It’s a new era for the American office. By both choice and circumstance, companies that previously would have never considered a remote workforce are … Read more
8 Ways to Use Soft Skills to Drive Innovation
Innovation appears in most organizations’ strategy or mission statements. But what does it actually take to achieve innovation? It takes people. … Read more
Build Teams By Knowing the Right Personalities
Note: Artificial intelligence is helping HR professionals predict an individual’s personality, work habits and communication style more easily and … Read more
The Role of a Coach In Building An Effective Team
Teaming has many benefits to an organization. When an organization considers implementing or expanding their team strategy they are seeking to create a … Read more
Want Your Employees to Get More Done at Work? Get Them Out of the Office!
Empowering people to deliver excellent work is one of my greatest passions as Lucidchart’s vice president of people operations. In this pursuit, we, like … Read more
Teambuilding Ideas Anyone Can Use
Today there are more and more teams working remotely across the world. How can you bring such a team close together despite the distance? In this article, … Read more
Google’s 7 Keys to Successfully Managing Virtual Teams
[pdf-embedder url=”http://services.google.com/fh/files/blogs/distributedworkplaybooks.pdf”]Virtual teams are on the rise. In 2017, Gallup … Read more
Collaboration Is Great When It Works. Here’s Why It Fails
Leaders expect people to collaborate. But collaboration doesn’t happen alone. The illusion of cooperation can turn collaboration into a trap. Collaboration … Read more
Get Better Teamwork By Rearranging Your Meeting Agendas
“Without people, our hotels are just buildings!” That was a quote from a dear friend, Lou Dubois who is director of content at Hilton Hotels. He is an … Read more
Rotating Roles Will Make Your Teams Smarter and More Effective
“Fixation is the way to death. Fluidity is the way to life.” — Miyamoto Musashi ∼∼∼∼∼ Successful teams require more than great players — they need people … Read more