Productivity

With 275,000+ financial advisors in the U.S., how are you differentiating your business from the rest? The wealth management market is vast, with leading industry players boasting over 50,000 individual financial advisors. In a sea of sameness, your financial advisors …

Maybe you have virtual town halls quarterly, monthly, or even weekly to keep remote employees engaged and thriving. Workers report feeling more disconnected from workplaces now that many organizations are fully remote or hybrid; for example, new hires feel more …

Can you believe it’s time to think about 2023 sales kickoffs? It’s preparation time for 2023, and a premier event for any business is the annual sales kickoff. An ideal sales kickoff is a unique blend of celebration and planning, …

Preparing engaging content for your online event takes a lot of work. From preparing your presenters to crafting an agenda and timeline to ensuring speakers have the right materials, it’s a critical part of planning a successful webcast. A successful …

We’ve all been victim to the misery that is the “afternoon slump”. We’ve struggled through the slump, eyes heavy with fatigue, as we trudged to the office coffee pot, hopeful that a sweet cup of liquid caffeine would give us …

As more and more companies embrace the remote work approach, creating and sustaining a strong company culture is a must. Although it was once an afterthought and limited to bean bag chairs, happy hours, and fun office traditions, company culture has …

Between the global pandemic and a shift in employee preferences, the option to work from home is more desirable than ever. And, remote teams have been proven to be more productive than their in-office counterparts. 85% of businesses report that remote work has improved …

When you spend the bulk of your time in meetings, each meeting can start to blend into the next. Soon, at the pace you’re going, you feel like you don’t have time to set proper, focused goals for each meeting. …

If you don’t have much experience working remotely, making that change suddenly is jarring. Your routines, habits, and workflows are disrupted significantly. However, there’s good news. People with lots of remote work experience have shared their knowledge to help others …

As a global company, we know all too well what it’s like when a business is affected by a natural disaster or global crisis. Our teams are navigating a world where forest fires are commonplace and the threat of Coronavirus …

Did you know clinical psychologists have conducted hundreds of studies focused on workplace meetings? It makes sense: work is such an important part of our lives, and meetings are a big part of many jobs. It’s natural that researchers would want to …

It seems like every great thinker in history has something to say about habit. It’s no secret that today’s top leaders and achievers, including CEOs, rely on good habits to stay productive. Here are some of the greatest daily habits …

Brace yourself. You’re about to know exactly how much of your life you’re losing to email. If you’re an average professional, you check your email 15 times a day.  You then spend 64 seconds recovering from checking your email. Then you repeat that process. …

Even highly productive people end up wasting some time while they’re at work. We’re talking about inefficient communication. This includes excessive email back-and-forth, using too many communication apps, and the lack of full collaboration due to inadequate communication tools. Several major research studies …

Few people can cut through corporate inertia like Elon Musk. In particular, the eccentric billionaire has become known for candidly speaking his mind on the topic of productivity. Here are a few of his more salient suggestions. When a rule …

The alarm goes off. After struggling to get out of bed, employees are hit with another challenge: What is the appropriate outfit for today’s weather – outside and inside of the office? Not only is office temperature important for employee …

How many of you pile your plate high with to-do items, always keeping one eye open for new ways of tackling that workload more efficiently. How can we pack more accomplishments into our fleeting hours? As you are probably aware, productivity …

Fidget toys and other sensory gadgets are continually making waves around the world and in businesses today. Yes, we are also referring to the same ever-so-popular fidget spinners that broke the internet this year and eclipsed $1B in sales worldwide. …

I’ve got the Fourth Quarter Blues. And no, I’m not talking about the song – although it’s a pretty catchy tune. I’m talking about the all-hands-on-deck, end-of-year, home-stretch kind of fourth-quarter blues. That time of year when the calendar starts …

I’m sure everyone here is familiar with how hard it is to get work done when you’re feeling unmotivated. Call it laziness, procrastination or what have you, when motivation is lacking, work simply can’t be done. It’s easy to write …