Employees tend to spend a good amount of their time in the office, and that’s why off-site team building activities can be so beneficial to their morale and wellbeing. As the old saying goes, “variety is the spice of life,” And that’s as true for your work life as it is for your personal one….
Monthly Archives: July 2022
When you’re welcoming new interns into your organization, one of the most important things is ensuring they’re comfortable, confident, and able to contribute to the success of your organization—and intern team building activities are a great way to do that. Do you remember your first internship? Fresh out of school, ready to start your…
If you’re one of the 300 million daily meeting participants on Zoom, you’ve probably wondered about Zoom games to play with colleagues during virtual social time. Look no further! We’ve got you covered. Updated: June 20, 2022 The pandemic really supercharged global use of Zoom, both for meetings but also for Zoom games for work….
Team fun might seem counterintuitive to productivity but in fact, it has the opposite effect. It offers a ton of big benefits to team morale, culture, and mental health. Team fun can seem unproductive. It’s tempting to think that time could be spent getting one final thing done before the workday ends or logging off…
Volunteering has been shown to improve employee wellbeing and strengthen workplace relationships, but it’s not always easy to facilitate volunteer opportunities for your people. That’s why creating a volunteer training program for your team can help guide your decisions and get people engaged. To improve and maintain your employees’ well-being, your business needs to provide…
The summer months are the perfect time to get outside, enjoy some beautiful weather, and to have fun with your colleagues, so you’ll love these summer team building activity ideas for your workgroup. Updated: July 5, 2022 It’s that time of year again! Hot weather is here, our moods are at an all-time high, and we all feel the…
We have long known that children who have disabilities are more likely to experience bullying behaviors than their peers who are perceived as being non-disabled. The National Bullying Prevention Center (link here), for example, shares that in 10 U.S. studies examining “the connection between bullying and developmental disabilities, all of these studies found that children with…
The term “global leadership” is strongly associated with economic, political, and social dominance in a neoliberal context. Degree programs using global leadership or similar monikers tend to be offered through graduate schools of business, and they usually emphasize market command in terms of ideas, information, and products. The latter point also applies to business conferences…
Dear readers, if you’d like to learn more about workplace bullying from leading researchers and subject-matter experts, then check out Dr. Gary Namie’s Workplace Bullying Podcast (link here). Here’s how Gary describes the series: This podcast showcases the reality of workplace bullying and abusive conduct and related phenomena from the dark side of the world…
From the Harvard Business Review Writer and communication coach Carmine Gallo, writing on “What the Best Presenters Do Differently” for the Harvard Business Review (link here), reminds us of the importance of storytelling in trying to reach an audience: Our minds are wired for story. We think in narrative and enjoy consuming content in story…