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🌟 Midweek Check-In: How’s Everyone Holding Up? 🌟 It’s Wednesday—the halfway point of the week! Some call it hump day, but I like to think of it as a great time to reflect on what’s been achieved so far and gear up for a strong finish. 💡 Here’s a question I’ve been asking myself this week: 👉 “What’s one thing I can do today to make the rest of the week easier? For me, it’s about organizing my priorities, tackling those small but nagging tasks, and reminding myself to celebrate the wins—big or small. How’s your week going? Crushing it? 🙌 Hanging in there? 🤔 Counting down to the weekend? 🕰️ Here’s to powering through the rest of the week with focus and positivity! 🚀

"The one thing that helps us is we have a common goal and we understand it collectively very well." 🚀📈 While working remotely has allowed us to recruit and collaborate with the best in the industry, meeting face-to-face at our yearly offsites adds a whole new dimension to our team bond. Offsites are more than just in-person meetings. They provide a unique opportunity to strengthen our team bonds, align everyone towards our common goals, and deeply engage with the values that drive our business. During these meetings, we get to know each other beyond the screen, sharing moments that help us understand how each team member excels in their role. These meetups give us an extra boost. They help us share ideas, collaborate better, and come back feeling more united and motivated. Our offsites allow us to collectively innovate, collaborate, and reinforce the core values that define us as a company. They are key to building a cohesive, motivated, and forward-thinking team. Here's a peek at some team-building during our recent meetup in Miami team-building day 👇🏻

SQUER embraces personal growth 🚀 and celebrates summer 🌞 ⛱ Last Friday, even the heatwave couldn't stop us; on the contrary, it provided the perfect ambiance for our midsummer event 🤩 And since this day was all about 💙ing our SQUERies for their unique dedication and community spirit, we started it with a workshop about how we can all grow together at SQUER 🪴🎯 To achieve this, Christoph Havlicek put a lot of thought into how we could explore the different options to grow at SQUER in a two-hour session. Together, we focused on two questions: 1. How can each one of us grow Best? 2. What is your individual Development North Star? Starting out from four different “working personas,” we identified the topics that matter most to us – because only those who know their needs can develop a strategy to utilize their skills best 🚀 After many interesting discussions, we took a shuttle to Altenwörth, where we enjoyed a wonderful summer party with our families and partners, surrounded by water, wakeboarding, and barbecue 🌊🏄🏽♂️🔥🍖 Special thanks to Zohra Heydari and Katharina Pranjic for organizing the event and to everyone who participated; you once again showed us what a cool company we are, with a magical team spirit and a lot of joy in everything we do 🤗 #SummerEvent #CompanyGoals #IndividualGrowth #ContinuousLearning #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareCompany #WeLoveOurTeam

🎁 Custom Gifts That Give Back Can Help You... Build Better Internal Relationships Giving gifts on special occasions or milestones helps strengthen relationships between employees and management. Did you know? Gift Better offers custom solutions tailored to your gifting needs, for example: *Sending top performers gifts from the C-Suite every quarter *Creating a Portal for Managers to send gifts to their team with a personalized note *Mailing company-wide appreciation gifts to celebrate a company milestone

Beck's is selling out? Maybe buying something? Perhaps a big announcement of another kind? Why else spend untold $$$$ to bring EVERY employee of the company into a meeting, in MARCH (kind of a busy time for a seed company)!? We heard it all. NOPE! Just the fastest growing seed company in the U.S. investing in its people! Not simply for a day- but launching an initiative to build our employees, dealers, and communities over the next year. Beck's Leadership BELIEVES investment in employees "sows seeds" (pun intended), that have measurable, impactful results. Results for individuals. Results for our business. Who is investing in you? Want to learn more? Reach out to me!

This video shows exactly why I recruit for Five Below.

🎉 Christmas parties are a great way to thank your team for their hard work. When organising your festive gathering, consider: ✅ Choosing a venue and theme that suits all employees. ✅ Offering both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. ✅ Including activities that encourage team bonding. ✅ Making attendance optional to avoid pressuring anyone. A well-planned party is more than just a fun night – it is an opportunity to strengthen team relationships and show your appreciation.

The other week I was lucky enough to head up a roundtable at Operations Nation's cONference 2024 ✨ Big big thank you to Charlene, Aušrinė, Bre and the rest of the team for organising such an awesome two days 🤠 Such a great crowd of awesome Ops people, just wanting to LEARN! I think thats what my biggest takeaway was. Ops-folk are naturally quite curious and want to learn about things, how they work and most of all they care!! I used to think Ops-folk found it hard to let go of the People function when they needed the help because of a 'control' thing. Turns out, its a care thing 💙 (most of the time, lolz) Anywho, I spoke about scaling teams, and how there is no secret sauce, but the groups I was working with had some awesome ideas - 1. Focus on the salary banding and ensuing folks in the same role are in the same banding, because it is waaaaayyyy harder to fix this when you start to scale. 2. Focussing on the onboarding is incredibly important if you want to ensure you set folks up to succeed! Ensure you give people the time, space, tools and support to onboard into the org, and you'll see people flourish. 3. Before you focus on any of this, you need to look at the job architecture of WHAT you actually need, more specifically this persons skills. Too often I see orgs hire something like a CMO because they think they need one, or they've seen others do it, or worse, bragging rights. But in reality you might need a doer, not a thinker. Focus on what your org needs right now, the skills that are missing, and you probably have less chance of crashing and burning 😬 (OK this one was me)

🎉 Christmas parties are a great way to thank your team for their hard work. When organising your festive gathering, consider: ✅ Choosing a venue and theme that suits all employees. ✅ Offering both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. ✅ Including activities that encourage team bonding. ✅ Making attendance optional to avoid pressuring anyone. A well-planned party is more than just a fun night – it is an opportunity to strengthen team relationships and show your appreciation.

A moment to pause and celebrate.   This week, I received my 𝑻𝙤𝒑 𝑩𝙪𝒔𝙞𝒏𝙚𝒔𝙨 𝙎𝒕𝙧𝒂𝙩𝒆𝙜𝒚 𝑽𝙤𝒊𝙘𝒆 badge on LinkedIn, a noteworthy milestone for me. This badge highlights contributors who consistently offer valuable insights and foster meaningful engagement within the community. But it’s not just about the badge; it’s about the journey to get here.   Here’s what helped me along the way:   ↪ Consistency: Showing up regularly matters. Sharing value week after week builds trust and credibility over time.   ↪ Community Engagement: It’s not just about posting but connecting. Responding, listening, and building real relationships within this incredible community.   ↪ Quality over Quantity: One thoughtful, impactful post always beats a dozen rushed ones. Quality always stands out and resonates.   ↪ Celebrate Wins: We often forget to acknowledge how far we've come. Take a moment, celebrate the small and big wins alike—they fuel the next steps forward.   ↪ Never Stop Learning: The industry keeps evolving, and so do we. Stay curious, keep learning, and continue to share what you discover.   This recognition reminds me that it’s about the journey, not the destination. I’m grateful for everyone who has been part of this process—whether through engagement, encouragement or simply following along. Here’s to more growth, connections, and meaningful insights ahead.