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From remote, hybrid to in-person teams - Dublin-based startup PepTalk is on a mission to create a work environment where everyone can thrive. We have written a number of times over the last couple of years about how working from home has become vastly more popular since the lockdowns, even after it stopped being necessary. As some employees and companies drift away from total work from home sta...
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The lowdown on London-based startup Workbounce and its ‘Google meets Slack’ collaborative solution for sales teams. More than ever, sales teams are having to interact with potential customers and clients virtually rather than in person, which can make their job harder. Added to this is that fact that the more complex a product you are selling, the more information you will have at h...
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Covid may have limited how we connect with each other, but it's important now to reconnect. Sid Madge, transformation and change specialist and founder of Meee shares five easy ways to do just that.  For almost all business sectors the last couple of years have been testing. One of the most important challenges to overcome has been the lack of connection. Even those of us who embraced and ...
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Remote collaboration doesn't need to be dull and boring. Tangle enables teams to work, play, and exist together in a spontaneous and organic way. Have you ever had a friend or colleague on the other end of Windows Messenger (in the old days) or Skype or even just WhatsApp to whom you can just send a message every now and then throughout the day, and basically chat as though they were in the sam...
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  Sid Madge, founder of Meee shares his tips on starting as you mean to go on, by getting the very best from your staff in 60 seconds Many startups look at the accepted ways of doing things and find efficiencies and innovations that traditionalists can miss. According to Gallup, 85% of the global workforce is disengaged, and it is estimated that the cost of a disengaged employee could be 34...
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  Kyle Murtagh of Toastmasters International shares insights and tips on providing feedback to your team that is effective, constructive and inspiring too As a startup founder you’ll have been through the process of receiving feedback as you’ve developed your product or service and pitched for investment. As you’ll know from experience people often get worried, tense and ...
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  Rob Edmonds, Founder and Creative Director at NRG Digital, shares his advice and tips on how to adapt your internal comms to keep your team engaged With your startup’s team working from home they may be feeling isolated. Team members only see you, and each other, on a screen, and the impact of these feelings of isolation are evidenced by the increasing levels of mental health issues...
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Startups need down time too, so why not check out these team building activities... Startup life is a challenging life. However, there are no tighter-knit teams that are ready to pull together and work towards the same goal in unison.In order to keep this team spirit alive, it is important to get together every once in a while outside the office and engage in something other than, well, work.Here...
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Not having the right team is a common reason why startups fail. Read this advice from startup specialist law firm Harper James Solicitors for some of the key personalities and soft skills you'll need in your initial start-up team... When you look at the why startups fail, not having the right team is the third most common reason. It’s vital to select the right team of people who are re...
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Teamwork makes the dream work.  Every team is only as strong as its weakest member. There is no ‘I’ in ‘team’. There are so many phrases and sayings created around the subject of teams and how to make them work. In truth, building a team that works well is both a science and an art. It takes a lot of work, dedication, and often even trial and error to get it right....
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