Presenteeism - present in body absent in productivity

Presenteeism is alive and 'not well' in many businesses today. It will visit your business or may even be present as you read this article. Presenteeism may be described as 'attending the workplace with minor or serious illnesses when in fact your employee or you should be away recovering'! There are answers and you need to be aware of the risks to your business!

How to Align Your Team through Change

Learn about the Eight Principles for Purposeful Alignment – the key for getting your team fully behind a change initiative, and ways to create new ways of thinking and behaving to support the change.

Franchisee Relations and Team Work

Franchisees of a particular franchise must get along in order for the team to hyperspace the competition. Recently our company; Franchising.org did a study and surveyed the franchisors on our website. As it turns out none of them had any information in their Confidential Operations Manual of any substance on how franchisees could increase their synergies by working very closely together within a region.

Motivating Your Employees

How can you motivate your employees, boost their morale, link the organization and staff? The workplace climate can affect the quality of your employees' productivity. Here's how to create a positive atmosphere...

Creating Unity In Your Company

The other day I got a call from a friend of mine about an earlier conversation we'd had. Here's what we talked about: Years before he had started a company which has now grown to the point where it has many offices across the USA. On the surface it doesn't sound like there would be much to be unhappy about does it? The problem was...

Why Is Teamwork Training Important?

Many of our teamwork training activities are instruments that allow participants to observe and unmask the common enemies of teamwork.

Hand Out Warm Glows

Research has shown that the number one reason people leave their job and customers take their business elsewhere is that they don't feel appreciated.

WIIFM - Making the 'What's in It for Me?' Question Work for You

In the constantly changing world of Call Centers, asking agents to adapt to ever increasing demands, responsibilities and performance can be a challenge to even the most involved of managers. Being able to create buy in is always challenging, but if you can answer the WIIFM question you will be ahead of the game.

Leading the Witness: How Asking Questions as a Trainer Can Limit Learning and Reduce Trust

If you deliver training, odds are you reduce participants' learning and enthusiasm through manipulative questions - and that you're unaware that you're doing this. Matt helps you identify how, if at all, this is happening for you, and offers a way of using questions that avoids these negative consequences.

How Does Personal Development Help in Business?

Business is all about work and making money, so why develop the individual who does the work and creates the money?

Constructive Group Dynamics: How to Go from the S.N.I.P.P.Y. Syndrome to a C.L.E.A.R. V.I.E.W.

If asked to look at your work calendar for the week, the odds are pretty good that you have a few if not several meetings already scheduled. Now, if asked how you feel about attending some of those meetings, the odds are even better that you may either roll your eyes, groan or mutter something under your

Effective Team Building for Stronger Teams

The style, method and approach that we develop and implement will give us the results we wish to achieve in creating the quality that is necessary for great teams. Never allow yourself to settle for second best within your teams and/or leaders, especially when you are seeking to do your very best.

The Horror of WorkZilla (Or, How To Handle A Nightmare Employee)

Although self-employed for many years, I have been a regular visitor to workplaces small and large as a Business Consultant, Staff Trainer or Special Event Speaker. When the purpose for my visit has to do with business consultation, it doesn’t take long for me to locate the biggest potential problem in any office. It’s WorkZilla!

Is Your Company Working At a Standstill? You Need Activities for Conflict Resolution Skills!

Conflict among staff and team members are typically symptomatic of misperceptions and disintegrated communication – in other words, your employees are probably acting a lot like this:

Important Tips for Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

The place to start when implementing meaningful conflict resolution is with the individual. Each individual is always first responsible for the way they interact within their work environment. You are the one person you have control over.