Team building activities that do real work
Twenty free team building activities grouped by purpose, with timings, check-in questions, an inclusion test and the follow-up that turns a team day into a change.
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Culture, engagement and recognition, page 3 of 4
Page 3 of 4. Building a workplace people want to stay in: engagement, recognition, internal communication, listening and employee experience.
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Encouraging words for coworkers: 60 messages for every situation
Find 60 encouraging words for coworkers, grouped by situation: a hard week, a mistake, a big presentation, a new job and more, plus what to avoid saying.
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Meet our team page: what to include, how to write the bios, and the consent question nobody asks
How to build a meet our team page: the three jobs it does, who to include, what each profile needs, writing a bio that is not a CV, the ICO's standard for consent to publish a photograph, accessibility, leavers, and keeping the page accurate.
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Nudge theory: real examples, the EAST framework, and where it stops working
What a nudge is, examples with their published figures, the EAST framework used by UK behavioural insights practitioners, and an honest account of the limits.
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Open door policy at work: what it is and how to make it real
What an open door policy is, why most fail, a sample policy you can adapt and eight ways to make people feel safe to speak up. Make yours real.
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Exit interview questions: 45 to ask, with a free template
Ask better exit interview questions: 45 examples by theme, a free exit interview template, an exit survey template and how to turn the answers into action.
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Office prank ideas: fifteen harmless pranks, and the four lines a prank must not cross
Fifteen harmless office prank ideas written by our team, plus four tests to run before you start, the four lines a prank must not cross, and what to do when one lands badly.
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Thank you for participating in our contest email: ten templates and two checks before you send
Ten thank-you email templates for a workplace contest, challenge or prize draw, short chat versions, plus the prize and tax check and the voluntary and inclusive check to make before you send.
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Workplace quotes: 60 original quote-of-the-day lines for work
Find 60 original workplace quotes for a quote of the day at work, including Monday lines, plus how to check a famous quote before sharing. Pick today's line.
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Employee engagement programs: what a programme contains and who owns it
The five components of an employee engagement programme, two published engagement models you can check, a twelve month cadence and what managers own. Plan yours.
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Organizational culture: what it is, where it shows and how to shape it
What organizational culture means: plain definitions, culture and climate compared, five places where culture shows, six influences and five steps to shape it.
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What is an engaged workforce? The employee engagement definition, what engaged is not, what it looks like in a team, the four enablers and how to improve it
The employee engagement definition from the CIPD and the MacLeod Review: why there are more than fifty definitions, the one worth using (vigour, dedication and absorption), how engaged differs from satisfied, happy and busy, what an engaged workforce looks like in a team, the four enablers, and a way to improve work engagement without a programme.
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Sensitivity training at work: what it covers, what the law asks for, why it often fails and how to design a programme that changes behaviour
What workplace sensitivity training is and covers, what Acas and the EEOC say employers should train people on, why one-off sessions fail, a four-part programme design, what to record and how to tell whether it worked.
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How to write an HR email: a five-part structure, six templates, the two cases where the law sets the contents, and how HR should reply
How to write an email to HR that gets a useful reply: a five-part structure, six templates for common requests and concerns, the statutory flexible working request and the formal grievance where GOV.UK and Acas set the contents, what to expect back, and a guide for HR teams on replying.
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Whistleblower: meaning, legal protection and how employers should respond
What whistleblower means, what counts as whistleblowing in UK law and what does not, how it differs from a grievance, and how employers should handle a disclosure.
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Boomers definition: who baby boomers are, and what that means at work
Who counts as a baby boomer, the birth years used by the US Census Bureau and Pew, why the label is only a rough guide, and how to manage, develop and learn from later-career employees.
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Positive reflections for work meetings: 40 short openers with a question
Open your next meeting with one of 40 original positive reflections, each with a question for the team, plus how to run a two-minute reflection that does not feel forced.
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Workplace jokes: 50 original, work-appropriate jokes for any team
Enjoy 50 original workplace jokes that are safe for work, grouped by theme, plus five tests for work-appropriate humour and the jokes to avoid. Pick one today.
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Workplace conflict: resolving it informally, mediation and ADR
What workplace conflict is, the three kinds that need different responses, a manager's conversation structure step by step, how mediation works, what alternative dispute resolution means and where Acas early conciliation sits before a tribunal claim.
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Affirmative action: definition, history and what it means for employers now
What affirmative action means, where the term comes from, what changed in the US in 2023 and 2025, how UK positive action differs and what employers can still do.
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Employee engagement benchmark score: the two UK scores you can check
The two published UK engagement scores, 65% in the Civil Service and 6.75 out of 10 in the NHS, why they cannot be compared with each other or with yours, what survey response rates actually run at, and why there is no UK eNPS benchmark.
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Questionnaire meaning: what a questionnaire is and how to write one that works
What a questionnaire is, questionnaire vs survey, the types used at work, the five question formats, eight rules for writing good questions and what you must not ask.
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Remote team building activities: 35 ideas for virtual teams
Try 35 remote team building activities for virtual and hybrid teams, grouped by time and purpose, with tips for inclusion, time zones and avoiding forced fun.
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What is Boss Day? When it is, where it came from, and what to do at work
When Boss's Day is, where the observance came from, whether to mark it at work, the four rules if you do, what a manager should do with a gift, and five alternatives that actually help.
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