Team Performance
Dive into the ins-and-outs of team performance, including: How can coaches improve team performance? How to build and develop a high performance team, How to become team-oriented, and more.
This collection of expert guides and coaching programs will help you skyrocket team performance with evidence-based strategies.
Too much friction at work? How to resolve team conflict
Why can’t we all just get along? Unfortunately, team conflict is inevitable in any workplace. How, when, and whether it gets resolved or escalates is up to you, the team leader. It’s more important than ever to skillfully manage any team members at odds with each other – retaining top talent in a volatile economy14 will help see you through any hard times that lie ahead.
Joanna Tovia
Why you're failing at developing high-performance work teams
There's tons of advice out there on developing and sustaining high-performance work teams—so why are organizations still struggling to do it? Nearly 1 in 5 new hires quit in their first week1, and the 68% who stay but aren't engaged with their work2 cost the global economy roughly $7.8 trillion a year in lost productivity.3 Yikes.
Amy Rigby
Break the virtual ice: Building rapport in online meetings
We’ve all been there: you’re in a virtual meeting, the screen is filled with faces you vaguely recognize, and the silence is so deafening you could hear a virtual pin drop. From uncomfortable silences to stilted questions (and even more stilted answers), cringe-worthy moments are common in online interactions. In fact, in a 2021 global Statista survey, 22% of respondents said they found awkward small talk a challenge during virtual meetings.
Olly Adeyemi
Virtual meeting collaboration tools to try in 2024
Gone are the days of stuffy conference rooms and endless email chains; today’s workforce is using the power of technology to streamline communications and form formidable teams made of individuals from across the globe. A whopping 83% of employees rely on technology to collaborate with their colleagues, many of whom work in a hybrid or remote setting1.
Jessica Orika
How to excel at quiet hiring in 2024
If you've spent any time on the internet over the last year, you've likely encountered the term 'quiet quitting'. Estimated to make up around 50% of the US workforce,¹ quiet quitters are disengaged employees who do the bare minimum to keep their jobs.
Emma Norris
Employee performance reviews are failing: how to fix them
When it comes to inspiring employees, increasing engagement and reducing turnover, providing meaningful feedback matters.Though feedback is a vital part of employee performance management, traditional performance reviews are often out of step with the realities of the modern workplace.
William Haigen
How to make one-on-one meetings more meaningful & productive
When your day is packed with deadlines and responsibilities, it can be tempting to push one-on-one meetings with your direct reports or manager to the back burner. But these regular touchpoints are more important than you might think. One of the top drivers of job satisfaction for employees is having a positive relationship with your manager, and setting – and sticking to – regular one-on-one meetings can be a highly effective way to build that bond.
Jessica Orika
AI talent acquisition software: a guide for HR teams
Finding the right candidate for a role can be tough, especially when you consider that every corporate job opening attracts 250 resumes.1
Jessica Orika
Bond better: inspirational team building
There’s no ‘I’ in team, as the saying goes. To really get the most out of your team, every member needs to feel they are united in achieving common goals – not just their own. Learning the art of inspirational team-building can mean the difference between a lackluster team motivated by their own wants and needs, and a team getting joy out of their work and kicking company goals while they’re at it.
Joanna Tovia
Professional coaching: benefits for employees and companies
In a year marked by global uncertainty, the theme of the 2023 International Coaching Week (ICW) was ‘Explore Your Potential’ – an important reminder to focus on developing the one thing we do have control over: our inner selves.
William Haigen
Employees crave growth: how managers can coach employees
Employees want to receive coaching so they can unlock their full potential. Yet only about 20% of managers know how to do it.1 To make matters worse, a ‘lack of career development and advancement’ is a top driver of employee turnover.2 That is something that workplace coaching could address; if only employers had access to it.
Amy Rigby
Develop interpersonal communication for workplace success
The use of technology in the workplace grows by the day. Accordingly, it's easy to think technical skills are more valuable than soft skills. But according to the LinkedIn 2023 Most In-Demand Skills Report, this isn't true1. The report found communication is the second-most in-demand skill. Leadership skills are the fourth. And teamwork is the 10th. This shows the importance of interpersonal skills. Want to boost your career? It's time to start sharpening your interpersonal communication skills.
William Haigen
Can Teamwork software make your remote team more productive?
Collaborating with a teammate was once as simple as leaning into the next cubicle and asking a question. Now, with a growing number of teams working remote or hybrid, virtual communication is becoming the norm. This has created a raft of new challenges for organizations, from disengaged teams to drawn-out onboarding processes.
Emma Norris
Jazz HR vs Greenhouse vs Lever Software
Finding employees who have the right skills and align with your company's values can be a challenge. Especially in the purpose-driven economy. This makes it harder to find the right candidate and prolongs the hiring process.
Jessica Orika