When your job becomes something you do that gives you purpose and drive, it becomes your vocation. Maintaining positive vocational well-being improves your overall physical and mental wellness. Gallup conducted a study to evaluate career wellbeing. This study found that employees who were engaged in their work were significantly happier and more interested throughout the…
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It is vital to establish a communication etiquette that is accessible and universally applied across your organization.
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Let’s be real: managing teams virtually is not the same as managing teams in person. Managing virtually requires leaders to reassess their mindsets, practices, and approaches to working with their teams. In person, leaders can initiate impromptu meetings in the break room, or they can “pop into” someone’s office to ask a question. Once casual…
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Maintaining your organization’s culture as you transition to a distributed workforce can be a daunting task. The most successful managers have an understanding and training in the communication and project management tools needed to lead optimal virtual teams. A part of their effectiveness lies in facilitating creative solutions for team bonding and connectedness. While some…
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Virtual offices can afford many obvious benefits – No traffic headaches or parking hassles. More flexible work hours. No expensive office or equipment leases. Technology enables easier, quicker team collaboration. Playing with your puppy at lunch. So, from both an employee and employer perspective, what’s not to like? Less Obvious Benefits of a Virtual Workforce Moving…
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You can strategically consider how to optimize your staff’s performance and your business operations for the future through better equipment policies and procedures.
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On April 2, 2020, BIO, the world’s largest biotechnology organization, decided they had to take their International Convention virtual, and on June 8, 2020 they pulled it off. How did they do it? What did they learn? We were very excited to have the opportunity to meet with one of the leaders behind BIO’s International…
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The pivot to virtual meetings is not a 1:1 exchange. It is something different than the “way we have always done it.” If you were thinking of replacing some part of or make changes to your old meeting, now is an opportune time to make that transition. Approach your meeting/conference changes not as what you…
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Virtual Event Platform Considerations For the foreseeable future organizations will be providing virtual and/or hybrid events. Moving from an in-person to a virtual event requires more than just throwing together a few Zoom recordings or sessions. You need to consider platforms that will offer your attendees the highest quality experience and sponsors meaningful opportunities for…
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In the wake of the recent Coronavirus outbreak, many of us have gone from daily commuters to instant remote workers. Even for those who telecommuted one or more days a week prior to the “stay-at-home” directives issued by most states, the change from no one at home to EVERYONE at home has been jarring. With…
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