May 19, 2021Organizations have recently started evaluating their company cultures and considering their level of inclusivity. Many leaders have made great strides in showing that all their employees are valued and heard. One of the best places for a company to...
May 9, 2021It’s no secret that meetings have become an almost dreadful part of working life. You see jokes about them on the internet. Employees complain about the wasted time that interrupts their day. One humorist wrote that “if you had to identify, in one word, the...
Apr 22, 2021The old cliche “teamwork makes the dream work” is becoming more relevant as digital transformation touches nearly every industry. Business solutions have become more complex and require inputs from multiple team members to solve. The age where one person...
Apr 14, 2021Over the past year, a monumental disruption has occurred in the ways we think about work and communication. The pandemic drove many working professionals into performing their job duties from home, and many indicators point to many workers preferring...
Apr 8, 2021I joined Vowel in December of 2019 to lead product design. At the time, the team consisted of 4 founders and a handful of engineers, but no designers. Throughout my career, I’ve been on design teams of varying sizes, but never a team of one at a startup. It...
Mar 19, 2021Taking notes is somewhat of an art form, but one that can boost your job performance in ways you might not expect. When you implement regular note-taking during your meetings, you’re really polishing a number of soft skills like organization, active...
Mar 10, 2021Ever heard the tagline, ‘this could have been an email’? There’s a reason this phrase has been so heavily circulated on the internet over the last few years; too often, our meetings prove to be an ineffective waste of time. When we don’t prioritize...
Mar 5, 2021Over the last year, there’s been a lot written about remote work: How long will it last? How to maintain company culture while working remotely? How will offices change? Will we be able to maintain work-life balance? And if you’ve been struggling, there’s...
Feb 23, 2021Whether you’ve been hosting virtual meetings for years, or you just learned how to log on within the last few months, there’s no denying this form of communication is here to stay. Online meetings open up countless opportunities for connection and...
Feb 22, 2021Let’s be honest… When was the last time you were truly excited to attend a meeting? With the prevalence of digital Zoom meetings today, the meeting fatigue is real. But - whose fault is it that meetings suck? The person who set up the meeting? Leadership...