Coffee Culture

Office culture is the cornerstone of a great place to work. More than having dress-down Fridays or Taco Tuesdays in the staff room, workplace culture is about how people work and interact together. The sum total of their shared experience produces your firm’s “workplace culture”. Having a good workplace culture matters for a host of reasons, but the two most important are the fact that you need to attract talent to your firm; and once you get them, you want to keep them happy and productive. In NJ and its surrounding areas, prospective employees have many options as to where they can choose to work. When it comes to down it, every positive thing you can offer to a new hire holds weight. So today, instead of banging that all-familiar coffee drum, the team here at Corporate Essentials is going to give you the lowdown on the importance of company

A picture is worth 1,000 words, so the adage goes, and in our hyper-connected world, visual communication is more important than ever before (although we should ignore coffee bloggers either!) One of the best advantages coffee lovers in this social media landscape have over their predecessors is the ability to take part in the coffee rituals of others from afar – and nowhere is that more fun than Instagram. Today, the caffeine experts here at Corporate Essentials are taking a day off from informing our readers about the best food and drink options for their NJ breakrooms. Instead, we are going to show you ten of the best Instagram accounts for coffee lovers to follow. Whether you appreciate photography, love getting a glimpse into a coffee shop you might never get to visit in person or want to grab a virtual pick-me-up between coffee breaks, in no particular order, here are

Building a great culture in your workplace is a worthwhile endeavor. Sometimes, the hardest part of building the culture up is keeping tabs on how well you are doing. Today, the team of company culture gurus here at Corporate Essentials has put together this list of 50 things you can look at to determine whether your corporate culture comfortably resides in Boomtown or is heading for Bustville. 1. Your company never has to search for talent The people who work in your human resources teams are a great barometer for how healthy your workplace culture is at any given time. They know how many people are leaving the company, what made them leave and, most importantly, they can tell you how hard those empty chairs are to fill. A sign of a healthy office culture is a staffing department that does not have to head hunt. 2. People want to

Employers look for many characteristics in an employee when they are interviewing. For example, the candidate should be dependable. He or she should have experience and education in the area of the job he or she will be doing. The interviewee should be a quick learner and should work well on a team with a growth mindset. An employer may also be keeping an eye out for general intelligence, signs of logical thinking and ambition. But in addition to this, employers may be smart to look for signs of emotional intelligence as well. Emotional intelligence made its debut in the late twentieth century by Peter Salvoes and John D. Mayer. They outlined four sticking points that emotionally intelligent people possess. These are self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social skills. Lucky for us, New York City is full of qualified candidates who are eager to work hard to begin their career. There are many benefits to

We might have mentioned once or twice that office coffee is serious business – particularly when office coffee culture comes into play. Your office culture is a great asset when it is well defined and reflective of values people on your teams can relate to; unfortunately, in the busy world many of us work in, office culture can sometimes take a back seat to other work. The beauty of an office coffee culture is that coffee is omnipresent, always there underpinning our great workplace triumphs and picking us up after our occasional missteps. If you think your office coffee culture has hit a bit of a slump, never fear – the coffee heroes at Corporate Essentials are here today to help you pick a new path toward success through improved coffee culture with five simple steps anyone can take toward a better tomorrow. Ask the People What They Want The

Motivated employees are the heart and soul of any business. Whatever level of management you operate at, keeping your teams engaged should always be a top priority. Today, the crew at Corporate Essentials has gathered a series of top tips in three key areas that will give you the inside track on what really motivates employees to achieve stellar results. Whether you focus on leadership, communication or company culture, your ability to boost employee motivation across the board will grow – one cup of coffee at a time. Lead Wisely Some of the key reasons employees become dissatisfied with their job circle are how they are managed. Though the obvious answer is “be a better manager” there are a number of ways that this can be done, our favorites are explained in this section. 1. Set an example of authentic leadership Strong leaders are important to a successful business on all

One of the things that draws people in all industries to particular big name companies is the presence of an amazing office culture. While tech companies like Google and Facebook may have a reputation for providing some truly stellar perks that attract top talents in a number of fields, every company can create a great workplace culture by creating an environment that feeds the minds, bodies and spirits of all employees. Today, the coffee heroes at Corporate Essentials are here to help you build on the NYC office culture you may have already started – or kick start the sort of culture your teams dream of with three unique culture building ideas that any business can put to work for them. Put Your Employees’ Needs First Something that plenty of companies put a lot of lip service into is the value employees have to the firm. Unfortunately, one of the