As I have interacted with people over the past months, one consistent topic tends to emerge; the phenomena of people leaving their current jobs. Labeled as the ‘great resignation’ it seems almost every organization has felt the impact. The great resignation is a result, a consequence of something, it is not just randomly happening. What that something can be described … Read More
The Future of Work – Our 4 Day Work Week
There has been quite a lot of focus on the future of work as we progress through the pandemic and into the uncertain times that lie ahead. One of the things that is gaining attention is the idea of a 4 day work week. As of January 1, 2022 TMS Americas moved to a 4 day work week. Basically, what … Read More
The Team Management Wheel and Virtual Work
Early on in 2020 as the pandemic took hold we published a few documents focusing on the models of the Team Management Profile (TMP) and virtual work. Our small team here at TMS Americas has been virtual for about 18 years now and we thought if we captured some of our experiences through the lens of the TMP, people could … Read More
The Types of Work Wheel and Virtual Work
Early on in 2020 as the pandemic took hold we published a few documents focusing on the models of the Team Management Profile (TMP) and virtual work. Our small team here at TMS Americas has been virtual for about 18 years now and we thought if we captured some of our experiences through the lens of the TMP, people could … Read More
Work Preference and Virtual Work
Early on in 2020 as the pandemic took hold we published a few documents focusing on the models of the Team Management Profile (TMP) and virtual work. Our small team here at TMS Americas has been virtual for about 18 years now and we thought if we captured some of our experiences through the lens of the TMP, people could … Read More
Pandemic Ponderings 3 – Staying Relevant
In our first post on Pandemic Ponderings we surfaced the question of relevance; “Is what we do relevant when it can stop so fast?” and “What can we do to stay relevant?” as we tentatively step into a recovery phase post pandemic. To answer these questions we needed to look closely at the experiences we have had during the pandemic … Read More
Pandemic Ponderings 2 – The Experience With Our Clients
The first Pandemic Ponderings post focused on our experience so far. This post looks at our experience so far with our clients. Overall our experience with our clients has been really quite awesome; different than our pre pandemic experience. We have had deeper conversations, more direct conversations about how we can make things happen together, we have experienced uncertainty together … Read More
Pandemic Ponderings – Our Experience So Far
Like many of us, the beginning of a new year seems like a good time to reflect back on the previous year. That’s what the next few posts will do; look back at 2020 from the perspective of our business experience, as we navigated within the pandemic and then look forward to 2021. We’re probably not all that different from … Read More
Virtual L& D – Flatten the Curve
I imagine in whatever publication lists the most used sayings of 2020, ‘flatten the curve’ will be right up there! So hey, why not contribute to its popularity here! This post is not about flattening the covid-19 curve by doing more virtual learning and development however. While virtual L&D might certainly contribute to flattening the covid-19 curve, it certainly does … Read More
Who Gets Accredited?!? Part 2
Our last post began what will be a series reviewing the group of people who we accredited in 2019 in the Team Management Profile. The post looked at some of the high level differences between the 2019 accredited group and the worldwide TMP data from a preference perspective. The graphic below illustrates some of those high level differences: This post … Read More