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The 5 Pitfalls of Team Building Events
If you're going to take your team off the job for a day it has got to add value to, and reinforce, the work you do together. Avoid these pitfalls and instead have an experience that will set everyone up for success for the rest of the year.
10 Undebatable Benefits of Purposeful Culture Building
Not investing in culture development is like buying all the ingredients and then expecting dinner to make itself! Here are 10 compelling reasons for working on your culture.
Why 'Culture First' leaders will always succeed
When senior leaders make investment in culture their top priority, they will always reap the rewards, both in terms of business results, but also in staff engagement too.
Managers - Are You Making Time for Culture?
Managers are pulled in multiple directions - often by things that are never covered in the job description. Building a high performing culture will help balance the demands and bring ownership to the team.
You can't do more with less. However...
Sometimes you have to say ’no’. Teams that focus on doing fewer things to a high level of quality, will always achieve more than those that are overwhelmed by work.
Culture Change? Start with the little things
Like many things in life, little and often is a great way to make positive changes and your workplace culture is no different. If you want to stop paying lip service to great culture and actually get on with creating one, start small.
10 Signs Your Organisation is Paying Lip Service to Culture
There’s no point saying culture is a priority if you’re not going to back up your words with actions. Here’s some ways you might be NOT working on your culture.
Lazy Communication Hurts Culture
Communication is an important culture conduit that we often get very wrong.
By putting just a little more thought and intent into our communication we can build bridges rather than put up walls.
Use It Or Lose It!
If you don’t use your training and development budget, someone else might get the spoils! Be smart, identify strategic development needs throughout the year and provide your people with relevant experiences, not excuses.
The Case for Specialist Project Managers: An Idea
Projects continue to fail yet there’s little new thinking around how projects are set up, managed and delivered. What if there were PMs for each aspect of a project, all performing at the top of their ability? Like a baseball team strategising for a win, this could be a homerun for project teams!
The Return to the Office: Boom or Bust?
This is an opportunity - don’t waste it! Do the groundwork to create a well defined hybrid culture and you stand a better chance of creating something sustainable that harnesses the best of both worlds.
3 Simple Culture Hacks to Kickstart Your Productivity
Bank some of your precious time and attention in the name of productivity with these three habits
No One Cares How Busy You Are
If you’re in back-to-backs all day and don’t have time for lunch, let alone self-development, then it’s time to make your focus productivity and priorities
Does Your Project Approach Favour People or Process?
Consistent project success needs commitment to, and investment in, both technical maturity and emotional maturity. Too much focus on one or the other will result in less delivery and more despair.
12 Ways to Build Happiness AND Productivity
They’re not mutually exclusive - quite the opposite as more of one leads to more of the other!