Facilitating team connections is an important skill for every leader. Strengthening open communication and trust among teammates greatly impacts overall performance. The best team-building activities ...

Employee engagement in the U.S. hit a seven-year low in 2022, damaging many businesses’ profitability and productivity. I set out to change that for my team with a new version of “speed dating” for ...

Urban Outfitters emailed employees asking for volunteers to work weekends. — -- The upcoming holiday season is the busiest time of the year for U.S. retailers, so Urban Outfitters appears to be ...

Debra Young is president and chief executive officer of United Property Associates. She gave her ideas on effective and enjoyable team-building activities at her workplace in emailed responses to ...

Don't go off the deep end. Alison Green of the Ask a Manager blog had a great column in Slate this week about over-zealous employer team-building activities. Here’s the intro: “You’re not leaving yet, ...