Every month, we’re highlighting stories, trends and tips related to employee engagement and workplace culture that organizations should be keeping top-of-mind in order to engage, retain and recruit top talent. […]
Boosting Your Workplace Culture with Pop Culture
Have you heard of this little show called Game of Thrones? Whether you watch it or not, with more than 17 million people tuning in, chances are you know someone […]
Advice for Soon-to-Be Parents and Their Agency Leaders
Agency life is all-consuming. Everyone knows that, and secretly the demands and the busy-ness are part of the appeal, part of what draws us to the profession in the first […]
How Understanding Risk and Control Can Improve Your Relationships
By understanding risk-control tolerance and the nature of relationships, you can better meet their unspoken needs and expectations, building the trust needed for a successful partnership.
3 Ways to Better Brainstorming
We’ve all experienced the typical brainstorming session before. Someone says, “We need ideas for how to solve X.” Everyone gets in a conference room, someone asks for ideas and stands […]
Social desirability bias – are we as good as we say we are?
As a rule, people want to portray the best versions of themselves – even when it is not completely truthful. In behavioral economics, we call this social desirability bias: a […]
Engaging Remote Employees: Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind
I work from home two days a week. I consider that a huge perk – I live 45 minutes from my office, and am a busy mom to two kids […]
Moving Past the Manager Roadblock
During the course of anyone’s career, change is inevitable, whether it’s working in new ways or evolving the workplace culture. And no matter the industry or corporation, a common challenge […]
Q&A with NEXTerns Alums
Padilla NEXTerns, the agency’s summer internship program, offers college students and recent grads opportunities in account service, brand, PR and creative tracks. We had a stellar first class of NEXTerns […]
Beyond the Desk: Driving Well-Being and Productivity in the Workplace
Employee engagement – it’s a simple phrase that’s anything but simple to define. It seems like every day there’s a new article identifying “the most important element” for engaging employees […]