Company Culture
How to build trust with employees
Team cohesion is pivotal as your organization navigates the next phase of this crisis. But you can’t achieve cohesion without trust.
Andrew Barks · 6 min read
People Management
Company Culture
How to maintain company culture when working remote
Indefinite remote work has forced many companies to ask: How do we maintain our culture?
Andrew Barks · 6 min read
Employee Engagement
Running effective remote team meetings without causing burnout
If you’re like many companies, you’re past the remote work honeymoon phase. Video conferencing is no longer foreign, nor is it a fun novelty at this point. You’ve figured out where the mute button is and how many cats your coworker owns. You still need people on the same page, but like a parent wielding…
Andrew Barks · 8 min read
Company Culture
Back to the office: Keys for safely returning people to the unknown
If you’re tasked with coordinating, communicating, or deciding on any aspects of a return-to-office plan this year, we feel for you. Simply put, it’s an unenviable position to be in. Social distancing mandates vary from state to state, sometimes even town to town, and different businesses require different levels of in-person interaction to function efficiently….
Caraline Winch · 7 min read
Company Culture
6 short virtual icebreakers designed to keep teams engaged
Like them, love them or leave them, virtual icebreakers are a staple of our current remote work world. Online meetings are vital to remote team building and communication. But to keep people engaged, we need to avoid approaching them like drones or military sergeants. Especially if you’re running regular stand-ups or check-ins, you need to…
Andrew Barks · 6 min read
Company Culture
4 keys to an efficient daily standup agenda
The daily standup meeting has taken on new significance in the socially distanced workplace. On some days, it’s the only human interaction remote team members get. More extraverted employees may find themselves chomping at the bit when these discussions start. They’re eager to share what they have going on, but that eagerness needs to be…
Laurel White · 8 min read
Company Culture
The merits of no-meeting blocks when leading remote teams
No-meeting blocks are a great way to foster better remote work habits. Here are three reasons to consider implementing them within your organization.
Maribel Olvera · 4 min read
COVID
Building virtual leadership skills that last
Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re still figuring out what virtual leadership looks like. Maybe your business is familiar with this sort of experiment: Face-to-face meetings were replaced with video conferencing in an attempt to replicate the office environment, but Zoom or Skype fatigue eventually set in. You’ve started re-evaluating which meetings are truly essential….
Jennifer Moebius · 7 min read
Company Culture
How to stop micromanaging your teams and start promoting leadership
What’s one thing all micromanagers have in common? They don’t trust their people, and as we know, trust is at the core of any high-performing team. Particularly in industries like tech, where autonomous work is essential to efficiency, micromanagement can be a morale killer. The best managers are adept at delegating work to highly engaged…
Steve Messina · 7 min read
Company Culture
3 steps to resolve workplace conflict efficiently
We’ve all seen it. Two co-workers, like cars skidding toward a low-speed collision, are increasingly at odds with each other. Disagreements and miscommunications pile up, and the next thing you know they can barely speak to each other, let alone work well together. Workplace conflict isn’t just a headache for managers and team members. It…
Andrew Barks · 6 min read
Company Culture
5 key takeaways from the Rethinking Your Business Strategy with Talent Optimization webinar
If you didn’t get the chance to attend the May 19 webinar, Rethinking Your Business Strategy with Talent Optimization, read this blog post to get key takeaways from each speaker you can implement immediately at your own organization. Key takeaway #1: Organize your talent for adaptability. JD Conway, Head of Talent Acquisition at BambooHR: “We’ve…
Jackie Dube · 3 min read
Company Culture
The best Zoom background for PI customers
Are you a PI champion? In about 30 seconds, you can change your Zoom background to your PI Placard. Here’s how!
Erin Balsa · 2 min read
Company Culture
How to inspire your managers to be steady, effective leaders
This is an updated excerpt from our Surviving an Economic Downturn with Talent Optimization guide. You’ve come up with a revised business strategy. You’ve taken necessary and even difficult initial action in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. The next steps are all about organizational resilience. Now you must inspire your people to push through…
Brian Madge · 8 min read
COVID
A tale of leadership and connection in crisis
In a time of extraordinary crisis, this is a fictional story of leadership, parenting, empathy, and personal connection.
David Silbert · 6 min read
Company Culture
Building organizational resilience: what you need to know
To be resilient means to be able to return to your original shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed.
Drew Fortin · 6 min read