Posts in Productivity
Building Effective Teams with the Team Bill of Rights Tool
Providing team members with a sense of Belonging is probably the most important element of fostering unity on a team. A sense of Belonging begins with three basic rights: to be treated with respect, to be heard, and to feel safe trying ideas (even if they fail). Use this Team Bill of Rights tool to help your team define how it will ensure these needs are met...for everyone.
11 Workplace Behavior-Changing Tips for the New Year
New Year, New You! With bellies full and spirits high, we ride into the new year on a wave of optimism. It’s a time for new beginnings, clean slates, and finally purchasing that gym membership that’s been sitting in your Groupon cart. In the New Year, we at Media Partners strive to become better versions of ourselves at work-- starting with the way we think. From challenging our “Rebuttal Brain” to something as simple as sharing a smile, we’ve identified 11 Success Behaviors for the New Year.
How to Apply the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to Your Workplace
Stephen Covey’s stories, examples and lessons on good communication habits in the workplace continue to benefit organizational leaders in the 21st century.
Empowerment in the Workplace: Encouraging Talent, Energy & Commitment
Empowerment is a natural byproduct when organizations make an effort to inspire the talent, energy and commitment of all employees. This begins by hiring a diverse workforce and then encouraging their creativity, ideas, and participation at work.
Common Courtesy Through the Lens of Common Decency
Workplace training can provide a brief refresher for team members who need to brush up on their manners.
Accentuate the POSITIVE - Free Activity
When it comes to creating a positive workplace, the things we say and the way we say them make a difference. This free activity shows how to accentuate the positive when communicating.
Is Good Enough? Infographic
99.9% is often considered as close to perfect as possible. But...when it comes to customer and employee safety and satisfaction...maybe even 99.9% isn't "good enough". This infographic provides a few examples of what would happen if 99.9% were the acceptable level of excellence.
Three Ways to Spot Bad Work Ethics . . . Starting with Post-Its
Unethical work behaviors comes big and small, but even the small behaviors will eventually have a big impact.
Ten Talking Points to Get your Team’s Creative Juices Flowing
Some think creativity belongs to artists and musicians — that it can’t be found in an office. How wrong they are. Team building depends on group creativity.
4 Steps to Building Productive Teams
Teamwork videos and training for managers and team members can help people get motivated to work together and can teach them skills for building productive teams
