The following is a guest post by Drake MacDonald. Drake’s brief experience in construction introduced him to the field’s many shortcomings. As an online writer and editor, he works to promote construction management education in the hopes of improving industry standards of communication and organization. In the construction business, it is crucial for supervisors and [...]
Tanveer Naseer has a thought-provoking post on his blog this week in which he emphasizes the importance of celebrating the traditions that define your firm’s workplace culture. He says company traditions are worthwhile because they: Make your organization stand out from the crowd, Foster a sense of shared identity, and Remind us of past challenges [...]
One of the more recent blogs I’ve started following to help me glean insights to share here is Achieving Business Excellence by John Spence. In fact last week I retweeted (shared, for those not versed in Twitter-speak) Spence’s post on three keys to employee engagement. Spence is author of Awesomely Simple: Essential Business Strategies for [...]
We all know NetFlix. They started out small here in California in 1997, and their domination of the online video rental space in less than 10 years forced longtime market leader Blockbuster into the defensive position of throwing "everything but the kitchen sink" at the company. I’ve been a NetFlix customer off and on since [...]
This week on Fast Company‘s FC Expert Blog, change leadership specialist Seth Kahan offers 11 lessons for scaling up your organization. When I looked over his list I noticed how dependent it is on a workplace culture characterized by strong team engagement activities. For example, Kahan says scaling up must be people and community focused. [...]
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