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Quit Your Job If It's Time To Go

Quit Your Job If It's Time To Go

If you're miserable (and making others miserable too) then gift yourself a good goodbye (3 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Career DevelopmentGalen EmanueleMay 30, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

How to Have a Difficult Conversation With Your Boss

How to Have a Difficult Conversation With Your Boss

Especially useful for bosses who are difficult to have difficult conversations with (8 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Communication, Conflict, FeedbackGalen EmanueleMay 23, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Increase Input & Participation From Your Whole Team (Not Just Extroverts)

Increase Input & Participation From Your Whole Team (Not Just Extroverts)

Some specific methods of how to get input from everyone on the team (3 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Feedback, LeadershipGalen EmanueleMay 16, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Better Relationships: Responding Well to Mistakes

Better Relationships: Responding Well to Mistakes

The way you respond when people prove to be imperfect is vital to your relationships (2 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Accountability, Communication, Feedback, LeadershipGalen EmanueleMay 9, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Navigating Diversity & DEI: Own Your Behavior

Navigating Diversity & DEI: Own Your Behavior

A really key, personal element to DEI (5 min).

#culturedrop, Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, Diversity & Inclusion, MindsetGalen EmanueleMay 2, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

How to Make Decisions as a Team

How to Make Decisions as a Team

A model to make decisions as a team faster and more effectively (5 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Feedback, Leadership, Innovation, Navigating Change, ProductivityGalen EmanueleApril 25, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Dealing With People Who "Always Forget" Things at Work

Dealing With People Who "Always Forget" Things at Work

A useful hack when it’s important to be clear on what was said, heard, and understood. (3 min).

#culturedrop, CommunicationGalen EmanueleApril 18, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Authority Isn’t Leadership

Authority Isn’t Leadership

Distinguishing a vital difference between authority and leadership (2 min).

#culturedrop, Leadership, MindsetGalen EmanueleApril 11, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Communication Tips for Remote Work

Communication Tips for Remote Work

Simple tips to help avoid communication pitfalls on remote teams (4 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Remote Work, ConflictGalen EmanueleApril 4, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

How to Engage Gen Z & Younger Employees

How to Engage Gen Z & Younger Employees

How to leverage Gen Z talent and engage younger employees meaningfully (5 min).

#culturedrop, Leadership, Communication, Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion, Career DevelopmentGalen EmanueleMarch 28, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

The ROI of Exceptional Workplace Culture

The ROI of Exceptional Workplace Culture

8 ways that exceptional workplace culture pays massive dividends (6 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Productivity, Work Culture, Team BuildingGalen EmanueleMarch 21, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Productivity Is Tied To Appreciation

Productivity Is Tied To Appreciation

A nugget of truth to increase productivity on your team (1 min).

#culturedrop, Leadership, Productivity, Team Building, Work CultureGalen EmanueleMarch 14, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Do's and Don'ts of Remote Work & Culture

Do's and Don'ts of Remote Work & Culture

A smattering of ideas to improve the remote work experience for all (5 min).

#culturedrop, Hiring & Firing, InterviewsGalen EmanueleMarch 7, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

5 Easy Ways to Build Trust as a Leader

5 Easy Ways to Build Trust as a Leader

Easy tips for any leader to build trust with their team (4 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Feedback, Leadership, Work Culture, Team Building, AccountabilityGalen EmanueleFebruary 28, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Change Agility: Moving Forward In Ambiguity

Change Agility: Moving Forward In Ambiguity

You have to be able to move your team forward, even when there’s uncertainty (3 min).

#culturedrop, Innovation, Leadership, Mindset, Navigating ChangeGalen EmanueleFebruary 21, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Stand Out to Attract Better Talent

Stand Out to Attract Better Talent

A simple tip to stand out amongst a sea of companies hiring right now (3 min).

#culturedrop, Hiring & Firing, InterviewsGalen EmanueleFebruary 14, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Boost Employee Morale: Scrap These 4 Things

Boost Employee Morale: Scrap These 4 Things

Four things that I would abolish in every company right now (3 min).

#culturedrop, Leadership, Navigating Change, Feedback, Work CultureGalen EmanueleFebruary 7, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

How to Develop & Promote Future Leaders from Within

How to Develop & Promote Future Leaders from Within

How to use internal development to retain talent & strengthen culture (5 min).

#culturedrop, Being a Better Employee, Career Development, Feedback, Leadership, Professional DevelopmentGalen EmanueleJanuary 31, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Using Curiosity vs. Judgement

Using Curiosity vs. Judgement

A simple EQ hack for building bridges instead of burning them (4 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Communication, Conflict, Feedback, MindsetGalen EmanueleJanuary 24, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Don't Ignore These Job Search Red Flags

Don't Ignore These Job Search Red Flags

What you see is what you’ll get (2 min).

#culturedrop, Interviews, Emotional Intelligence, Work Culture, Hiring & FiringGalen EmanueleJanuary 17, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop