Many companies are drawn to the idea of giving back to the community. But cause-related activities don’t just benefit the needy. They are also good for your team. Here are three ways volunteering helps you build a great company. Volunteerism is Good for Your Employees. In his 2009 book Drive, author [...]
A manager’s job is leading a team to complete projects, right? That’s just a fraction of it. A much bigger—and much more important—part of this role is engaging employees. It’s not enough for managers to manage. They need to be coaches. Author and leadership coach Doug Silsbee points out that coachi [...]
What are your plans for Thanksgiving? If you work at one of the growing number of businesses that plans to stay open or open early for Black Friday, you’re more likely to be stocking shelves or ringing up customers than watching football and wondering if the turkey is done. (It needs to reach 170ºF [...]
Download the infographic. There’s a big learning curve when it comes to global communications. As your audience expands, so does the number of variables you need to keep in mind. After years of experience creating and launching global campaigns for Hilton Worldwide, HP, and more, we’ve learned a thi [...]
When it comes to your employees, what’s the difference between four hours and seven hours of sleep? What about a few more points of cholesterol, or 20 extra heartbeats per minute? The difference is huge, says a recent study from the Gallup Business Journal. According to the study, poor employee well [...]
Effective employee recognition can drive performance, increase retention, and impact your bottom line. And it doesn’t have to take a lot of money—or planning. Check out these 20 creative, thoughtful, and low- or no-cost ideas that leaders can use to give employees the recognition they deserve. 1. Re [...]
Succeeding in business is about more than numbers: It’s about people. When you build a team that believes in your goals as deeply as you do, you’re working toward one of the most crucial ingredients to your success: Employee engagement. Employee engagement happens when your team’s beliefs align with [...]
September through February, you can always find us doing one of these two things: discussing ads or arguing about football. The Super Bowl is an exciting time for us because it puts our two favorite things on a grand stage. Football’s over (our Production Manager, Jan, was right about the Ravens—who [...]
Our VP of Creative Services, Saul Torres, has over 20 years of experience reviewing portfolios from students across the country. He taught at Texas A&M Commerce and Southern Methodist University, and he was in charge of the Dallas Society of Communications Student Show. He also earned a Master o [...]
In a recent New York Times article, Jim Whitehurst, president and chief executive of Red Hat, gave his thoughts on employee engagement and social media. As an open-source technology provider, the company is no stranger to the concept of online collaboration and idea sharing. So the idea of using soc [...]