by Joe Espana | Sep 21, 2023 | Blog, Employee engagement, Leadership, Podcast
Let’s face it, tension or conflict in a team can pop its ugly head up from time to time. The issue is what to do about it. One of the essential responsibilities of team leaders in shaping the dynamics of a team is mediating team conflict when it arises. But...
by Joe Espana | Sep 8, 2023 | Blog, Employee engagement, Podcast
According to Gallups latest State of the Global Workplace 2023, only 23% of the world’s employees reported themselves as engaged at work. Wait a minute. It’s worse than that. The report finds that 59% are ‘quietly quitting’ and another 18% are doing this loudly. Which...
by Joe Espana | Aug 22, 2023 | Blog, Leadership, Podcast
Human beings are creatures of habit. And we all have our behavioural ‘comfort zone’. The problem is that people’s habits and behavioural comfort zone sometimes coincide and sometimes they are different. People’s reactions, whether positive, neutral or negative, are...
by Joe Espana | Aug 11, 2023 | Podcast, Teams
What emotions does the success of this team depend on? It’s a great question, seldom asked. The teams success is usually perceived as a combination of collective knowledge, skills and behaviours, agreed purpose and processes needed to perform. And they form part of...
by Joe Espana | Jul 28, 2023 | Employee engagement, Podcast
It seems a no-brainer, doesn’t it? Team leaders – at any level – will have a tremendous influence on the sense of engagement experienced by their team members. And yet the vast majority of employee engagement factors tend to be driven top down and HR led. They are...
