Imagine for a moment that $1 million dollars dropped from the sky and landed in your company’s bank account. This money is completely legal and has no strings attached. The only stipulation is that you must dedicate the entire amount to one area of your company. How could you spend the money so that it…
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The results are in. The average U.S. employee has mastered the 4-hour workday. During the 8-9 hour day, an employee has at their disposal technologies that allow instantaneous access to information, products, and people (according to a recent survey we have a habit of spending 11+ hours a day on electronic media). Other recent studies show workers plow through hundreds of emails, calls,…
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We laugh and at times relate to cartoons of sadistic office management (think “Dilbert”). Developing office relationships in TV shows like The Office and Parks and Recreation hold a nugget of truth. Thousands of workers do not find their work reality amusing. Data on employee engagement shows that the numbers of dissatisfied and disengaged employees is…
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Remember how it felt when that kid on the playground kept changing the rules in a game of tag, and you had to be IT over and over again? Now jump forward several decades. Is everyone playing by the same rules at work? If organizational culture is defined as ‘how we do things here,’ are…
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Reading the headlines this week about Amazon’s office culture was like watching a tennis match between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. The volley between Amazon the Tech Wonder and Amazon the Bruiser started with the New York Times article on Amazon’s work culture published August 15. Reporters Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld served a couple aces…
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We want to share with you a great visual on employee motivation designed by Office Vibe. Give employees opportunity to grow and make a difference and you have a recipe for energized employee engagement. This infographic was crafted with love by Officevibe, the employee survey software that shows you how to motivate employees so that…
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Last night I was sitting on the bleachers in a high school gym watching my daughter’s basketball game. Her team led the first quarter, but just before the half, the opposing team scored with two smooth plays, and then landed not one, but two 3-pointers. Our team countered with several wild and unsuccessful shots and…
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Being a good leader doesn’t mean you have to be friends with everyone at work. In fact, befriending everyone, especially someone you supervise may be a bad idea. But what do you do with those that you just cannot stand – the obnoxious, annoying type? The key for a good leader is to “care.” That…
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Legend has it that during a visit to the NASA space center in 1962, President Kennedy noticed a janitor working across the room. He interrupted his tour, walked over to the man and said, “Hi, I’m Jack Kennedy. What are you doing?” The janitor responded, “I’m helping put a man on the moon, Mr. President.”…
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