Enviable Workplace: Company Culture Insights

Employer Value Proposition? Get real!

Enviable Workplace — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:49:34 +0000

Teresa Collis is a Senior Consultant of Talent Acquisition at Siemens AG in Munich. Over the last couple months she has been writing down her experience and thoughts on avoiding the common pitfalls of trying to measure an Employers Value Proposition (EVP) – a term coined in early 2006 to explain the “rewards and benefits that are [...]

How can you get physical space to work for you?

Andy Partridge — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:37:22 +0000

Interior design tips for creating Enviable Workspace

Guest Blogger Emma Trachtenberg: Gen Y on Emotional Intelligence in the Digital Age

Enviable Workplace — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:55:51 +0000

Earlier this month, we asked Emma Trachtenberg, a Gen Y in her early 20s, to come to the EQ Summit and give some raw feedback on what she thought about all the talk on emotional intelligence. Specifically, we were interested how leaders and managers could use EQ insights to keep other Gen Ys, like Emma, motivated [...]

Three Essential Elements for Powerful Workplace Team Huddles

Enviable Workplace — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:00:03 +0000

It’s no big secret here at EW we are big fans of Zappos culture. Today, culture hacker and former Zappos Insights Culture Evangelist, Donavon Roberson, explains in detail how to run team huddles – or Team Zuddles (Zappos Huddle). If you have any fantastic huddle tips, please add them in the comments. Enter Donavon Roberson: An [...]

Use emotional intelligence to lower workplace anxiety w/ Martyn Newman

Filip Matous — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:00:54 +0000

Ever hear someone use discrediting vocabulary like “pink and fluffy” when describing emotional intelligence? The reality is that there is a hard case for tangible organisational and financial returns when companies develop their EQ. Tomorrow, EW will be interviewing and covering insights from London’s 2012 Leadership & Emotional Intelligence Summit. Dr Paul Ekman, a world-leading psychologist, along with our [...]

Case Study: Zappos’ Company Culture Delivers Happiness

Filip Matous — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:03:30 +0000

Interview with Jenn Lim, the CEO of Delivering Happiness, a company that she and Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos) co-created in 2010 to inspire happiness in work, community and everyday life. We caught up with her to ask what some tangible results of a enviable company culture can be and why they offer 4,000 USD to [...]

On Organisational Culture: Avoid Project Plateau & Make Ideas Happen

Andy Partridge — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:03 +0000

Avoid project plateau with your team so that ideas follow through. This post explores strategic organisational culture with examples from Behance's Scott Belsky

Leadership & Emotional Intelligence Summit – London – 9th March 2012

Filip Matous — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:55:00 +0000

Join top HR Directors from around the globe at the 2012 Leadership & Emotional Intelligence Summit to be held in London on 9 March 2012, a powerful one day event that explores how organizations can more effectively identify, measure and develop successful leadership behaviours. Dr Martyn Newman is a consulting psychologist from Roche Martin and Enviable Workplace [...]

Workplace Anxiety in Uncertain Times

Andy Partridge — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:12:04 +0000

How is the economic climate affecting your workplace anxiety levels? Many people who are currently experiencing high levels of anxiety around job security have developed a lack of distinct trust in their leaders. This has an obvious impact on both their morale and productivity at work. I recently delivered a key note called ‘Personal Effectiveness [...]

Top New Year’s Resolution Tips for your Workplace Environment

Kursty Groves — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:06:11 +0000

How not to create an inspiring workplace environment! It’s that time of year again when the halls are decked, lights twinkle at every turn, and the main topic of conversation at the tea point is the Christmas party: Are we having one this year? Did you know the budget has been halved this year? What’s [...]