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Pride and Progress: Celebrating LGBTIQ+ Inclusion at Work
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Pride and Progress: Celebrating LGBTIQ+ Inclusion at Work

Pride Month, observed annually in June, commemorates the Stonewall riots of 1969, a pivotal moment in the LGBTIQ+ rights movement. It serves as a time to celebrate the diverse identities within the LGBTIQ+ community, raise awareness about LGBTIQ+ rights and issues, and promote acceptance and inclusivity. How to Recognise and Celebrate Pride Month in the...

How to Plan & Host a Virtual Event in 2024
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How to Plan & Host a Virtual Event in 2024

Whilst bringing your team together for a face-to-face event may be the gold standard when it comes to building relationships and boosting engagement, we appreciate at times, this can be tricky. Organising a virtual event can overcome challenges such as geographical dispersion, travel restrictions, budget constraints and the need for flexibility in busy schedules. Leveraging...

How to Maximise the Effects of an Employee Engagement Survey
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How to Maximise the Effects of an Employee Engagement Survey

Companies invest significant resources in assessing employee performance, aiming to identify ways for workers to enhance their contributions to the business. The question is often “How can you help our business succeed?” However, an increasing number of employers are starting to realise the importance of flipping the question around, prioritising employee satisfaction by asking, “What...

Understanding Company Culture
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Understanding Company Culture

Building a thriving company culture is like cultivating a flourishing garden. It requires meticulous attention, nurturing, and a strategic approach to foster an environment where individuals thrive, collaborate and find purpose. A strong company culture isn’t just a buzzword – it’s the heartbeat of an organisation, shaping its identity, interactions and outcomes. Understanding Company Culture...

How To Make Team Bonding Activities Purposeful and Effective
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How To Make Team Bonding Activities Purposeful and Effective

There’s a lot of emphasis in today’s world on ensuring we create and maintain a cohesive team environment. We hear that having strong bonds within our team improves productivity and efficiency, as well as increases an individual’s job satisfaction levels, but how do we get to that point? An effective way to foster this sense...

Striving for Work-Life Balance: Strategies and Advantages
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Striving for Work-Life Balance: Strategies and Advantages

The concept of work-life balance isn’t new, yet achieving it seems increasingly challenging. Statistics reveal that 1 in 10 employees work over 50 hours weekly, which the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development deems as ‘very long hours’. This trend, coupled with our ‘time-poor’ reality, complicates the act of juggling multiple competing responsibilities and expectations....

Fun Team Building Games for Corporates 19
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Spaghetti Tower Marshmallow Challenge

The Marshmallow Tower Challenge is a simple team exercise that  is enjoyable but also encourages people to work together to practice problem solving , design thinking, resilience and agility.  It is simple to facilitate, with inexpensive simple materials. Duration: 20+ minutes (total timing depends on debrief time)  Note the original exercise allows 18 minutes, I...

7 Workplace Trends for 2024
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7 Workplace Trends for 2024

Nearly 2 months into 2024 and we hope you’ve hit the ground running! Before we say see ya to Summer and move forward into March, let’s take a look at the workplace trends for 2024 and what that means for you and your team. As you might expect, the workplace continues to change at a...