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Searching for work-life balance in the gig economy
MAY 30, 2024
I’ve been playing with different scenarios for being independent or an entrepreneur for a long time, but, until last October, I never got any further than taking on a side hustle as community...
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Boosting your emotional agility can make you happier at work
MAY 30, 2024
We spend a lot of time talking about agile software development, but agility and responsiveness to change affect a lot of other parts of our lives. What about optimizing our emotional agility?
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What HR managers can do to increase employee motivation
MAY 29, 2024
Employees are the most essential aspect of any successful business. The happier your employees are at work, the more efficient your business flow will be — it’s as simple as that. However, in order...
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Self-leadership skills required for a remote team
MAY 29, 2024
As I work with IT companies most of the time, I get asked this question a lot by managers in those companies, especially if the company is transforming to agile ways of working. To those of you who...
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Occupational Burnout: We all have it. Now what do we do?
MAY 29, 2024
To paraphrase Emily Dickinson, I am burnt out. You are burnt out too. That is a good way to summarize Jessica Rose’s self-sustainability talk at this year’s Monkigras conference in London. In fact,...
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Five Reasons You Should Encourage Employees Flexible Work Schedule
MAY 28, 2024
Today’s flexible schedule is different than it was in the past. Instead of giving employees an extra hour in the morning to replace a lost hour in the afternoon, companies have started introducing...
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A call for corporate empathy: Gratitude in the workplace
MAY 28, 2024
Most conversations in large organisations around gratitude start and end with a pat on the back to prove they have a caring company culture. However, unfortunately, compassion, forgiveness, caring...
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Marketing for Entrepreneurs: Developing a Mindset for Success
MAY 28, 2024
Small business owners really do have to do it all. From brainstorming new products or services to handling customer service gone wrong, an owner is involved in every step of the process.
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How To Create A Company Culture That Motivates Employees
MAY 28, 2024
There are many ways to measure the success of a company including sales growth, rate of territory expansion, and more. However, one essential measure of success is, in fact, very difficult to measure...
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How to organize your life
MAY 27, 2024
Your happiness is dependent on motivations that are unique to you, but a common thread that science says we all share are the benefits of being organized. A study conducted at UCLA concluded that...