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Factors That Affect Teamwork
Teamwork in any organization is important and essential for it to succeed. For an organization to achieve its goals, it needs to run like a well-oiled machine composed of different parts working together. Teamwork becomes the oil that makes everything keep on running smoothly in any organization or company. But where teamwork is greatly needed, it is not always implemented that easily. Teamwork do... [Read More]
Practicing What You Preach
Many managers, including you, may have demanded for change and continuous improvement in your workforce. However, your employees have complained that your actions do not match what you intend to say. If you want change, of course you have to be part of that change as well.Behave how you want to see from otherBefore even announcing to your employees that they should wear their company I... [Read More]
How to Start a Book Club at the Office
One very great way to develop communication between employees in a workplace is by creating a stimulating activity that a lot of colleagues can take part. One such event is a book reading club, wherein a group of employees voluntarily read the same book. You can combine a book club meeting to a regularly-scheduled discussion to double the book's impact. A book club meeting begins... [Read More]
Managing Generation Gaps in the Workplace
Companies nowadays have a diverse work force consisting of employees of various ages and generations. It is only in these recent times that organizations employ four generations of workers in the same office, mainly because of improved lifestyles that make the Baby Boomers live longer yet able to perform the tasks at hand. At hindsight, however, it also reflects how many of these older employees a... [Read More]
How to Tell People Their Behavior is Unacceptable
There are people whom we may view as obnoxious, selfish, deluded, pompous, or other negative qualities. However, you do need to note that these "bad people" do not actually realize that they are doing anything bad. If you find a person's behavior as anything but acceptable, here are some suggestions to address that to them.Ask permission to speak on the matterBefore giving th... [Read More]
What is Employee Empowerment?
It is a wrong impression that employees are only allowed to follow what their superiors and the CEO dictate, when in reality employee empowerment has become a norm in the workplace.Employee empowerment has to do with enabling or authorizing certain employees to think, behave, take action, and control the work in the office. This empowered employee could also decide on autonomous matters.The organi... [Read More]
Celebrating Halloween at Work
Companies like to share the holidays with their employees, and this Halloween season is a great way to celebrate while at work. There are several reasons why Halloween is one of the most popular holiday among adults, first is that the holiday is not connected with any religion, making it rarely offensive among diverse employees. It also brings out the inner child in us, as well as crea... [Read More]
Creating Alliances at Work
Working in an organization simply out of money and benefits can make a boring office life. Employees tend to seek for challenges within their own work, wanting appreciation from people they hold in esteem, even wanting the boss to notice that they are performing more than what is expected of them. Overall, people aim to accomplish their own personal work mission. And in order to achieve such feat,... [Read More]
Minimizing Workplace Negativity
When your employees seem to dwell on negativity, it is not just coincidence. Workplace negativity is an increasing problem among organizations, which is caused by a variety of reasons such as loss of confidence, control, or community. If left untreated, persistent workplace negativity saps the energy of your organization and diverts critical attention from work and performance. A... [Read More]
Creating Team Norms
Now that we have established the essentials of team norms, the next step is to create these norms so that each team member learn to interact with fellow members, as well as those outside of the team, effectively and successfully. If you lead a team that has difficulty of interacting with each other, perhaps you need to follow these steps in creating and developing team norms.Form a charter - Draft... [Read More]