WII-FM: Understanding What Your Employees Want (And Need)
Employees constantly measure their supervisor and their employer in the context of WII-FM: What’s in it for me? Organizations and managers who understand this and who tune in to answering …
Managing Emotional People
Emotions in the workplace are often seen as a burden. A common factor in American workplace culture is, “Leave your day at the door.” However, this ignores human experience and …
Build High Performing Teams
All leaders strive to build high performing teams, yet many struggle or don’t know the best way to approach doing so. A high performing team is one that works together …
Leaders Need to Get Excited About Diversity
It may be difficult for organizations to change their thinking, processes, or procedures without acceptance of these changes from the top. Leaders need to embrace their organization’s diversity, equity, and …
Utilizing Diversity to Support Growth
Several studies have demonstrated the benefits of supporting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, ranging from increasing your bottom line to attracting the best and top talent. We know our …
Being a Positive and Ethical Leader
We talk about being a positive and ethical leader a lot through our work with The I in Team Series. Being a positive and ethical leader has an immense impact …
The Importance of Culture in Organizations
Organizational culture is more important to your company’s long-term success than you may know. Most researchers agree that a large part of an organization’s success stems from its culture. But …
Leadership vs Management: What’s the Difference?
Leadership and management seem to be used interchangeably in the business world. However, they are not the same. Leaders and managers actually have different roles in an organization. Each is …
Scheduling Breaks in a Busy Day
Breaks throughout the work day are vital to all individual and team success. All individuals should aim to schedule one brain break every hour, or one brain break between every …
How to Create Organizational Structure
One of the most disruptive issues in small business is when there is a lack of organizational structure. When starting a business, it’s easy to think success will come naturally …