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Why It Matters to Offer Jobs That Add Value to a Person’s Career

There are jobs that don’t offer development opportunities, and others that contribute to a person’s career, helping them grow professionally and take on greater responsibilities and higher positions over time.

Distinguishing between these two categories of jobs will help you, as a team leader or entrepreneur, better understand your employees’ behaviour and motivational drivers.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / November 25, 2025

The Influence of Direct Managers on Employee Motivation and Performance

An employee’s motivation, performance, and in general his or her experience in a company is greatly influenced by their direct manager. Whether it’s a small or large company, the direct manager is the authority figure with whom the employee interacts most frequently and who influences how employees carries out their activities.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / October 15, 2025

Approaching the Best and Worst Team Behaviours with Confidence

Certain patterns of behaviour tend to appear from time to time under specific conditions within a team. These behaviours can be adopted for longer or shorter periods, depending on the responses they receive from other team members and the team leader.
There are many team behaviours / roles, as research shows, but in this blog post, I’ve chosen to talk about some of the ones I’ve personally encountered.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / July 24, 2025

Is AI Driving a Return to In-Person Selection of Job Candidates?

Advancements in AI have made it possible for companies to reduce hiring costs, access a broader pool of candidates, streamline selection processes, and even lower salary offers by hiring globally.
However, the advantages companies gain through AI are becoming questionable. Is the information gathered through AI-based hiring methods still valid? Do these results truly reflect a candidate’s knowledge, skills, and character traits?

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Hiring Process / Daniela Tancău / June 9, 2025

Rationalization Bias in the Workplace Setting

Rationalization bias is defined as the justification of a behavior whose true motives are ignored. It happens when we explain a behavior without recognizing the real reasons behind it, because these reveals something unpleasant about ourselves.

Rationalization bias can lead to poor decisions, misunderstandings between team members, repeated mistakes, and avoidance of responsibility—all of which can harm the business as a whole. Even though it may seem like a small piece in a large puzzle and is often ignored, it can have a major impact on a business’s success.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / February 25, 2025

What Leaders Should Know Before Making a Change

Change is a key component of a business. Making a change often involves disruptions, uncertainty, and resistance, but it can also create feelings of excitement, optimism, and empowerment. We don’t always want change, but sometimes we are forced to change.

As a leader, you need a strategy and a plan to introduce the change you want smoothly and with minimal resistance.

In this blog post, we’ll explore how you can do this, whether the change is caused by internal or external reasons.

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Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / January 24, 2025

Employee Performance Reviews: Changes & Challenges

Why do companies need employee performance reviews?

Employee performance must be evaluated because a company’s success depends on how well its members perform in their roles. A well-built and properly conducted performance evaluation system provides objective grounds for decisions such as task assignments, promotions, and salary raises.

Performance reviews also provide information on employees’ strengths and the skills they need to improve and develop.
More than this, they give information about what is working well within a company and what isn’t.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / November 18, 2024

Work Relationships: Building Bridges for Positive Connections in the Workplace

Work relationships are a key component that impact an employee’s motivation and satisfaction at work.

Studies show that when positive work relationships are created, employees tend to collaborate more effectively with each other and have positive attitudes toward their jobs and the company.

So, given the benefits of positive work relationships on employees’ motivation – and, consequently, on their performance and results – companies should strive to create the proper conditions for this.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / October 28, 2024

People Management

Entrepreneurs and CEOs wear many hats. They have to consider all parts of a business – the products or services offered, the sales, the financial aspects, the team involved, the marketing, and all other aspects of their businesses. They prioritize their business aspects in different ways, involving themselves more or less in certain areas, focusing on some aspects, and giving less attention to others.

How Much Attention Do You Give to People Management Role?

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / September 6, 2024

Is Your Hiring Process Getting the Attention It Deserves?

The hiring process is a series of steps designed to recruit and select candidates for a specific job position.

All steps are important, and the success of hiring depends on how well this process is designed and conducted.

It’s like an instrument itself. If, for example, you have a low-quality phone, the overall experience with that phone will not be satisfying. You can’t expect to hire great people for your company if the instrument you use doesn’t have the necessary components to achieve that.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Hiring Process / Daniela Tancău / June 6, 2024