Improving Your Communication Skills One Word At A Time

Improving communication skills, especially for technical professionals, is crucial for effective collaboration, conveying ideas, and building relationships. In this week's blog post we discuss some strategies for improving your communication.

Statistics Show That Culture Matters

Don’t take our word for it that culture matters. Look at the statistics and what they are telling us in 2022. In today’s audio blog, we discuss what these statistics tell us and how culture is shaping the future of work and ways of working.

How Important Is it to Use the Word Agile?

If you have to tell me that you have accomplished something over and over, you probably need to rethink your approach. The same is true with overusing the word agile to describe where your organization is on its journey. We can create great agile organizations without ever using the word.

The Even Uglier Truth Behind Employee Monitoring

Quiet quitting only tips the iceberg when we see articles like the investigation from The New York Times telling us that employee monitoring is on the rise. The culture of a workplace is built on trust. Without it you are left with those who have to work for you not those who want to work with you.

The Ugly Truth Behind Quiet Quitting

The term quiet quitting flew to the top of the buzzword charts practically overnight. It has been featured in all of the major news outlets and even on Tik Tok. But what does it mean? And is it a good thing or a bad thing? Agility for All deconstructs what it means to us - the ugly truth in too many workplace cultures.

Too Many Meetings and What To Do About It

Our founder issues her annual reduce meetings challenge. Her real hope is that some day she doesn't have to talk about this because everyone will get it. Just stop with the all day meetings.

How Do We Get the Quiet People To Talk?

Today’s audio blog comes from the trenches. One team lead, after being told by leadership that everyone needs to be included, asked this question. How do I get the quiet ones to speak up in meetings? It is a bigger question. How do you create a culture of inclusion? Today we start a discussion on that topic.

The Power of Liftoff

Kickoffs are often abused and useless exercises just to tick a box to say you started a project. But a Liftoff brings the team together on Purpose, Alignment, and Context to create a powerful bond between team members from day one.

The Story of the Remote Control

Have you ever looked at your remote control? Do you know what even half of the buttons do? Tech geeks no need to reply. How many of the buttons do you or the general public use? Where did this go so wrong that the remote control is 80% low value items? What do you do in your team to ensure this doesn't happen?

Burning Brightly, Sustainably

A study conducted during the pandemic, looking at the experience of remote office workers, has shown a marked increase of 55% in chat and video interactions, with the biggest rise of 23% being outside of conventional office hours. While more flexible remote working can be a great benefit, it seems people are struggling to balance commitments, with many reporting that the working day has stretched to as much as 14 hours in length. It’s perhaps unsurprising to note that stress-related conditions such as burnout are also on the rise.


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