This year’s newest challenge: RETURN TO WORK
HR managers are set to tackle an unprecedented challenge: helping organizations and team members return to work amidst an ongoing pandemic. In March of 2020, many managers found themselves sending employees home, armed with a laptop. But now with cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, returning to the old office humdrum is within sight. Or is […]
TIGERS Success Series 2019 Recap: Part 3 Positive Work Culture
Thank you for reading our second installment of our three-part, 2019 recap series! Our previous installment focused on the benefits companies gain from providing their employees with virtual and micro training. If you missed it, feel free to give it a quick read, here. Today, however, we are turning to a slightly different topic, the […]
A Winning Corporate Culture Builds Employee Retention
Certain companies carry the reputation of being a fun place to work, with break rooms boasting ping pong tables and cafeterias full of free food. But your company’s culture includes so much more than fun and games. It’s how your employees interact with one another and their customers. It’s how leaders motivate their team members […]
Creating a Cooperative Company Culture
While some leaders may view their employees’ happiness as an added bonus, team member happiness is actually essential for creating a cooperative company culture. Happy employees are more cooperative and productive and have fewer team member conflicts. When team members look forward to coming to work, this leads to lower turnover rates and more innovation […]
Are Companies Acting in Line with Their Values?
Bosses are trying to rally disengaged employees as their companies limp out of the recession. Employees want to fire their bosses or quit. Short term leadership decisions that punted thousands of employees into unemployment lines without regard to refilling the ranks is now coming back to haunt boards of directors. Leaders are scratching their heads […]
4 Team Building Ideas For Improving Team Interdependence
When you are looking for team building ideas for improving team interdependence, imagine stumbling across this conversation: “Hey Bob, I’m thinking of starting a baseball team.” “Great! I know a few guys who are really good and would love to play.” “Nope. I am playing all positions – catcher, pitcher, short stop, outfield….you name it!” […]
The Business Case for Trust
Guest post by Barbara Brooks Kimmel The headlines “say it all” so why do business executives continue to demand a business case for trust? The Hard Costs of Low Trust Gallup’s research (2011) places 71% percent of U.S. workers as either not engaged or actively disengaged. The price tag of disengagement (Gallup) is $350 billion […]
Leadership and Team Building: Satisfy Short-Term Quarterly Goals or Plan for Long-term Sustainability?
The need for instant gratification and to show a profit no matter the cost to employees, society, or an organization’s welfare seems to be the motto in today’s business culture. Yet there are those few stellar organizations…and they are not all Fortune 500’s….that beg to differ. These companies invest in team building ideas that value […]
Effective Teambuilding Yields Surprising Results in Today’s 21st Century Work Culture
In November we celebrated Labor Day — our tribute to the American workforce. Yet, this year our claims of fidelity to the ideal of hard work as a path to a good life were muted by harsh reality. Only 43.7% of working-age Americans are employed full-time according to the August Gallup P2P numbers. However, a handful […]
Transitioning from a Military Career to the Private Sector Requires Corporate Team Building and Training
According to a recent survey by Accenture, veterans transitioning out of the military and seeking civilian employment say it’s been a “mixed bag.” Although employed veterans say they are earning more now than when in the military, challenges still remain for those veterans who are unemployed – especially post 9/11 veterans. To ease the way […]
