Open Culture
Want Higher Productivity? 5 Steps to Building a Success-Driven Culture
Productivity is not just about delivering services and goods at the lowest possible cost. Productivity in today’s competitive marketplace involves giving sincere attention to quality and factors in the unique needs of your customers and…
Over-Promoting Employees: Recalling the Peter Principle
Remember the Peter Principle? Funny how good messages come back in new forms after years of languishing out in the ether. Dr. Laurence J. Peter in The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong wrote in the…
Gamify Those Otherwise Dull Work Assignments
Most of us are driven by the competitive spirit, the desire or need to win. It reinforces self-worth, provides closure at the end of a good effort, and energizes us during the effort to achieve….
How Performance Reviews Can Kill Organizational Culture
I’m an unabashed fan of Shane Parrish and the Farnam Street Blog. I study everything they publish, listen to every podcast, read every article and book they reference. It is the single smartest site I…
How to Plan an Office Weight Loss Challenge
Trying to dodge the office vending machine, your colleagues’ candy bowl, and the traditional breakroom diet becomes a hard feat to achieve when you are trying to lose weight. But it’s possible to stick to…
How the Right Employees Have an Innovation Advantage
Conventional business wisdom tells us that entrepreneurs are today’s main source of innovation. We see the stories of young founders leaving college with a big idea, going to work in their garage, and building something that changes…
5 Innovative Ways to Engage Your Staff
Ensuring employees feel engaged in the workplace is an effective yet often overlooked method of increasing productivity. Just think about it—if a staff member is feeling unmotivated and unchallenged, they simply aren’t going to produce…
5 Steps to Changing Organizational Culture and Designing Your Future Workforce
When you think about all the investment you’ve made in your business—from cutting-edge tools and technology to state-of-the-art facilities—have you stopped to consider your employees, arguably the most important investment of all? As you take…
5 Things to Consider When Organizing a Team-Building Activity
Are you looking to arrange your next team building activity? Team building days are a fantastic way to enhance team bonding and really get to know your employees. There are many benefits to team building,…
Why Holiday Parties Are Important Even for Small Businesses
If you have a small business of fewer than ten employees, you might be tempted to give the office holiday party a miss. Surely these types of celebrations are reserved for big corporations? With all…
