Money, benefits, fun activities- what actually keeps someone motivated to come to work? While an energetic and engaging boss begins the process, what ultimately ends the debate is a trusting, cooperative environment. Not only does the manager need to trust that the employee will complete and fulfill obligations, but the employee needs to trust that the manager creates an environment of standards..

There are more than three, but we have to realize high level the core things that need to be accomplished to secure and sustain a positive workplace culture. We believe at Progress Coaching that a culture is made up of the conversations and interactions we have within it. With that being said this article will take a top-down view point of what a culture needs to secure those conversations:

Do you ever find it difficult to get your point across when it comes to discussing changes with your employees? Sometimes, getting from where you are to where you want to be needs to be accompanied with a visual. Not only does this allow your employees to understand the details necessary to make growth, but it allows you to truly depict, in a positive manner, how to best achieve that change by..

A culture is really a set of interactions between people within an organization as it represents the ability to work together, deal with conflict with one another, and act as a cohesive team unit.

We have a very interesting relationship with work. How often to we hear people say "I have to go to work Monday" as if its a death sentence? What this really means is people are not connected or motivated by what they do.

As managers, we should be able to relate to our employee's concerns and questions, people issues, and general human problems. Seeing as no one (at least anyone I know) starts off their working lives as a manager, relating to employees should be a no-brainer, right? Sadly, as anyone who has a manager understands, is that there are common things that managers around the country struggle with. After..

Teams are fickle. Teams can be strong, but easily broken. Team development does not arbitrarily happen. A manager must maintain a strong focus and foster team development to develop continuous cooperation among teammates. Here's an audio that I think will give you four to five very strong strategies to help any manager facilitate strong team development through coaching.

We are pleased to announce that we have come to an agreement with Midland video to help educate the marketplace on workplace culture. Tim Hagen, President of Progress Coaching states, “Joe Liberatore and I have been friends for a while and we had never really thought of partnering with one another until I saw Joe's work. He helps companies use their workplace culture as a marketing and..