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Evolution of a company retreat: from product updates to breaking bread

Workable

“I think the idea is mostly popularized with companies with a lot of remote employees who needed to meet with each other once or twice a year,” Nikos explains, noting that in the beginning, it was simply a product summit with all hands on deck every three to six months. Then, [in 2015], it was something like 40-50 of us – not all in Greece.

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6 Ways to Deal with Poor Performers and How To Help Them Improve

Hppy

In fact, a 2015 World Bank report highlighted the intention and difficulties of companies to hire adequately skilled workers for blue and white collar jobs. Besides that, you also have to show that it’s more beneficial for the company to groom them into better and more productive team players than forcing them to plan their retirement.

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Unleashing the Power of Play: How Having Fun at Work Boosts Morale

Terryberry

Some events, like team-building exercises or puzzle-type activities, can help inspire creativity and encourage the development of new ideas. Fosters Team Building Team building is crucial to building friendships at work. In some instances, productivity increased by as much as 20%.

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Book Summary & Review — Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton

Workplace Psychology

“Working to make team members feel understood, accepted, and secure is an extraordinary team-bonding opportunity. Research leaves not the slightest doubt that it’s also a powerful productivity booster. Microaggressions are biases that reveal themselves in often subtle ways and leave people feeling uncomfortable or insulted.

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People Analytics and HR-Tech Reading List

Littal Shemer

It is primarily focused on examples related to the analysis of people and talent, and includes a step-by-step guide and easily reproducible examples and code so that the methods can be put into practice immediately” The Science of Dream Teams: How Talent Optimization Can Drive Engagement, Productivity, and Happiness Mike Zani (2021).

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Evolution of a company retreat: from product updates to breaking bread

Workable

“I think the idea is mostly popularized with companies with a lot of remote employees who needed to meet with each other once or twice a year,” Nikos explains, noting that in the beginning, it was simply a product summit with all hands on deck every three to six months. Then, [in 2015], it was something like 40-50 of us – not all in Greece.

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15 HR Analytics Case Studies with Business Impact

Analytics in HR

On March 13 2015, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled: “The Algorithm That Tells the Boss Who Might Quit”. According to the report , productivity has also improved while recruitment cost have fallen. Nielsen created a similar predictive model back in 2015. 15 HR Analytics Case Studies.