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How to stop micromanaging and empower teams

How to stop micromanaging and empower teams

As a manager, trusting your team to learn, improve, and eventually function autonomously is part of the job— but sometimes trust can feel more like losing control. If...

Eliana Atia | 6 min read

Best practices of an all-hands meeting

If you’ve ever found yourself sitting in a mandatory meeting, knowing that the information was important but struggling to keep your head from hitting the table,...

Sharon Daugherty | 7 min read

Top team building activities for work (that...

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision; the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel...

Kaleigh Moore | 11 min read

3 step cycle to improve work performance

Most people only think about their work performance during an annual performance appraisal, which in most cases is way too late. After all, improving work performance is...

Mark Quadros | 6 min read

Teamwork
Illustrated characters holding big loads of papers
Teamwork

How to create better boundaries at work

One of the stickiest situations at work relates to boundary setting when it comes to collaboration. You’re already swamped with your own to-do list, and as more and...

Kaleigh Moore | 7 min read

Product development life cycle
What every new Scrum master must know
Product development life cycle

What every new Scrum master must know

Scrum is a project management methodology that allows a team to self-organize and make changes quickly. The scrum master, therefore, is the leader of the team following...

Kaleigh Moore | 6 min read

Should you work during lunch?

Ah, the age old question about the lunch hour: To work, or not to work. While scarfing down a sandwich in front of your computer screen might seem like the logical...

Kaleigh Moore | 7 min read

How to hack Parkinson’s Law to boost productivity

Have you ever been part of a week-long project that becomes increasingly complex, forcing you to work through to the final hours before the deadline? Why in the world...

Kaleigh Moore | 5 min read

7 best practices for managing a remote team

7 best practices for managing a remote team

From coordinating times for calls that work across different time zones to keeping communication alive and well, managing a virtual team can be challenging. We know...

Kaleigh Moore | 9 min read

What music makes you productive at work?

If you’ve ever found yourself in a groove or state of flow, you know first hand that the right mood can boost your productivity and help you get more out of your...

Kaleigh Moore | 6 min read

Productivity
Top 10 productivity books you must read
Productivity

Top 10 productivity books you must read

When you think about improving your productivity, you probably don’t think of sitting down to read a book. However: That actually might be one of the best things you...

Kaleigh Moore | 10 min read

How to welcome your new team member

How to welcome your new team member

If you’ve ever been the new kid in school, you know how nerve wracking it can be to walk into a place where you don’t know anyone, where to find anything, or how...

Sharon Daugherty | 5 min read

Make the switch to stop multitasking

Are you reading this blog post while preparing your coffee? Or maybe you have a few different tabs open—work email, that sweater you’ve been eyeing? Like most of the...

Mark Quadros | 6 min read

The hidden skillsets of a senior manager

The hidden skillsets of a senior manager

For those climbing the corporate ladder, understanding the differences in the skillset between a junior and someone at the senior manager level is important—and...

monday.com | 5 min read

How to plan out your work week

During any given week, you likely have a lot on your plate. And it’s easy to get overwhelmed, to get so bogged down that you’re not sure where to start. You may even...

monday.com | 7 min read

Project management
Project management

Keep scope creep from undermining your project

Scope creep can happen to even the most diligent workers. “We fell deeper and deeper into redeveloping existing code—timelines got extended, we missed our deadline,...

Peter Giffen | 12 min read

How to write a strong code of conduct for employees

Regardless of whether you’re managing a team, a department, or an entire organization, your workers need to know what’s expected of them and what they can expect...

Kaleigh Moore | 8 min read

Illustration of meeting notes and pencil

How to take better meeting notes

Have you ever sat diligently through a company meeting, only to forget what you discussed the moment you leave the conference room? If so, it sounds like you need to...

Kaleigh Moore | 8 min read

Achieving inbox zero is easier than you think

There are two types of people in the world: Those who keep their inboxes organized, and those with 250 unread messages. Which type are you? (You don’t have to answer...

Kaleigh Moore | 8 min read

How to boost your team’s efficiency and...

If you’re working in a leadership position, there’s a high probability that improving employee productivity is one of your biggest objectives. Don’t worry,...

Kaleigh Moore | 7 min read

Top 8 leadership traits: do you have what it takes?

Top 8 leadership traits: do you have what it takes?

Being a leader or pursuing a management role can be a difficult role. In most cases, leadership is more than just managing employees, giving orders, making schedules or...

Caitlin McCormack | 6 min read

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