Tools for High-Performing Teams
Build a better world with a better team
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A Culture of People First: How to Shift Your View from Employees to People
Employees are people. That seems pretty obvious. However, too many organizations (and individual managers and leaders within those organizations) see them as somewhat less. They’re employees. Business assets. Potential liabilities. This has a dehumanizing effect that carries over into the workplace. It becomes easy to see your team members as a resource to be managed, […]
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Annual Performance Reviews Are Dead: Long Live the One-on-One
If you’ve missed the news, here it is: the annual performance review is dead, although many companies might not yet realize it. It’s actually been deceased for a long time, and employers have only been propping up its body. The value of these reviews, long questionable, has finally faded away (if it was ever there […]
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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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Improving Performance by Creating a Sense of Belonging in the Workplace
When do you perform at your personal best – when you’re in a strange place, surrounded by people who neither know nor like you? Or when you’re in a supportive, positive environment surrounded by those who earnestly want you to succeed, grow, and thrive? It’s a no-brainer – everyone performs better in a positive environment. […]
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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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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 […]
