teamwork
3 ways to approach goal setting as a team (and actually enjoy the process)
When a triathlon starts with the swim leg of the race, all the athletes rush into the water at once, stirring up sand and sediment until the ocean is a messy, brown version of its former clear self. Wading into the waters of goal setting as a team often feels the same way—rushed and murky.
How to shorten your feedback loops (and reduce your team’s stress)
You’re working on a project — let’s say it’s a presentation to introduce a new initiative at your company. What is a feedback loop? A feedback loop is a system that collects, synthesizes, and responds to information in order to produce a higher quality outcome. In short, it’s what collaboration with your team should look […]
How to facilitate your best offsite meeting ever
Offsite meetings don’t need a fancy venue or catered lunch to succeed. Successful offsites need thoughtful facilitation that emphasizes the human factor.
7 weird ways to help combat hermit habits as a remote worker
It happens to even the most experienced remote workers. Actually, it happens especially to those who have worked from home for a while.
Career development planning for the intellectually curious
How to make sure you create a career development plan that sets you up for success, including the Start, Stop, Continue method and T-shaped professionals.
Working with extroverts (written by an actual extrovert)
Here’s my dirty little work secret: I like meetings. Especially ones that show up on my calendar last minute. Ones with no agenda or structure. The meetings that start with 11 minutes of chatter and go well past their time slot. Conversations that dip and weave through different topics, finding their way home after looping […]
Why work friends are good for you, and the science to support it
Should you keep your work and your personal life separate?
Your ultimate guide to successful stakeholder management
Leading a new project at your company? Here’s how to effectively collaborate with everyone on your team – and why it’s essential to do it.
What I wish my boss understood about neurodiversity
How one programmer’s autism diagnosis at 54 will call into question your understanding of neurodiversity
Debate: can extroverts succeed at working remotely?
Ashley is a marketer at Atlassian, and she normally works in one of our offices. Sarah is a writer at Atlassian, and she’s been working 100% remote for more than a year. Ashley is about to participate in an experiment in which her team will work remotely for a month. She’s convinced she’ll be miserable, or […]
Surprisingly effective ways to hack open office spaces
Open-plan offices are as polarizing as politics. Firmly believing they don’t have to suck, we turned the conventional approach upside down. Here’s the result.
If you want an open company culture, start this one habit
Read on for research-backed ways that you can expect your workplace culture to change if you implement internal blogging.
Why is speaking up at work important?
We’ve all been there. You want to pitch an idea or offer a difference-making piece of constructive criticism to your team. But the second you get ready to chime in, you… stay quiet. You’re not alone. Speaking up in general, let alone at work, is tricky for most, if not all, of us. According to […]
6 science-approved ways to improve any workspace
You don’t have to be an office manager to create an enjoyable and productive workplace for you and your team.
Why knowledge sharing will transform your company culture
It may sound simple, but the way we share knowledge has massive impacts.