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Creating Cultural Unity Across Different Company Locations

How do you keep cultural unity within your company when you have multiple work locations?

In the best scenario, all work locations have a shared culture. In the worst scenario, different work locations have different cultures or subcultures.

Why does cultural unity matter? It matters because it impacts not only the results different locations achieve but also how they are perceived by customers and outside people. Therefore, it impacts the company’s brand and identity.

And, as important, it impacts how employees experience working for that company.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / September 30, 2026

How to Get Better at Defining Workplace Problems

The way you define a problem determines how you will try to solve it. If your understanding of what is happening is incomplete or incorrect, the decisions you make may address the wrong causes, leaving the real problem unresolved. In some situations, this can also lead to unfair decisions that affect employees who were not actually responsible for the problem.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / August 31, 2026

What to Do When Two Team Members Don’t Get Along

The situation when two team members don’t get along is common and can be found in many workplaces. Some team leaders stay away from these team members’ arguments and disagreements, some intervene only in some cases, and others go all in and take action to resolve the issue.
Constant tensions between team members affect not only them, but can also impact the quality of their work and the work environment.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / July 31, 2026

Misconceptions About Employee Motivation and Their Costs for Teams and Businesses

What employers think about employee motivation strongly shapes how they act toward their teams.

Misconceptions about employee motivation cost them and their teams as well. They led to decisions and actions that are set to fail from the beginning because they are based on conceptions that are inaccurate, and that don’t provide a good understanding of when motivation exists.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / June 26, 2026

Authority and Influence in Organizations

Understanding how authority is built and maintained is essential for any person in a leadership position. Then, knowing how to distinguish between authority and influence helps us better understand our own behaviours and those of others.

People have different levels of authority and influence in a company. Understanding the power relationships between the members of a company helps us know to whom different requests should be addressed and to whom not, what can be requested or expected from different members, who can facilitate or authorize certain actions, or who should be involved in helping with different changes in the company.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / April 24, 2026

How to Successfully Redesign Roles and Reorganize Work

With all the technological changes happening right now and continuing to develop in the future, it’s very likely that you’ll need to make changes in your employees’ roles and reorganize work. Some activities will become automated, new tools will be used, and work will need to be reorganized.

These changes are not always easy because they can create insecurity, confusion, tension, and disengagement among employees. You need to handle different aspects of these changes and involve the right people to help you make the right decisions.

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Leave a Comment / Employee Motivation, Team Leadership / Daniela Tancău / February 25, 2026

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