Leadership Guidance

Team building is an absolutely vital ingredient to any team’s success, and it’s not just because we want our reports or team members to get along and to know each other better. Indeed, those are two important aspects of why team building is important. But there are so many other reasons why building a foundation …

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Over the last few years, corporations around the world have finally warmed up to the idea that diversity in the workplace is important. What once was something simply relegated to HR is now sometimes a whole department at Fortune 500 companies, and it’s a beautiful thing to see. The trick here is of course selling …

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Time and time again, we’ve learned that employees perform at their highest aptitude when they’re happy. In one study conducted by The Social Foundation back in 2015, participants were given “happiness shocks” – a fun 10-minute surprise that ranged from candy to a funny comedy video throughout the day. The subjects that received the happiness …

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Despite a weird and challenging last year, many businesses are recognizing a shift in growth opportunities thanks to the changing world of work. Remote work has become the norm, as have distributed working teams. With work/life boundaries being blurred by Zoom, workers are compelled (and in the best cases, empowered) to bring their full potential …

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Welp, we’ve made it to the one-year mark. 2020 will go down in the history books – a raging global pandemic, a massive economic recession, a worldwide reckoning of systemic racism and the urgency of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and a relentlessly exhausting U.S. election cycle. Through it all, how we work has come into sharp …

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At the start of 2020, our team was planning an aggressive educational campaign around remote work best practices. We had learned a *lot* about how to do it right through our experience building Sandy remotely, and we saw a growing trend of top-tier talent going freelance and leaving cities for greener/cheaper/more spacious pastures. If we …

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Everything you’ve read in the news about how freelancers are taking over the work world is true. The flexibility to work on projects they’re passionate about (when and where they want to) is drawing senior-level talent away from the rigid lifestyle of 9-5 jobs. Skill at scale The highlights of the recent Freelancing in America …

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Show of hands: who loves working remote? Now, another show of hands: who loves working with remote team members? We all love the flexibility of being able to work wherever we want – whether that’s to travel, spend more time with our families, or skip an insane commute – but when it comes to working …

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I spent more than a decade in the #agencylife, and… I loved it. I loved the thrill of a pitch, the insane camaraderie that’s fueled by shared deadlines and desk wine, and the feeling of building something larger than I could ever do on my own. I worked in big agencies and small boutiques, and …

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