What’s New at Vibe: July 2022

The modern workspace is shifting. Teams today not only work across offices and home workspaces, but also states, countries, and timezones, leading to difficulties with both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration and communication. Video conferencing and the like have helped us through the past couple of years, but now with in-person work picking back up, we …

How to Create a Hybrid Work Schedule

2020 forced businesses of all sizes to rapidly readjust. Transitioning to fully remote, often with little strategy in place, many employers braced for the worst. Luckily, after two years of remote and hybrid work, the results have been promising—employees are more productive and even happier working from home.  While employees have begun to indicate that …

Establishing Employee Equity in a Hybrid Work Environment

Hybrid work is rapidly expanding. Organizations are looking to return to the office, but they’re also trying to listen to the voices of their employees, who don’t want to lose out on the flexibility remote work offers. It’s hardly surprising that most employees aren’t exactly rushing back to the office. While there are pros and …

Why Vibe for Brainstorming?

Brainstorming is the standard starting point for problem solving for organizations big and small.  According to The Importance of Brainstorming, brainstorming doesn’t just encourage critical thinking it also supports team building, sparks creativity, and invites diverse viewpoints into the conversation. It’s a healthy way to get the team working together for a common cause, and …

7 Ways Vibe Boards Can Enhance Coaching Sessions for Managers and Consultants

The ability to coach teams and individuals is among the most important skills a frontline manager can have to establish a healthy office culture and a positive work environment. Unfortunately, it also appears to be one of the rarer commodities available in modern professional settings. Just 33% of U.S. employees report feeling engaged in their …

Team Communication Best Practices for Hybrid Work

Communication breakdown is all too common when it comes to hybrid work. It’s nothing to feel bad about—we’ve adjusted to a new way of work, but we haven’t quite adjusted to the new way of team communication that comes with it—at least not yet. The good news is that there are plenty of ideas floating …

How to Set Up the Perfect Hybrid Meeting Room

Companies have had decades of experience building the perfect meeting room. Offices have focused on eliminating distractions, boosting engagement, finding the best ergonomic chairs and sturdy conference room tables to make meetings productive. But here’s the thing: The traditional office doesn’t work for us anymore. Your team has likely shifted how it operates to make …

Collaboration Skills: The Importance of Ideation and Feedback

Working as a team looks pretty different today than it did a few years ago. More than a quarter of the workforce now prefers fully remote positions, and even more see hybrid work models as the ideal solution to improving their own work-life balance. The way we work is evolving. A new way of work …