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Why autonomy is key to motivation and retention
Graham Charlton: 10 July 2025
Autonomy isn’t a perk. It’s a powerful tool for performance, satisfaction, and retention.
Company culture
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Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation: what really keeps your team engaged?
Graham Charlton: 08 July 2025
You can offer a generous salary, ping-pong tables, and Friday drinks, but if your team doesn’t feel trusted, challenged, or inspired by the work...
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Stop killing your team's productivity with pointless meetings
Graham Charlton: 02 July 2025
Most meetings are a waste of time.
3 min read
Your company is dying one ‘urgent’ task at a time
Graham Charlton: 25 June 2025
Many companies are addicted to fake urgency, and it’s killing their culture from the inside out.
4 min read
Three tell-tale signs of employee satisfaction
Alyssa Burnette: 18 October 2022
Googling "are my employees satisfied" kind of sounds like googling "how to know if my partner is cheating on me".
3 min read
What does a progressive company look like?
Alyssa Burnette: 17 October 2022
Last updated: 17 April 2024
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What business leaders are getting wrong about quiet quitting
Alyssa Burnette: 15 September 2022
There are tons of articles and LinkedIn threads proclaiming that quiet quitting is a new and insidious trend which has the power to wreak serious...
7 min read
15 survey questions to put to employees
Nicola Curtis: 30 August 2022
This article is more than 2 years old. Some information may no longer be current. In the not-too-distant past, employers cared far less about their...
4 min read
The impact of company culture on employee engagement
Sam Jeans: 22 August 2022
Business used to be business, and culture played little to no part so long as the job got done and profits were up.
4 min read
How six tech startups built impressive company cultures
Sam Jeans: 15 August 2022
What defines great company culture? It’s not an easy question to answer. Even defining ‘culture’ has puzzled philosophers and sociologists for...