Building a high-performing team
How do you build a high-performing team? Even the clearest business vision is lost without the right people in place. You certainly can’t build a high-performing team just by hiring a few people with glowing resumes. This holds true whether yours is an organization of five or 5,000, multinational or local. You can’t achieve your…
Expand the Circle: A Q&A with author and enlightened leader Matt Poepsel, PhD
In his new book, Expand the Circle, PI’s Matt Poepsel has a solution for ineffective and outdated leadership. Learn more in our Q&A.
Living the green dream: A view from the PI Office Olympics pedestal
Nobody approached this “return to office” request with a sense of obligation. We were here to connect with colleagues, sure, but also to compete.
The 5 communication styles and how to use them effectively
Understanding the different communication styles of our team members builds trust, improves interpersonal skills, and enables efficient and effective decision making.
The signs of micromanaging: How to spot them, so you can stop them
Micromanagement fuels resentment and negativity—and who wants to work in an office like that? True leaders are constantly seeking to improve themselves, which means enhancing their self-awareness.
5 best practices for running an effective catch-up meeting
Meetings are essential to a team’s communication, collaboration, and effectiveness. But with so many different kinds of meetings out there, from one-on-one meetings to all hands meetings, how do you know which one is the most effective for your needs?
Perception bias: How to recognize and avoid it (with workplace examples)
Perception bias influences how we perceive people based on their race, gender, age, and much more, and if left unchecked, it can lead us to make poor decisions based on stereotypes and assumptions.
A new frontier: What HR teams should know about AI in the workplace
Companies are playing perpetual catch-up when it comes to understanding not only who’s using AI tools, but the ramifications of how they’re using them.
5 psychological safety exercises to improve mental health and engagement
Learn how to incorporate psychological safety exercises into your team-building efforts to improve communication, collaboration, and cohesion.
A human energy crisis: How you can help your most important resource recharge
What does a human energy crisis mean for the world of work? It’s a question that is becoming top of mind for business leaders everywhere.
Using the core principles of adaptive leadership to help navigate change
Change can be hard and messy – and it’s often not a choice. So how does a leader guide their people through unforeseen circumstances and complex problems?
Transformational leadership: How to inspire innovation
Transformational leaders inspire their team by living their own ideals—the “do as I say, not as I do” managerial mantra has no place within the organizations and teams they lead.