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10 tips and 48 ways to have an interest-secure Christmas

Many teams and companies are currently struggling with the same question: how to build and maintain team spirit? One concrete problem is the problem of Christmas parties. According to a recently published study, telecommuting is not...

November, 03

Support from colleagues is perceived to have decreased in teleworking

How are peer support, psychological safety, well-being and teleworking linked? Underlying them all is the basic human need to be seen and heard, to be part of a team. Everyone, in their own way, can...

October, 05

Sanna Hughes, Finnish Landlords: with SmoothTeam, people openly shared their thoughts

The Finnish Landlords is the representative organisation of private landlords and housing investors. We are a close-knit community of 13 experts, with people from a wide range of backgrounds. Our organisation includes lawyers...

September, 21

Reni Waegelein: What Teal is all about

How understanding the strengths of your colleagues and getting to know them in all ways is critical for Teal. What is Teal Teal is a word that means the colour blue-green. Teal has recently...

September, 15

SmoothTeam - useful and fun things to do on a team day, face-to-face or remotely!

Holding team days remotely is more demanding than usual. The SmoothTeam simulation provides a proven, useful and fun experience for team members. What is the goal of a team day? Working across screens makes teamwork more...

September, 11

How to get back into work mode after a holiday - even when working remotely?

August, 19

Silence is gold, talking is silver - or is it?

There are many sayings in the Finnish language, some of which have stood the test of time and others of which there are many opinions today. Silence is gold, speech is silver. This is wisdom,...

June, 24

Avoiding micromanagement is the start of fragmentation - and how do you help a team find common goals?

How to create common goals and tackle each other's areas, while avoiding the downsides of micromanagement? This post is linked to an earlier blog on micromanagement and Patrick Lencioni. Both work...

June, 10

Micromanaging is allowed, even recommended - listen to Patrick Lencion!

June, 10

Ilkka Seppälä, Gofore: SmoothTeam gave us a whole new perspective

June, 01

Tero Rinne, Iogen: The openness of the debate created by SmoothTeam was striking

Iogen is the largest Finnish importer of ophthalmic surgical supplies. We operate with a consultative approach, which means that we understand our customers' needs and help them with them. As this is a small specialised field of medicine,...

May, 25

New "Conflict situations and emotional temperament" simulation developed in collaboration with Workplace Nordic

Workplace Nordic Ltd promotes the use of cutting-edge personal and team assessment tools in Northern Europe. Workplace Nordic and SmoothTeam collaborated to develop the new SmoothTeam simulation "Conflict situations...

May, 20

Jarmo Suoranta, TX: SmoothTeam helps develop the way management teams work in a globally distributed team

Some of our employees meet regularly at our offices in Zug and Helsinki, Switzerland. We also have people from Australia, America, Spain and other countries. In day-to-day operations, all members of the management team...

May, 13

Sonja Raitamäki, Federation of Finnish Student Unions: 'I can definitely recommend SmoothTeam to various organisations

The Union of Students' Unions of Finland (SYL) is made up of ambitious and visionary people. We are not here for money, but for the love of the sport. Everyone is committed not only to their job, but also to...

May, 11

Jarno Anttalainen, Viafin GAS: The better we know each other, the smarter we can behave towards each other

Our staff have been employed by the state company for a long time. In February 2019, Viafin Service, a private company, acquired Gasum Technical Services, which became Viafin GAS. This has been a big change for people....

May, 07