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Effective teamwork in the office doesn’t happen by chance. The fate of an organisation can rise and fall based on the ability of its people to work together. Even with a team of individual superstars, there’s no guarantee they will function as a cohesive unit. Business researchers have spent years trying to decipher the magic formula for building high-performing teams. They’...

Are you Happy with your job? That's a question that can be defined in many ways. Is it being liked by your fellow peers? Is it the feeling of being content when a project is done successfully? Is it being congratulated by your boss frequently on a job well done? These questions are some of which people fail to seek answers for. So let's begin with a definition of "happiness"...

Clear expectations and on-going communication are keys to evaluating new recruits. A recent study by Leadership IQ found that 46% of new hires don’t work out within the first 18 months on the job. Most of these employees leave because of cultural or interpersonal mismatches, rather than a lack of technical expertise. With these low rates of success, getting your new hires of...

Here are some of those special traits that make a team member stand out. You’ve likely encountered this in your career: a job candidate or employee who has a special something that makes them stand out. It’s not a technical skill or something on their CV, but an X factor that makes them an extraordinary team member. These are the kinds of professionals we all want in our org...