Take advantage of off-site services
After ten years of research Harvard Business Review A performance-enhancing alternative for helping employees build meaningful collaborative networks is pointed out: Corporate offsite. Offsite working or corporate retreats are nothing new. However, recent research in Harvard Business Review provides the first visible evidence that they can be a powerful strategic tool for managers, allowing them to reshape employees' informal organizational networks to promote more ideas and expertise Knowledge sharing. Why choose another place? Collaborative networks, especially across departments, can improve individual and corporate performance. But when more employees are working from home or in hybrid environments, there are far fewer organic opportunities to build critical connections based on trust. Even in a shared office environment, organizational hierarchies and departments can cut off colleagues' opportunities to acquire diverse knowledge and complementary skills. Offsite events—company-sponsored, often multi-day events that bring employees together outside the office—bring about interactions that might not otherwise occur. Being offsite creates unique opportunities for employees to connect face-to-face,…
Do good deeds: great merit!
Listen to Audio I have been riding motorcycles for over 50 years; I ride for pure enjoyment. In 2013, I had the opportunity to complete one of the most important items on my motorcycle bucket list: a 32-day, 34-state, 13,000-mile solo motorcycle ride along the U.S. border. But before I started riding, I was introduced to The Boot Campaign, an organization founded by five Texas women whose mission is to provide support and services to active duty military personnel, veterans, and their families. Inspired by their commitment to giving back, and with a new sense of purpose, my ride became more than just a road trip. It became a personal mission to help people and organizations find meaningful ways to give back to the communities where they live, work, and gather. We know that giving back makes us feel better, but when we try to viscerally tie what we do and its value to the organization’s bottom line, we should…
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