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5 tips on how team bonding can assist to build a solid company culture

Strategy Driven

Research also supports this as a LinkedIn survey shows that 65% of employees would work for a lesser pay and forgo a fancy job title rather than deal with a bad work environment. Team bonding activities are one way to bring employees together on a personal level. Team bonding is critical to building a highly collaborative culture.

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Artificial Persuasion: The Invisible Brand

Leading Blog

A survey of 4500 people in 2017 by Forrester Research found that some 36 percent of adults say they actually prefer using digital customer service—including bots—over interacting with a human.”. Increasingly, people are creating emotional bonds with AI-powered machines.

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Building Teamwork: 6 Proven Strategies

Chart Your Course

New office furniture, a high-end coffee machine or a team-building lunch will all be seen as a bond-promoting thank you. One way of getting feedback is by using surveys. Use your existing Internet portal or the company intranet to create survey questions. Co-Operation. Have Clear Roles and Responsibilities.

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Use This Checklist for a Ten Point Management Team Check Up

The Practical Leader

What percent of your team time is spent on Technical (dealing with technical issues, product/service reviews, applying expertise), Management (operational reviews, information updates, analysis and planning), and Leadership (people discussions/decisions, vision/values/culture, “soft skills” development)?

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The Most Desirable Employee Benefits

Harvard Business Review

According to Glassdoor’s 2015 Employment Confidence Survey, about 60% of people report that benefits and perks are a major factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. The survey also found that 80% of employees would choose additional benefits over a pay raise.

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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business Review

A recent Navigant survey found that U.S. hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture.

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What We Can Learn from One of the World’s Most-Mocked Cars

Harvard Business Review

The car’s interior was cramped and uncomfortable, and the steering wheel–mounted gearbox required exceptional dexterity to operate. The Trabant was so full of blatant faults, so lacked functional appeal, that it actually inspired a peculiar emotional bond in its owners. airlines in 2015 was the highest since 2000.