“They work hard and aren’t afraid to put in extra hours, blood, sweat, and tears to accomplish their goals.” This is how many company leaders would describe their top employees. However, these extra, hard-worked hours actually become overwhelming and are…
Teambuilding
To Be a Real HR Pro, Stop Caring So Much
Today’s lesson in disruptive HR is: “How To Be A Crappy HR Pro.” Our leader is Brad Lutz. president of Acuity HR Solutions. His 5 minute instructional video was filmed before a live DisruptHR audience in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the…
6 Lessons From My Journey to a Transparent Culture
Fear has become, unfortunately, a regular emotion at work. How often do you feel afraid of sharing your thoughts because of what might happen to you? Have your colleagues stopped sharing their ideas after being censored over and over? I…
At Sprout Social, Getting Coffee Is a Teambuilder
Alan Boyce, the VP of engineering at Sprout Social, averages three coffees a day. You might think he’s just a run of the mill office caffeine junky, or perhaps that he’s attempting to dodge his work with frequent coffee breaks….
Host a Culture Workshop and Discover How to Build a Stronger Company
We all aspire to work for a company that values our work and treats us like grown-ups. But what else do you want from the place where you spend the majority of your waking life? Company culture is best defined…
Is Cultural Alignment Even Possible?
“Culture is everything people do.” — Unknown There are over 58,000 results when you Google “cultural alignment.” I will save you the reading time and share the common thread: “cultural alignment” — “organizational alignment” — is an HR poster child. If your organization is not…
What It Takes to Become An Agile Organization
To survive, organizations must anticipate, prepare and respond to the challenges of a changing world and evolving workplace. To thrive, organizations must seek to become agile, functioning effectively and efficiently even as they adapt to new, rapid and ongoing forces…
Here’s Why Encouraging Work Friendships Is Good For Business
Traditional human capital management fails to create continuous, engaging experiences for the complex modern workforce, instead putting the focus on HR processes and transactions and missing the most important stakeholder: employees. This is why leading organizations are moving away from…
What Hollywood Teaches Us About the Future of Work
Hollywood can teach you a surprising amount about running your business. When a blockbuster film is produced, a team comes together to go all-in on the project. When it’s finished, they move on to separate projects. While it may seem…
Being a ‘Selfless Giver’ Can Be Bad for You
Recognize This! – Givers find energy when they give in self-protective and personally meaningful ways, and when they are recognized and reminded of how their contributions matter. It’s not just about giving and taking anymore. Recent research by Adam Grant…
Worker Bee Or Engaged Partner?: How Management Sees Employees
How do you view employees? We rarely talk about this in public forums or meetings, but we have no problem giving people our opinion in the hallway!! We wanted to stem the tide of side conversations at the March HR…
4 Habits of Highly Dysfunctional Teams
The following is adapted from the authors’ new book, Accelerating Performance: How Organizations Can Mobilize, Execute, and Transform with Agility Savvy HR leaders know that high-functioning teams are the engines of performance in organizations. Yet teams that are able to…
The Business Case For Improving Engagement In 15 Slides
Strong employee engagement is one of the most important assets of a successful company. Unfortunately, most businesses do not invest as much time and energy to make sure their employees are engaged. Typically, they will invest in other aspects of the…
Why Learning to Delegate Is So Important For You and the Team
Note: This is the third in a series of interviews with industry leading scholars, CEOs, founders and consultants on the subject of managed. The interviews were conducted by Rob Cahill, CEO of the management-training and education firm Jhana. Find the first…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Workplace Benefits
There is a fine line to walk while balancing a company’s bottom line and attracting great talent. Because the employees who work for you are the most valuable asset that your company has at its disposal, making sure they are…
What Every New Manager Should Know
Note: This is the second in a series of interviews conducted by Rob Cahill, CEO of the management-training and education firm Jhana, with industry leading scholars, CEOs, founders and consultants on the topic of management. This week, he interviews Simon Cooper,…
Help Your People Get What They Want
Here are six questions you should ask your best people regularly: Where do you want to be career-wise one year from now? What are the two or three things that need to happen to make this a reality? What is…
Effective Teams Talk to Each Other
Whether you’re an extrovert or an introvert, keeping up effective communication within your team is an absolute must. Being a great communicator is important, not only for coaching and giving clear guidelines, but also for building trust and employee engagement….
Five Ways to Use Snapchat to Drive Employee Engagement
Snapchat embraces and champions the ephemeral nature of communication in a landscape that is saturated with it. Snap a pic or a vid, send it to a friend, and moments after being viewed it self-destructs into the ether forevermore. We’re…
How to Encourage the Entrepreneur On Your Team
As you begin building your business, the people you hire will be pivotal in shaping its culture and maintaining its success. But impressive talent doesn’t always make for impressive results. So the question is: How do you build a strong…