues, and may struggle to be as productive as they were in an in-office environment. However, we cannot lose sight of the fact that managers are also struggling. They’re faced with new hurdles […]
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5 Tips to Increase Manager Effectiveness in Remote Work Situations
In many ways, management is something that has to be practiced in person. Many of the skills your managers rely on evaporate when the situation turns remote. However, that doesn’t mean that they can’t be effective. It really just requires a shift in perception. The true effectiveness of a manager is making sure that your […]
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Feeling Identification and Management: Building a Stronger Team
We tend to think of hard skills when we picture the ingredients that go into making a good manager. While those are important, they’re not the entire picture. In fact, the best managers are as in touch with their emotional side as they are with their analytical side. Building a strong management team capable of […]
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Remote Team Tips: Improving Productivity and Keeping Them Connected
Remote work has had an incredible impact on organizations large and small. As most of us continue to work from home, those impacts are only going to grow. While some of those might be positive – more time with the family, for instance – others are not so beneficial. You might find that your team […]
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Mindset: One Key to Successful Remote Work
Remote work has become part and parcel of daily life for most of us. And yet many still struggle to make a go of it. They haven’t embraced it in the same way that the rest of us have. What makes for successful remote work and what doesn’t? The challenge here may have nothing to […]
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The Right Company-Wide Practices to Support Remote Working Success
Remote work is here to stay. Even once the pandemic subsides, there’s a very good chance that remote work will remain a big part of your day-to-day. For some, it may remain the norm. However, if you want to ensure remote working success, some specific company-wide practices need to be implemented. Not sure what those […]
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Individual Employee Best Practices to Make Remote Work Succeed
We live in a changed world. Most of us have been working remotely for some time now. Many businesses may find that even when COVID-19 has run its course and we have a grip on the virus, the remote work scenario is simply a better fit and allows them to reduce overhead while providing employees […]
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Shared Context: The Key Ingredient for Success Your Business Is Missing
What’s the point of your business? Why does it exist? Many of you will probably answer “to make money”. That’s not enough. Not enough by a long shot. Look around for successful business examples. For an organization to thrive, profit cannot be the only primary reason it exists. To achieve success, your business must exist […]
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Creating a Company Culture That Resonates Across Geographic Boundaries
Creating a successful company requires more than having the right product or service. You need the right people at the helm and in every other position in the firm. In the past, recruitment followed the “scattergun” approach, with the idea being the more applicants you screened, the better the chance you’d hire the right person. […]
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Key Considerations for Manager Development
People are the key to your business’s success. It’s as simple as that. However, you must have a way to manage those people, to direct and guide them. Your managers and team leaders are, therefore, some of the most critical individuals. Sadly, most managers are ineffective or not trusted by their teams to lead them […]
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6 Tips to Help Show Your Team They Are Appreciated
We all like to feel appreciated. We want those in our lives to be thankful for our efforts. When someone takes us for granted, we resent it. It creates feelings of frustration and may even lead to us not doing whatever it is that’s being taken for granted. This applies not just to our personal […]
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Performance Management Checkins
The Keys to Having Successful One-on-Ones
Managing employee performance has never been more critical. And yet, it has also never been more challenging. That’s particularly true for those organizations still stuck with annual performance reviews. However, even forward-thinking organizations that now follow the check-in and one-on-one performance management model can find it challenging. The key here is to realize that one-on-ones […]
