Teamgage Blog | Team Engagement, Strategy, Leadership

Autonomy vs Alignment, With Jean-Michel Lemieux‍

I invited Jean-Michel, former CTO and VP of Engineering at Shopify and Atlassian, to an exclusive interview to learn more about the relationship between alignment and autonomy, and why this is important in all teams.

Ben Smit

May 4, 2022

Alignment over Autonomy: why this is important and how to get there as team leaders

As a leader entering a team, or vice-versa, you have to align and collaborate before implementing team autonomy. Discover why and how you can start on the journey of team autonomy.

Hannah Stampke

May 4, 2022

What is Team Engagement?

What is team engagement, why do people love it, and when to start investing in it? Read what our Co-Founder and CEO, Noelle Smit, has to say about team engagement.

Noelle Smit

March 31, 2022

9 Vital Leadership Traits to Build High-Performing Teams

Check out these 9 vital leadership traits for building culture and high-performance in your teams.

Hannah Stampke

March 10, 2022

Burnout Signs and Personal Stressors

Why burnout can be difficult to measure, plus tips to manage the three most common excessive stressors: health, finance, and time.

Chris Wilson

February 14, 2022

4 Tips to Improve Team Communication

If communication is the heartbeat of the team, how can we keep it healthy? Here's 4 tips to get your teams communicating better.

Noelle Smit

February 4, 2022

How to make your teams safe to fail

The future of work isn’t going to accept businesses that are rigid and impractical. Here are 3 tricks to create a fail safe environment for your teams.

Hannah Stampke

January 11, 2022

3 steps to grow company culture

Here are some important steps that will get company culture brewing.

Hannah Stampke

December 10, 2021

Stone & Chalk’s CEO shares his thoughts on high-performing teams and future challenges

We found out what Michael Bromley, Stone & Chalk’s CEO, predicts for team engagement and workplace culture post-pandemic, and what he thinks will be the number one skill leaders will need to adapt and succeed.

Claudia Peixoto

December 7, 2021

What Do They Want From Me? The different leadership roles in change

Teamgage invited Michelle Mills, Leadership Consultant and Coach, and Leigh Willson, Leadership & Change Consultant at Hood Sweeney, to discuss what are the different change leadership roles that leaders can adopt to engage their teams to embrace organisational change.

Richard Wortley

November 22, 2021

Surviving to Thriving

Melina Lipkiewicz, Suria Ward, and Ben Colley discuss how to take your teams to the next level.

Claudia Peixoto

November 16, 2021

What Makes A Leader?

Leadership can be lonely, so let’s walk through what can make or break a leader.

Nicole Calder

November 4, 2021

You Can't Have Engagement Without Emotion

Sue and Janet Langley demonstrate ways to understand how teams can be more engaged from the basics of emotional intelligence and how you too can implement this into your workplace.

Hannah Stampke

October 14, 2021

The 3 Cs and future of work: co-create, co-design and collaborate

The 3 Cs are a fantastic way to engage your team, positively affecting the future of work. Let’s chat about how you can implement these methods to better your business, clients, and your teams by bringing everyone together.

Hannah Stampke

September 17, 2021

The future of work – why hybrid is your next step

The ‘one size fits all’ workplace approach isn’t going to cut it anymore. Let’s explore and break down the growing case for hybrid work in today's businesses.

Hannah Stampke

September 10, 2021

New ways of working: the future of teams and hybrid work

Akhil Palta and Peter Tsakissiris discuss their journey in enabling & empowering teams to self-manage and adopt new ways of working.

Richard Wortley

September 10, 2021

Why measuring workplace wellbeing is now more important than ever

In the COVID scenario, leaders are learning about the power of wellbeing in the workplace.

Hannah Stampke

September 7, 2021

5 steps to engage your team to embrace change

Have you had to learn how to navigate the current Coronavirus crisis while keeping your team engaged and embracing the change?

Claudia Peixoto

August 20, 2021

6 steps to improve workplace wellbeing

Truth is: the organisational context plays a really big role in the wellbeing of an individual.

Noelle Smit

August 13, 2021

Why do you need to engage your team?

Regardless of how good your product, process, structure or system is, it is not worth a single cent if no one chooses to use it.

Nickolas Sternberg-Heyze

August 2, 2021

Sunny the Canary

Explore the ‘canary in the coal mine’ metaphor and how it relates to employee wellbeing in the COVID work environment.

Tanya Lehmann

July 21, 2021

What COVID can teach us about high performing teams

Creating a team environment where people can work through issues and tough times together.

Noelle Smit

July 20, 2021

How to get teams engaged and working better together

Learning how to navigate the ongoing COVID crisis made us rethink team performance and how our people can work better together.

Maria Vieira

July 2, 2021

100 Questions to engage people

Powerful questions can be used to engage people, involve them and empower them.

Janet Langley

July 2, 2021

6 strategies for dealing with change fatigue

After a turbulent year of learning how to navigate the COVID crisis, our teams are now facing change fatigue.

Maria Vieira

July 1, 2021

5 tips for getting your team on the balcony

In this article Keegan Luiters discusses a practice know as “Getting on the balcony” that all teams can benefit from, but many teams struggle to implement. Learn some common barriers to getting on the balcony and some tips about how your team can do it better and more consistently.

Keegan Luiters

June 22, 2021

60 team engagement ideas and activities to implement now

When a team is engaged, it enhances the sense of trust and teamwork.

Janet Langley

June 17, 2021

How to effectively communicate change

Successful change takes place through consistent communication to more people, more often and to all levels of the organisation.

Nickolas Sternberg-Heyze

June 10, 2021

Microsoft features Teamgage in a video series

See how the integration between Teamgage and Microsoft Teams makes it even easier for teams to share and review how they're working together.

Maria Vieira

May 10, 2021

Create strategic impact through modern collaboration practices

An in-depth look into connection, collaboration and change in the SA Housing Authority

Deborah Dickson

May 4, 2021

Top 5 tips for team engagement and collaboration

Team engagement and collaboration with SA Department of Human Services’ Executive Director, People and Performance, Sue-Ann Charlton 

Nickolas Sternberg-Heyze

April 22, 2021

Aligning team strategy, culture and pulse measures

CulturAlchemy’s Founding Director Jayne Dunn talks about how to align team strategy, culture and pulse measures

Nickolas Sternberg-Heyze

April 22, 2021

Measurable outcomes

Learn about Measurable Outcomes with Sue-Ann Charlton, SA Department of Human Services’ Executive Director, People and Performance

Nickolas Sternberg-Heyze

April 12, 2021

Meet our latest team members

We have 3 new team members to introduce you to!

Andy Welsh

April 1, 2021

Is Teamgage anonymous?

Yes, is the short answer – Teamgage is anonymous.

Andy Welsh

March 31, 2021

10 ways leaders can inspire teams to take action

Here’s 10 tips for leaders to inspire action within their teams.

Claudia Peixoto

February 4, 2021

5 ways to boost your Teamgage submission rate

Here’s some advice to improve your employee submission rates!

Andy Welsh

February 2, 2021

Engage your teams using Microsoft Teams

Teamgage users are now able to use the system within the Microsoft Teams platform!

Claudia Peixoto

January 1, 2021

Our growing Teamgage team

Our team is growing! Meet our new faces.

Noelle Smit

December 18, 2020

Do employees join a company, but leave a manager?

How this in an absolutely vital area for organisations to get right.

Andy Welsh

October 7, 2020

New hires to our Adelaide office

We have 4 new team members to introduce you to!

Andy Welsh

July 23, 2020

New Comment Analysis

Use AI to quickly and simply receive the insights, comments and ideas you're looking for.

Ben Smit

July 14, 2020

Navigating the current Coronavirus crisis

The most important to thing to remember is to communicate.

Ben Smit

April 15, 2020

Help your teams without the setup and admin

Better quality insights that will actually save you time.

Janet Langley

April 8, 2020

Teamgage move to Australia's first innovation neighbourhood

Our neighbours now include the Australian Space Agency and the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre!

Noelle Smit

December 19, 2019

Teamgage host panel at AHRI state conference

Find out about our Culture and Executive buy in discussion.

Andy Welsh

November 5, 2019

Teamgage wins Best Smart Business Award

Thank you to our amazing clients for choosing Teamgage to engage your teams, reduce your risk, and transform and change.

Noelle Smit

November 5, 2019

Conducting a company culture project? You're doing it wrong.

In cases where strategy and culture are at odds, you will still likely have a strong culture, it just won’t be the one you want.

Ben Smit

June 11, 2019

Top 3 tips for getting the most out of Teamgage

Once the excitement of launching Teamgage has settled down, our clients invariably ask us a question.

Andy Welsh

May 6, 2019

Team engagement blog

Autonomy vs Alignment, With Jean-Michel Lemieux‍

Alignment over Autonomy: why this is important and how to get there as team leaders

What is Team Engagement?

9 Vital Leadership Traits to Build High-Performing Teams

Burnout Signs and Personal Stressors

4 Tips to Improve Team Communication

How to make your teams safe to fail

3 steps to grow company culture

Stone & Chalk’s CEO shares his thoughts on high-performing teams and future challenges

What Do They Want From Me? The different leadership roles in change

Surviving to Thriving

What Makes A Leader?

You Can't Have Engagement Without Emotion

The 3 Cs and future of work: co-create, co-design and collaborate

The future of work – why hybrid is your next step

New ways of working: the future of teams and hybrid work

Why measuring workplace wellbeing is now more important than ever

5 steps to engage your team to embrace change

6 steps to improve workplace wellbeing

Why do you need to engage your team?

Sunny the Canary

What COVID can teach us about high performing teams

How to get teams engaged and working better together

100 Questions to engage people

6 strategies for dealing with change fatigue

5 tips for getting your team on the balcony

60 team engagement ideas and activities to implement now

How to effectively communicate change

Microsoft features Teamgage in a video series

Create strategic impact through modern collaboration practices

Top 5 tips for team engagement and collaboration

Aligning team strategy, culture and pulse measures

Measurable outcomes

Meet our latest team members

Is Teamgage anonymous?

10 ways leaders can inspire teams to take action

5 ways to boost your Teamgage submission rate

Engage your teams using Microsoft Teams

Our growing Teamgage team

Do employees join a company, but leave a manager?

New hires to our Adelaide office

New Comment Analysis

Navigating the current Coronavirus crisis

Help your teams without the setup and admin

Teamgage move to Australia's first innovation neighbourhood

Teamgage host panel at AHRI state conference

Teamgage wins Best Smart Business Award

Conducting a company culture project? You're doing it wrong.

Top 3 tips for getting the most out of Teamgage

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