by Hugh MacPhie | Aug 8, 2024 | Culture
The Secret Ingredient to High-Performing Teams Ever wonder why some teams seem to work like a well-oiled machine and others not so much? The answer often lies in one key element: Guiding Principles. These principles are the backbone of any high-performing team –...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jul 8, 2024 | Culture, Leadership
The Difference Between a Good Workplace and a Great Workplace At MacPhie, we talk a lot with our clients about how to go from “good to great” – pulling on the right levers to level up organizational productivity and performance. Leaders love to focus on process...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jun 28, 2024 | Culture, Leadership
The Key to Improving Employee Retention? Empowering Middle Managers Imagine a workplace where employees feel valued, engaged, and motivated to stay. A place where high turnover rates are a thing of the past, and the workforce is not only stable but thriving. The...
by Hugh MacPhie | Apr 30, 2024 | Culture
Prioritizing Employees in Remote Workplaces: How You Can Help Is work-from-home truly benefiting our employees? This question has been top of mind for many organizations after the rise of remote and hybrid work setups following the pandemic. While this transition has...
by Hugh MacPhie | Nov 2, 2023 | Culture, Leadership
What Romance Novels Can Teach Us About Workplace Culture During the pandemic, I rediscovered my teenage obsession with romance novels. I have a PhD in English literature, specializing in nineteenth-century love stories, but that was high-brow romance. What I was...
by Hugh MacPhie | Aug 31, 2023 | Culture
What Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. Can Teach Us about Culture, Performance, and Innovation Wait! If you’re looking at this meme and squinting your eyes and tilting your head to the left, or sliding your cursor towards the back button, let me explain. I recently came across...