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Workplace Culture: Can Employees Speak Truth to Power?

Workplace Culture: Can Employees Speak Truth to Power?

A courageous way to lead that results in higher trust, loyalty, and morale (3 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Accountability, Feedback, Leadership, Mindset, Work Culture, Team BuildingGalen EmanueleApril 22, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Energy & Attitude Are Contagious

Energy & Attitude Are Contagious

Negativity and positivity both have big impact (2 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Accountability, Being a Better Employee, Career Development, Emotional Intelligence, Professional DevelopmentGalen EmanueleApril 15, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Separate the Person From the Behavior

Separate the Person From the Behavior

A handy coaching and feedback tool for keeping relationships intact (2 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Conflict, Feedback, AccountabilityGalen EmanueleApril 8, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Top 4 Qualities of Great Employees

Top 4 Qualities of Great Employees

Be these things as a coworker and human (3 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Mindset, Being a Better Employee, Communication, Conflict, Feedback, Hiring & Firing, Work CultureGalen EmanueleApril 1, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Lighten Up

Lighten Up

Is that even possible these days? Yes it is (4 min).

#culturedrop, Emotional Intelligence, Mindset, Professional DevelopmentGalen EmanueleMarch 25, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

How to Gently Approach Conflict

How to Gently Approach Conflict

A super quick, massively effective tool and simple language anyone can use (2 min).

#culturedrop, Communication, Conflict, FeedbackGalen EmanueleMarch 11, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Dealing with Problem Employees

Dealing with Problem Employees

If you keep the bad ones you lose the good ones (3 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Work Culture, Feedback, Firing People, Hiring & Firing, LeadershipGalen EmanueleMarch 4, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Commenting About Other People's Bodies

Commenting About Other People's Bodies

A useful guide for commenting about what other people look like. TLDR: Don’t (2 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Diversity & Inclusion, Communication, Work Culture, Being a Better Employee, Emotional Intelligence, FeedbackGalen EmanueleFebruary 25, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Addressing Gen Z Work Ethic & Expectations

Addressing Gen Z Work Ethic & Expectations

Setting expectations vs reacting to people not acting how we think they ‘should’ (3 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Leadership, Team Building, Diversity & Inclusion, Communication, Hiring & Firing, Productivity, Professional Development, Work CultureGalen EmanueleFebruary 18, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Don't Ever Humiliate or Embarrass Employees

Don't Ever Humiliate or Embarrass Employees

Praise in public, coach in private (3 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Communication, Leadership, Team Building, Work Culture, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, ConflictGalen EmanueleFebruary 11, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Being Unflappable is a Leadership Superpower

Being Unflappable is a Leadership Superpower

How, when, and why to be unflappable as a leader (5 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Mindset, Conflict, Communication, Leadership, Team Building, Work Culture, Emotional Intelligence, Navigating Change, Career DevelopmentGalen EmanueleFebruary 4, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Ending Silos & "Us vs Them" Teams

Ending Silos & "Us vs Them" Teams

How (and why) to build connection between functions and departments (3 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Mindset, Conflict, Diversity & Inclusion, Communication, Innovation, Leadership, Team Building, Work CultureGalen EmanueleJanuary 28, 2025Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #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