MailChimp is a restless collection of creative minds that celebrate each other whenever an opportunity arises. Sometimes, that means teaching a coworker new skills or hobbies or listening to them read or riding bikes to a team lunch. Recently, our VP of Marketing, Sean Cook, took the idea to heart while decorating his office. […]
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“What’s your favorite thing about working at MailChimp?”I’m coming up on 8 years here, and it’s still a tough question to answer. I’ve given lengthy monologues about my great co-workers. I’ve gone on and on about our commitment to experimentation and the ways we embrace and learn from failure. I’ve even rambled about all
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The kind of culture I wanted for HubSpot in our early days was one where we didn’t have to think about it. I subscribed to the Fight Club credo: the first rule about culture is that you don’t talk about culture. We broke that rule. The reward for that act of civil disobedience has been
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If you know you want to create a culture of positive, engaged employees, I applaud you. It’s these types of cultures that attract top talent and spur productivity among your high-quality team. Culture is a funny thing in the workplace. It’s not a set-it-and-forget-it kind of management technique. It’s one that requires daily nurturing and
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Photos: Dian Lofton / TED, Elizabeth Zeeuw / TED Like most things around MailChimp HQ, we try to take a slightly less prescribed, slightly more off-kilter (and fun!) approach to sponsorships. We love partnering with organizations that feel authentic and thoughtful, as well as groups that encourage a creative community. Our sponsorships excite us the
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Home Growth Working with Millennials: Building Team & Culture for the Next Generation Join Our Exclusive Network Subscribe now to our newsletter and get exclusive articles and deals ready to increase the ROI of your company! What did we learn today? We learned that it’s worth it to invest in a team and make everyone happy. Because
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By Aaron Agius There’s a slew of reasons why employees act the way they do: age, personality, experience, reliance on a paycheck, and so on. As their employer, you do your best to create a healthy work environment that inspires hard-working employees. But are they telling you what they actually want in return for their
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By Joanie Connell How many times have you heard or said this about leadership communications at your company: “It’s just the party line” or “It’s all just corporate double talk” or “Why bother going to the meeting; they won’t tell us what’s really going on”? Why is authenticity important? Authenticity can differentiate good leaders from bad
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Establishing and maintaining a strong company culture matters to the success of a business. “It affects everything from product branding, to the hiring process and employee productivity, plus all the details in between,” according to the Carson College of Business at Washington State University. But what happens when a new employee disrupts the current culture and
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By Giovanni Masino Every organization needs to find some way to be creative. And this is true for business in any industry, even the most traditional ones, and particularly relevant for startups. As creativity expert Cyriel Kortleven famously once said: “Out of the box or out of the business.” So, what can organizations do to
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