Outback Team Building & Training Blog
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Working Safely In-Person: How Employers Can Get Ready to Return to the Office
Employers are getting ready to bring their teams back to the office in person post-pandemic. Here are things they can do to ensure it's safe.
How to Encourage Your Team to Survive and Thrive in a Hybrid Environment
As employers work to bring employees back to the office, the idea of a hybrid work environment seems more and more realistic. In this guest post from Tracy Ring, you'll learn what you can do to help ensure your team thrives in the workplace of the future.
5 Signs You Might Be Micromanaging Your Remote Team
Micromanaging your team can take a serious negative impact on employee morale. In this guest article from Dave Lavinksy, you'll learn what exactly micromanaging is as well as the biggest signs you might be doing it and how to change it.
14 Examples of Soft Skills Every Leader Needs in 2021
As the world works to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders are working to realign their skillsets with the demands of a hybrid professional environment, highlighting new examples of soft skills that are more important than ever.
58 Work-Life Balance Quotes to Inspire Leaders and Organizations
There are few things more impactful and inspiring than these work-life balance quotes when it comes to illustrating the value of balancing your personal and professional lives.
CASE STUDY: Helping the Indiana CPA Society Host a Virtual Team Building Activity That Even the Most “Zoom Fatigued” Guests Would Love
Here's how we helped the Indiana CPA Society (INCPAS) host two virtual team building activities for its staff, Young Pros Leadership Academy members, and volunteers.
Work-From-Home Fatigue: 8 Steps Leaders Can Take to Curb It
For remote employees, work-from-home fatigue is a very real and difficult challenge. But as a leader, you can help reduce its impacts using a few strategic tactics.
Employee of the Month Ideas: 10 Ways Leaders Can Celebrate Top Performers
Creative and innovative Employee of the Month ideas are a great way to recognize team success and build stronger employee morale. Here are 10 ways to do it.
4 Employee Turnover Stats Every Leader Needs to Know
A high employee turnover rate can impact your business’s bottom line because it wastes time, effort, and money spent hiring and training your top employees. In this guest article from Andre Oentoro, you’ll learn four key employee turnover stats, why they’re important, and how they can be used to inform strategies that help you improve your retention rate.
How to Create a Culture of Collaboration for Remote New Hires
Remote work is on the rise but for many organizations, this can pose new challenges in terms of supporting a culture of collaboration among employees and teams. In this guest article from Tracy Ring, you'll learn how you can ensure your team remains collaborative, even as the workforce grows increasingly distributed.
How to Host Virtual Lunch and Learns That People Actually Want to Attend
Virtual lunch and learns offer tons of benefits for organizations and their employees. Here's how to host great ones.
Building Trust in the Workplace: 9 Steps for Creating a High-Trust Company Culture
The success of any organization depends heavily on its ability to build trust in the workplace. Check out these nine steps you can take to make it happen.
The What, Why, and How of Developing Emotional Intelligence for Leaders
Emotional intelligence for leaders is what makes the difference between being good and being great which is why developing it should be a key priority for organizations.
CASE STUDY: Stemcell Brightens Up the Holiday Season for its Cross-Departmental Team with a Virtually-Hosted Team Building Activity
When Stemcell was looking for a way to celebrate the holidays, lift its team members’ spirits, and help connect cross-departmental teams during the pandemic, they contacted us to help host the perfect team building activity.
The Top Trends in Team Building and Training for 2021
Our in-house experts weigh in on the trends you can expect to see in team building and training and development in 2021.
Hiring During a Crisis: Tips for Recruiting, Interviewing, and Onboarding Employees During COVID-19
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing businesses across the world to modify the way they operate, the process of recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new staff has undergone a significant overhaul. Here’s how 12 real-world business leaders adapted.
How to Support Mental Health at Work During These Precarious Times
Your staff are vital to the success of your organization. And, as guest contributor Samantha Peters explains, providing them with continuing education opportunities is a great way to show your appreciation and invest in their personal and professional growth.
32 Essential Executive Assistant Tools for 2021
Being an executive assistant is by no means an easy task. It requires you to be a master of all trades, often wearing many hats all in the same day. That’s why having access to executive assistant tools for your most common daily tasks can be a lifesaver.
How to Help Your Team Tackle Remote Meeting Fatigue
Too many virtual meetings cause “Zoom fatigue.” Here are some tips on how to avoid this problem and have a productive day.
89 Team Building Quotes to Inspire Your Workgroup
Your employees are key to the success of your business and if you’re looking for ways to inspire them, we’ve got some team building quotes that just might do the trick.
Tips for Creating Employee Continuing Education Programs in a Remote Work Setup
Your staff are vital to the success of your organization. And, as guest contributor Samantha Peters explains, providing them with continuing education opportunities is a great way to show your appreciation and invest in their personal and professional growth.
6 Simple Steps for Planning a Virtual Team Building Activity
Despite their recent skyrocket in popularity, the idea of planning a virtual team building might be a head-scratcher for many event planners. But with these six steps, it doesn't have to be difficult.
6 Effective Ways to Measure Employee Engagement [Plus Why It’s Important for Your Business]
Employee engagement is a critical metric for supporting the success of an organization and its staff, but it isn't always intuitive or easy to measure. In this article from guest contributor Kelly Barcelos, you'll learn why employee engagement is so important and how you can measure it in your organization.
Brand New Virtual Team Building Activity: Holiday Hijinks
We’re launching our brand-new virtual team building activity, Holiday Hijinks, so that you and your team can celebrate the holiday season together – whether in-person or remotely.
Work Burnout is Real: 8 Tips to Create Healthy Workplaces for Employees
Financial wellness plays a critical role in employee wellbeing. In this article, you'll learn why, plus three ways you can implement it at your company.