Following the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more industries are acclimating to remote and hybrid work environments. Studies indicate that employees are happier, more productive, and more satisfied with their jobs when they can work from home. Despite these benefits, managing a remote team comes with unique challenges for leadership. Managers can stay on top of
A career resolution is exactly what it sounds like: a resolution for your career intended to help you grow into a better professional. At Work It Daily, we believe that you need to work on your career every day (yes, you do, in fact, need to “work it daily”). So, everyone should make a career
Is the Great Resignation (and/or quiet quitting) still happening? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over four million workers have quit every month, creating an average employee turnover rate of ~47%, so the answer is yes. Some individuals are burnt out or looking for security or more money, but many just want to be
It’s that time of year again! Companies are setting goals and finalizing their business plans for the next 12 months. Business leaders might have high-level goals for their organization, but each team within the organization must have its own goals it wants to achieve to make the high-level goals a reality, and a detailed plan
A professional colleague told me that when people replace existing technology, either they are looking for a solution that does more for the same price that they are already paying, or for something that does the same as their current solution, but for a lower price. Since everybody’s computer already has a spreadsheet application on
One of the biggest issues in managing large, complex, or high-profile pieces of work including change and transformation projects is that you have to continually be on the lookout for, what I will call, half-baked problems or early warning signals that indicate challenges may be on their way—this while simultaneously leading, building, and delivering what
I will assume you believe people can make a bigger, faster difference toward success when engaged well and respectfully. No matter what you find on the ground when you arrive to help, people can solve problems faster when treated this way rather than when they are told, pushed, directed, and treated as dispensable. If you
Why do I talk to my team every day? In lean principles, many manufacturing teams have a daily management or “stand-up” meeting at the beginning of a shift. The purpose of this meeting is to have daily contact with employees, set objectives, review metrics, and simply communicate what is happening within the team. Common goals
“Try these three tips when creating your next organizational or corporate team,” says Catherine Mattiske, “and leave the frustration behind for good!” Groupthink Stinks. Don’t Hire People Like Yourself – Ever! — “Groupthink” occurs when group members feel forced to agree on a plan of action rather than provide constructive criticism, competing perspectives, or their
Whether you are writing software code, developing a CAD drawing, modifying a product or its tooling, and even editing a document, each time a copy is released from the governing task a revision is introduced. Controlling these various versions of a unit is critical to engineering success. Why would something as simple as knowing a
