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How well is your team aligned?

When projects fail, communication between team members is often the cause. The sales teams making promises to clients people in operations can not deliver. Website designs are created, but the performance and accessibility issues raised by developers are not addressed.

How do you know if silos exist in your company?

Silos exist in most larger groups. There is no way denying that. Sometimes these are beneficial, but most often than not, they hinder innovation, result in duplicated processes and slow down decision-making.

Human Capital vs Social Capital

Social capital is the connections you have, and the connections your connections have. Every connection is a link between two people. Imagine this link as an invisible string between people. However, the strength of this string depends on the mutual trust between the people.

3 ways to develop your team's social capital

A team's social capital is the cross-cutting relationships that exists between team members and with people outside the team. These relationships are unique resources in the form of knowledge, behavioral norms, and cognitive frameworks.

When does remote working causes stress?

Answering the question “Why are remote workers stressed” autonomy certainly plays a role. This is an aspect of work that managers can influence, compared to emotional stability, which is a personal characteristic and can change depending on the context.

5 reasons for asking others for help

We all have social capital. It's the relationships you have and the expertise and resources your connections have. What you (are able) to do with your social capital, depends on you. While everyone has it not everyone capitalizes on it. Often people do not realize that they can mobilize their

Team Tool Review: Slack

I have to come back to the issue of transparent communication Slack enables. For me, this is the key benefit Slack offers. A lot of team problems can be traced back to miscommunication. The reason for this is that people are not explicit about their thinking.

Managing teams under pressure

When you manage a group of people, and the pressure is on to perform, it is easy to fall into the trap and focus on the familiar and less risky.