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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Negative organizational culture: The overall culture within an organization can impact teamwork. If the organizational culture promotes competition, silos, or a lack of collaboration, it can trickle down to the team level and hinder cooperation. Resolving conflicts and addressing the underlying issues require time and resources.

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Why Employee Recognition Matters in Today’s Workplace

Rick Conlow

Culturally engrained employee recognition and appreciation matters in today’s workplace. Through planning meetings, training, and coaching we ramped up the initiative. Management set a fifteen percent goal for improvement. The company may have a toxic culture and employee praise is not a priority.

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7 Employee Comments that Destroy a Team

Rick Conlow

3 Employee Comments that Contributes to a Toxic Culture “Management said we’d get fired if I said anything but…” Gossip spreads and often becomes worse. If I hear rumors, I name it at the next team meeting, and address it. Finally, see Rick’s newest book. Remind everyone that you win or lose as a team.

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How to Get Your Team to Use Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business

Use a few minutes in a team meeting to share some of the research on the benefits of vacation. Research has shown that vacations planned more than a month in advance are restorative, whereas the stress of vacations booked at the last minute can negate the positive impacts of the time off.) First, make the business case.

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How to Motivate Frontline Employees

Harvard Business

They wanted to improve revenue, cost, risk, and customer satisfaction all at the same time. They reached out to us because we wrote a book describing how these performance outcomes would be improved with an operating model that increases motivation.). There were rules. Systematically manage apprenticeship.

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How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise

Harvard Business

Even people who have achieved a great deal of career success aren’t immune to these feelings, says Whitney Johnson, an executive coach and the author several books including Build an A-Team. Seek meaning by making an effort to meet people who benefit from your work. ” Consider a career change. Challenge your assumptions.

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