This survey will help you to find out how they feel your company is currently doing in relation to these principles. Stacey Ackerman on December 2, 2021 We recently updated the Agile Marketing Manifesto Values & Principles guide, which can drive an organization towards agility and serve as a basis for how we as agile … Continue reading Use this assessment to gauge team alignment with agile marketing values
Category Archives: Team Productivity
Building a Team: Employee Retention Tips
Cynthia Joyce September 29, 2021 Tumisu / Pixabay Employee retention and engagement is critical for the success of any company. A 2019 Gallup report found that the cost of replacing an individual employee can range from 1.5 – 2 times the employee’s annual salary. If your business has high employee turnover, you’re expending unnecessary money, … Continue reading Building a Team: Employee Retention Tips
Writing customer stories to improve team collaboration
A practical technique to build collaborative team processes on a foundation of customer-centricity. Stacey Ackerman on August 30, 2021 For a long time, we’ve taken a very task-centric approach to marketing. While having each owner write out their own task is quick and easy, and oftentimes a good way to work, writing work in a … Continue reading Writing customer stories to improve team collaboration
5 Online Team Building Activities for Remote Teams in 2021
Elen Udovichenko June 8, 2021 Teamwork makes the dream work — a cliche you would see on a tacky office poster — might sound lame but it’s very true. Humans are social beings, even more so when it comes to business. You can’t build or run it single-handedly. Heck, you wouldn’t even read this article … Continue reading 5 Online Team Building Activities for Remote Teams in 2021
How to Work Successfully with a Colleague Who Throws Temper Tantrums
Liz Kislik May 20, 2021 We’ve all experienced that embarrassing, queasy, just-on-the-edge-of-fear feeling when someone at work throws a temper tantrum. Tantrums are usually associated with toddlers, not adults, because they involve reactions that are “disproportionate to the circumstances,” according to the Cleveland Clinic, and are specifically a result of wanting or needing something … Continue reading How to Work Successfully with a Colleague Who Throws Temper Tantrums
How to Help Your Team Refocus on Growth After the Hassles of Covid
Liz Kislik April 7, 2021 Although most of the risks and burdens of Covid-19 are still with us, now is the time to plan for growth rather than merely continuing to hang on. If we wait till all signs of the pandemic are gone before planning for a more robust future, we may miss the … Continue reading How to Help Your Team Refocus on Growth After the Hassles of Covid
Don’t Overlook Safety for High-Performing Teams
Anthony Mersino January 21, 2021 Most leaders would claim that they want high-performing teams but many of them don’t know what it takes to create them. In some cases, leaders actually behave in ways that undermine high performing teams. Can Leaders Create High-Performing Teams? How do you create High-Performance Teams? More specifically, how do you … Continue reading Don’t Overlook Safety for High-Performing Teams
How Managers Can Maximize Team Productivity
Anthony Mersino January 13, 2021 Managers and leaders in organizations are often looking for ways to be more effective or to maximize the productivity of their team. Here is an anti-pattern that I have seen used – managers that treat the team as an extension of themselves. The manager just thinks while the team serves … Continue reading How Managers Can Maximize Team Productivity
3 Strategies to Boost Team Morale
Cynthia Joyce December 18, 2020 mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Team morale at work was among the many aspects of our lives that was upended in 2020. The massive shift to working from home had a clear and direct impact on that morale because we couldn’t be with our fellow team members in person. That separation, even … Continue reading 3 Strategies to Boost Team Morale
The Best Ways to Motivate Your Team For Increased Productivity
Rachita Sharma December 3, 2020 Today’s millennials and younger job seekers want employers who can give them more than simply good pay and benefits. They seek a motivating, enriching environment—one in which employees enjoy a shared sense of purpose. The companies that are attracting and retaining the best candidates have a healthy, collaborative culture that … Continue reading The Best Ways to Motivate Your Team For Increased Productivity