Workplace Insight

JUNE 19, 2025

A new report from Leesman claims that the sharp reductions in office space seen in last five years may now be levelling off. The report states that 68 percent of organisations surveyed had downsized over the previous 18 months. Of those, just 11 percent anticipated what the report refers to as “considerable” reductions.

Real Estate

Work Life

MAY 8, 2025

Despite having a capable team, Maria conducts frequent check-ins, requests detailed reports, and personally reviews code before deployment. Jason, a sales director, is coaching a group of midlevel sales managers tasked with expanding into a new market.

Delegation

Work Life

JULY 24, 2025

As a regional sales VP at a fast-growing tech company, she prided herself on building a loyal, high-performing team. AI is well-suited for structured, repeatable tasks: generating first drafts of reports, summarizing meeting notes, preparing talking points, or reviewing written communication for tone and clarity.

Coaching

Attendance Bot

JUNE 16, 2025

This guide breaks down how to approach reduced hours tracking, identifies the key productivity metrics to monitor, and outlines how to report the pilot’s impact in a way that resonates with both executive teams and employees. sales, support tickets, project velocity) steady or improving? 82% of employees reported improved well-being.

Leadership

Fellow

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Did you know that sales reps spend only 28% of their week actually selling? That’s from Salesforce’s State of Sales report and it begs the question — if not selling, what are sales reps doing with the majority of their time? As well, 63% of sales leaders said AI makes it easier for them to compete with other businesses.

Sales

Success

JUNE 17, 2025

Increased Profitability Companies in the top 25% for ethnic and cultural diversity were 36% more profitable than those in the bottom quarter, and when women are well represented in the C-suite, profits can be almost 50% higher, according to a 2020 McKinsey report.

Leadership

McKensey

JUNE 10, 2025

Let’s say a retail merchandiser starts the process of analyzing scores of sales data and making recommendations for stock adjustments. Sales, on the other hand, is likely to see relatively low automation in the next five years (around 25 percent), given how much this function involves customer-facing activities.

Retail

Great Place to Work

JULY 17, 2025

For example, you might use AI to summarize research, locate data points, or generate templates for reports, so that employees can better focus their time on more meaningful work, like analyzing data, mentoring team members, or building relationships with customers. When you approach AI this way, it supports a positive workplace culture.

Customer Service

Work in Confidence

JUNE 23, 2025

Anonymous reporting lets you catch problems early — before they escalate into serious risks or public scandals. An anonymous channel removes that fear and gives people a voice — even if they’re not ready to be identified. It Surfaces Issues You Wouldn’t Otherwise Hear About Without a safe route, many concerns never reach leadership.

Security

Success

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Meanwhile, Harvard Business Review reported that 76% of organizations with more than 100 employees relied on assessment tools for external hiring. Personal assessments are carefully crafted questionnaires, which when filled out, can help determine personal strengths, motivations, personality style, and more.

Influencing

Work Life

JULY 25, 2025

Sift’s latest data found that 31% of consumers admit to entering personal or sensitive information into GenAI tools like ChatGPT, and 14% of those individuals explicitly reported entering company trade secrets.

Security

Success

MAY 8, 2025

According to the Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, auto loan balances in the United States top $1.66 Selling the car may also be a viable option, but youll still be responsible for paying off any difference between the cars sale price and what you borrowed.

Purchasing

Attendance Bot

JUNE 13, 2025

However, when employee scheduling errors go unchecked, they can quietly drain thousands of dollars every quarter, without showing up in a clean line item on a budget report. Easily $35,000–$70,000 Explore the true cost of turnover in this Work Institute 2023 Retention Report summary.

Flexibility

Fellow

JUNE 26, 2025

You need to follow up, but you’re on to the next meeting Crafting thoughtful, personalized follow-up emails after a meeting is essential (especially in sales, customer success, and cross-functional roles.) But writing them from scratch takes time and mental energy. or, “What did we commit to for Q3?”

Security

Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Employee Motivation: For this scenario, take a sales team under a highly competitive incentive program. These factors play a vital role in creating a deeper emotional connection with the organization. Hence, leading to developers working harder and becoming advocates for the company culture and the leaders.

Influencing

Work Life

JUNE 24, 2025

In fast-paced sales environments like ours, where every hour matters, this mindset can quietly erode team performance. This sounds reasonable in theory, but in practice, it often kills momentum. We shifted from a “meeting culture” to a decision-first culture.

Multitasking

Work Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Throughout my twelve years at Allianz Trade, Ive been given flexibility to explore various positions, from marketing and communications to human resources, sales, and distribution. Offer Mentorship for Growth and Development Research indicates that 90% of employees with mentors report greater job satisfaction.

Mentoring

Fellow

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

They’re also increasingly popular — our 2024 State of Meetings Report found the use of AI in meetings grew 17X between January and August, and we’re expecting to see these numbers increase drastically in 2025. Increased accountability AI note-taking is also a boon for accountability for your colleagues and reports.

Sales

Success

JUNE 23, 2025

It has software, integrations and resources to connect your marketing, sales, customer service and other teams. Using Buffer’s reporting features, we analyzed audience activity patterns and optimized posting times across three different industries,” says Ward. The free version gives you 10 scheduled posts per channel per month.

Software

Success

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A report showed “for the first time” a positive correlation between a company’s use of worker-centered strategies and its financial growth. Also, 47% were in the top 25% when it came to assets and profits as a percentage of their total sales. The report did mention that more research around these topics was needed.

Transportation

Fellow

DECEMBER 18, 2024

According to one report , 75% of knowledge workers are now using generative AI tools in their job. Customer Success , Support, and Sales managers can create clips of wins and opportunities from calls to share with their team or direct reports. We are firmly in the age of AI in the workplace.

Security

Fellow

MARCH 18, 2025

For example, it could be an update that more benefits have been added to the health insurance plan, or that sales teams are now required to conduct key performance indicators (KPI) reporting monthly instead of quarterly. New process emails help to effectively notify employees about changes that are affecting them.

Communication

Work Life

JUNE 27, 2025

The Waterfall mindset—prioritizing schedules, approvals, and internal reporting lines—led to safety risks, brand damage, and regulatory backlash. billion in sales in 2023. In contrast, consider Netflix. In the late 1990s, they recognized an inefficiency in the movie rental business.

Leadership

Go Burrows

JUNE 15, 2025

I became a sales assistant at an art gallery and I was curious to transition that into EA work and the rest is history. But I knew that without wanting to go into sales, there would be only so far I could go in the art world. I started studying art history in high school. That’s what brought me to New York.

Leadership

Mad in America

APRIL 2, 2025

reporting receiving treatment for depression in 2023.The reporting receiving treatment for depression in 2023.The Modern psychiatric care isn’t built on scienceit’s built on sales.

Pharmaceutical

Work Life

JUNE 28, 2025

Leaders have a broader range of influence, because of the number of people who report to them, the practices they adopt, and the decisions they make. For example, decisions by the product leader can impact how the brand team markets the product and the sales team positions it with customers. Leaders also have a big impact on others.

Leadership

Work in Confidence

JUNE 23, 2025

Anonymous reporting lets you catch problems early — before they escalate into serious risks or public scandals. An anonymous channel removes that fear and gives people a voice — even if they’re not ready to be identified. It Surfaces Issues You Wouldn’t Otherwise Hear About Without a safe route, many concerns never reach leadership.

Security

Success

JUNE 15, 2025

In addition to their parent-child relationship, the two are colleagues at AT&T, where Peter Wen is director of technical sales and Nicole Wen is principal project program manager. Peter has worked at the company for over 26 years, and Nicole started working there in 2019.

Problem-Solving

Mad in America

APRIL 24, 2025

The advent of SSRIs in the 1980s and 1990s came with the typical psychiatric sales pitch that these medications protect against adverse outcomes of depression, particularly suicidal behavior, and that they are life-saving. That is not so. Over the course of 30 years, results showed that antidepressant use predicted worsening depression.

Influencing

Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Observe task completion rates, sales numbers, and revenue generated per employee. Showcase Short-Term Wins and Long-Term Gains: Report immediate improvements (e.g., Solution Try reporting short-term wins whenever you spot any to maintain the momentum while focusing on long-term gains. lower turnover or higher profitability).

Prioritization

Vantage Circle

MARCH 23, 2025

This was thoroughly studied in the R&R report , which was curated using a vast database. Companies that prioritize employee appreciation often report- Based on the data revealed by Gallup , higher customer satisfaction is up to around 10%. Better sales performance. So, how do you strike the right balance?

Payroll

Success

MAY 27, 2025

They encourage managers to get out of their office and receive input from employees on the front lines, such as those in manufacturing and sales. In her book Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity , author Kim Scott suggests holding skip-level meetings with the people who work for each of your direct reports as well.

Problem-Solving

Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

workers report receiving recognition in the past week. Are you looking to boost sales or reduce employee turnover? For instance, if you’re rewarding sales performance, don’t just say, “Do a great job!” ” Instead, set a specific target like, “Hit 100% of your quarterly sales goal.”

Salary

Success

MAY 26, 2025

Don’t forget about looking at industry reports and market stats toosometimes the info you need is already out there. Armed with that, they built a direct-to-consumer model with a 100-night trial that hit the bullseye alongside free shipping of mattresses in surprisingly small boxes$100 million in sales by year two.

Problem-Solving

Success

JULY 18, 2025

According to a 2025 resale report by ThredUP , the secondhand apparel market should reach $367 billion globally by 2029. In addition to this, Capital One Shopping reports that 93% of Americans shop online for second hand items—and as of 2024, this market in the U.S. is worth an estimated $50 billion, up 30% from 2023.

Retail

Work Life

JULY 22, 2025

Finding solutions together Adtalem, which reported $1.6 billion in sales in fiscal 2024, up 9.2% from a year earlier, routinely partners with schools, hospital systems, and training organizations to increase its pipeline of medical professionals and offer hands-on experience to students and graduates.

Healthcare

Success

JULY 8, 2025

Yet, sometimes major PR firms quote prices that are beyond what a small business can afford, with some reports showing even smaller boutique agencies costing $120,000 annually. Play the long game It’s not super practical to jump into a PR strategy with the expectations of seeing increased sales tomorrow or maybe even next month.

Small Business