Working from home takes some grit. Corrine had just finished putting her five-year-old son to bed. The three-day-old pile of clean laundry had been folded and stacked. The daily, week-to-date, and year-to-date reports she had worked on for the past few days had...
Out of sight, out of mind. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. The first bird gets the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese. Clothes make the man. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Look before you leap. He who hesitates is lost. The best things in life are free. You...
Project creep happens every so subtly. Quinn was tasked to head a returning client’s project. The deal was to deliver this app that would enable customers to book same-day delivery services. Back then it was a breakthrough app. Her timeline was two months –a...
The year I had Mrs. Matson for homeroom is the year I’ll never forget. As a class we needed to make a decision and this was my first blush with consensus decision making. Actually, it was a year of a lot of firsts. Most important, it was a year I felt I had a “say”...
As organizations continue to grow, trends show a greater focus on work team development. Rather than each employee working individually, companies are now striving to create a cohesive, unified work environment. This team-oriented culture no longer encourages the...
Team development success is essential for a company to be sustainable. But when the wrong leaders are in charge, the effects can impact your bottom line. How do we know this? In 2017, A research team from the University of Manchester’s Business School interviewed...