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Posts tagged #culturedrop

Two Day Procrastination Trick

Two Day Procrastination Trick

A simple trick designed to help pull you out from under too many to-dos (2 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Being a Better Employee, Mindset, ProductivityGalen EmanueleJanuary 21, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Hire the Person, Not the Resume

Hire the Person, Not the Resume

Hiring decisions have a huge impact on teams, culture, and business success (3 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Hiring & Firing, Interviews, Leadership, Team BuildingGalen EmanueleJanuary 14, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Navigating Conflict in a Better Way

Navigating Conflict in a Better Way

A simple tip anyone can use to navigate conflict in a more productive way (5 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Communication, ConflictGalen EmanueleJanuary 7, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

It's Ok to Be a Contradiction

It's Ok to Be a Contradiction

It’s possible to be two seemingly different things at once (3 min).

#culturedrop, Mindset, Emotional Intelligence, Professional DevelopmentGalen EmanueleDecember 17, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

A Phrase to Create More Peace in Your Life

A Phrase to Create More Peace in Your Life

Do your strong opinions cost you peace? (4 min).

#culturedrop, Mindset, Emotional Intelligence, Professional DevelopmentGalen EmanueleDecember 10, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

The 5 Tenets of Improv & "Yes And"

The 5 Tenets of Improv & "Yes And"

The magic that makes improv work, and may also change your life (5 min).

#culturedrop, Mindset, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Career Development, Professional Development, Navigating Change, Saying YesGalen EmanueleDecember 3, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Make People Feel Valued

Make People Feel Valued

It's not rocket science, it's so simple and doesn't cost a cent (2 min).

#culturedrop, Mindset, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Feedback, Productivity, Team Building, Work CultureGalen EmanueleNovember 19, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Build Trust & Relationships With This Brilliant Phrase

Build Trust & Relationships With This Brilliant Phrase

"If it bothers you, it bothers me." (2 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Mindset, Communication, Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, LeadershipGalen EmanueleNovember 12, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Self Improvement & Self Kindness

Self Improvement & Self Kindness

Basically don't go easy on yourself, but go easy on yourself (3 min).

#culturedrop, Professional Development, Career Development, Accountability, Mindset, ProductivityGalen EmanueleNovember 5, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Leaders Need Conflict & Feedback Mastery

Leaders Need Conflict & Feedback Mastery

Leaders that are weak at navigating conflict or feedback are a huge liability (2 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Feedback, Leadership, Professional Development, Career Development, ConflictGalen EmanueleOctober 29, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Self Awareness: The Art of Not Sharing an Opinion

Self Awareness: The Art of Not Sharing an Opinion

The simple act of knowing when not to share an opinion (2 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Mindset, Communication, Feedback, Leadership, Professional DevelopmentGalen EmanueleOctober 22, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Mental Resiliency: Not Getting Worked Up

Mental Resiliency: Not Getting Worked Up

A simple tip to help avoid jostling your peace of mind (2 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Mindset, Navigating ChangeGalen EmanueleOctober 15, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Improve Your Hiring Process to Attract Talent

Improve Your Hiring Process to Attract Talent

So many companies have a horrible hiring process, here's some ways to improve it (4 min).

#culturedrop, Leadership, Work Culture, Hiring & Firing, Interviews, Q + AGalen EmanueleOctober 8, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Zero Tolerance Policy for Office Gossip & Badmouthing

Zero Tolerance Policy for Office Gossip & Badmouthing

Gossip and trash talk is cancerous to workplace culture (3 min).

#culturedrop, Leadership, Work Culture, Conflict, Firing People, Accountability, Team BuildingGalen EmanueleOctober 1, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

5 Tips for Better Brainstorming Meetings

5 Tips for Better Brainstorming Meetings

A handful of useful tips and tricks for more effective brainstorming meetings (5 min).

#culturedrop, Leadership, Work Culture, Being a Better Employee, Communication, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, ProductivityGalen EmanueleSeptember 24, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

A Simple Way to Improve Accountability & Team Culture

A Simple Way to Improve Accountability & Team Culture

It makes so much sense that you'll wonder why you hadn't thought of it before (4 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Professional Development, Team Building, Work CultureGalen EmanueleSeptember 17, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

How to Have a Difficult or Sensitive Conversation

How to Have a Difficult or Sensitive Conversation

A gentle step-by-step approach to effectively have a difficult conversation (5 min).

#culturedrop, Conflict, Being a Better Employee, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, Communication, Career DevelopmentGalen EmanueleSeptember 10, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Can't Be Here for the Haters

Can't Be Here for the Haters

We can't run teams (and our lives) catering to the loudest negative voices (4 min).

#culturedrop, Mindset, Conflict, Being a Better Employee, Work Culture, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, LeadershipGalen EmanueleSeptember 3, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Pulling Yourself Out of a Funk

Pulling Yourself Out of a Funk

A trick I use to pull myself out of the swamp when everything is going wrong (2 min).

#culturedrop, Mindset, ConflictGalen EmanueleAugust 27, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

5 Ways to Level Up Your Career

5 Ways to Level Up Your Career

My list of 5 'musts' to level up your career, regardless of your role or industry (5 min).

#culturedrop, Career Development, Professional Development, Mindset, Being a Better Employee, ConflictGalen EmanueleAugust 20, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop