Finding Peace in a Hectic Work Environment

Its 7 am. You roll out of bed and struggle to get ready and out the door in time to arrive at work before 9. Your arrival at work certainly doesn’t mean a quiet cup of coffee though; rather you have an inbox full of emails to respond to, reports to look over, drafts of project ideas to be sent off, and surprise, an impromptu team meeting. By the time you look at the clock it is already 2:30 – did you eat lunch today? Probably not, but there’s no time now since you need the rest of the afternoon to work on a presentation for tomorrow morning…. Read More»

Companies that Care About Their Employees Promote Data Security

Company caring involves a lot of small features that beneficially impact employees, such as providing insurance, personal time off, and flexible work hours (within reason.) It also encompasses a number of perks that shouldn’t be taken for granted including the occasional free meal, employee discounts, and employee organizations…. Read More»

Virtual Reality Can Bring Diverse Employees Together

Thoughts of virtual reality often bring to mind visions of crazed video gamers living in an alternate reality, or opportunities to experience what we might not have the ability or courage to encounter in real life. Something you may not have considered is virtual reality’s power within a business setting. However, as new technologies hit […] Read more… Read More»

How the Best Managers are Really Coaches

Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them. – Timothy Gallwey Looking back on our childhood, most people remember at least one mentor or coach who said or did something that really made an impact […] Read more… Read More»

3 Ways Your Company Can Give Back

It feels good to give back, especially around the holidays. It feels particularly great to be a part of a larger entity that gives back substantially more than one single person could alone. For many company managers, these good feelings provide a great reason to promote company-wide humanitarian acts…. Read More»

Can Employers Motivate Employees by Promoting Their Health?

Companies are always looking for new ways to encourage employees to stay motivated on the job. Unfortunately, this motivation usually comes in the form of new rules or reporting procedures that ultimately feel like additional hoops to jump through to complete the same amount of work…. Read More»

Multi-Ethnic Group of People Planning Ideas

The Power of a Giving Mindset and a Collaborative Work Environment

The vast majority of us dream of a workplace free of competition. One where our ideas are bolstered by coworkers and we can find creative solutions to problems without management questioning every decision. We dream of a workspace where the higher ups understand that hard work doesn’t always produce quantitative results – sometimes just qualitative ones. Most of all, we dream of an environment that promotes knowledge sharing over information hoarding…. Read More»