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Improve Your Job Satisfaction by Understanding your Coworkers
Knowledge is power. This is true of intellectual knowledge, of course, but it is also true in the sense of knowing others in the workplace. Bringing a group of people together into an office of all different backgrounds, personalities, and work styles in hopes that they mesh well could be a recipe for disaster.
Volunteering can help Improve Your Health & Career
Today’s theme for BRMWeek is about volunteering. But let’s take it a step further, and focus on our potential to impact others based on our unique experiences, stories, abilities, and passions. Often times, people find that through volunteering, yet we can make an impact on a daily basis.
The Hidden Value of Creativity in the Workplace
Creativity can be the crucial ingredient to staying competitive in your business and your field. By working with a company that fosters your creativity, or finding ways to cultivate your own, you can increase your overall happiness and strengthen your workplace performance.
How to Charge Your Career with Meaning & Purpose
For many people, a job is just a paycheck; it’s what keeps them moving from one month to the next. Distanced from the impact of their work, individuals caught in such a scenario often experience higher stress levels and reduced productivity.
But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
Work/Life Balance: An Elusive Endeavor of Self-Reflection
Many people find that their purpose is not lived out through their careers, even though they spend many of their waking hours at work. Thus, dedicating a disproportionate amount of time to something that doesn’t provide personal fulfillment leads us to feel out-of-sorts.
Certified Business Relationship Manager (CBRM®): Utilizing Technology for Effective Learning
The new CBRM eBook and eLearning expand the reach of this valuable knowledge to those who prefer digital copy and/or self-paced virtual learnings.
Knowledge: The Secret Formula for Innovation
As Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
Indeed, investing your time, energy, and efforts into obtaining knowledge can be a far more valuable investment than stocks, bonds, and even real estate.
The Rise of Human-Centered Management
Human-centered management empowers employees to do their best work, clearly communicates the company’s goals, and shows them the path to success. Moreover, employees remain a company’s most valuable asset. Thus, it becomes increasingly important for businesses to treat their employees with respect and appreciation.
Relationships: The Key to Maintaining a Healthy Mind
Briefly, take a moment to think about someone you know very well. Perhaps a parent, a partner, a friend, a loved one comes to mind. You understand their mannerisms, behaviors, and the subtle body language that lets you know how they’re feeling.
A Return to Reason
As the business world shifts from profit-driven to purpose-driven, we’re asked to dust off our reasoning jackets and return to a different age; an age where reason dictated purpose, and thus, life.
Why What You Say Matters – Philosophy of Language
Our words, quite literally, determine our reality. And the digital age highlights the importance of how language shapes the reality of doing business.
How BRM Makes Agile Software Development & Management Theory Even More Successful
Whether your organization is practicing Agile or BRM, you have an opportunity to deliver both short- and long-term business value. Consequently, you can adapt to a rapidly changing business environment by combining and implementing both methodologies.
Consider Existence for Success
Life becomes work in hopes that one day, it isn’t. Personal fulfillment doesn’t enter the equation. However, this linear progression through education to employment is quickly being replaced by a whirling zigzag of millennial entrepreneurs and autodidact techies.
Emotional Intelligence — The Secret to Sharpening Your Social Skills
When tested alongside 33 other important skills, a workplace study by TalentSmart determined that emotional intelligence is the strongest predictor of workplace success. It directly related to 58 percent of success in a variety of jobs.
Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP®) – A Catalyst for the Digital Transformation Journey
Recently, I received the opportunity to conduct a BRMP workshop for an organization aspiring to move its BRM team’s role from Service Management to Value Management. Through the workshop, the team sought out strategies to advance their position in the Business Relationship Maturity Model.
Could “Why” be the BRMs Access into the World of Strategic Partnership?
People seldom start with the common understanding of how IT can contribute to the organization’s raison d’être, given that IT is often viewed as a support service. So, the next time you are searching for a way into the super elite world of strategic partnerships, consider investing some time answering the “Why?” question.
Employee Burnout — 5 Simple Steps to Avoid It
If you structure your culture around employee satisfaction, you will notice measurable improvements felt throughout the entire value chain. Studies show that culture-driven organizations experience 22 percent higher productivity, and 30 percent stronger customer satisfaction than other businesses.
Take the Hill: Making the Most out of BRMConnect 2018
Now that BRMConnect is over, it’s time to reflect on what we’re bringing back to work with us on Monday. In his closing keynote on Wednesday evening, Kip Fanta, Principal of the Kip Fanta Group, challenged us to answer a simple question.