A best friend at work?
The simple answer is performance. Our research has repeatedly shown a concrete link between having a best friend at work and the amount of effort employees expend in their job.
The simple answer is performance. Our research has repeatedly shown a concrete link between having a best friend at work and the amount of effort employees expend in their job.
It’s the age old issue- the head office gets all the cool perks, whilst the satellite offices feel like they’re left with the remnants (if they receive anything at all). It is hard. How do you build and create belonging amongst teams that work remotely.
Ask someone who doesn’t know the team or the workplace to do a walk through. Ask them to observe what they saw about the environment the way that people interacted with each other, what the general ‘feel’ was.
Cultural fit (or lack thereof) is one of the key reasons that employees don’t work out. So it makes sense that when you’re recruiting you’re conscious of this.
So much conflict – what can I do? It is one of the questions that I get asked most often: how do I stop conflict
He has a nice model that summarises their characteristics with some suggested approaches for managing or leading each one.. It’s worth the read as it makes some good points, and no doubt you’ll recognise teams you have worked (or work?) in.
Ultimately – it depends on what you are trying to achieve with the discipline system. If it’s about getting rid of an employee, it’s a long and painful way to achieve that. If it’s about effecting change – it rarely works, at least in the long term.
Who does what, and how much is often a source of malcontent in teams. Being aware of this bias is a helpful first step. Researchers suggest that a first step to dealing with this conflict is to estimate the other person’s contribution BEFORE comparing it to your own or the rest of the team’s.
What are the elements of a high performing team? And how do you get there if you have a team which is not performing well? These are questions that get asked often as people struggle with how to maximise productivity and cohesion of a team (old or new)!
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