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Category: Culture
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Employee-advised giving on Give to the Max Day
Give to the Max Day signals the nearing of the end of the year and it’s our favorite way to kick off the season of giving. To celebrate GTMD this past November, we continued our tradition of providing each Clockworker a giving card to donate to the causes of their choice. And, we did an […]
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Clockwork is closed on Election Day
Election day is not a federal holiday. Yet. Businesses remain open, and commerce happens. But Clockwork has chosen to officially make election day a paid day of service to not only give our people the freedom and flexibility they need to show up and vote, but also to allow additional time to volunteer to ensure […]
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Honey Roasts: What they are and why your team should do them
What is a honey roast? Roasts (when talking about oration, not ham) are speeches to honor someone but usually fall along the line somewhere between good natured ridicule to criticism veiled as a joke. Honey roasts are the kinder version of a regular roast. A honey roast is an opportunity to say all the wonderful things about a […]
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13 things we love
There’s a lot about work and life that’s hard right now. So, Clockworkers took a moment to call out the things we love these days — things that make life and work easier, more effective, more enjoyable. You’ll find both professional and personal recommendations here — tools, sites, and culture — lovingly compiled by staff members […]
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Navigating Change Series: Where Professional Meets Personal
In the first two Navigating Change videos, we talked about setting expectations for remote teams and then empowering those teams to make the expectations their own. In this addition to the Navigating Change Series, you’ll learn how to enable individuals to get the best out of themselves. With simple tools and straightforward conversations, your teams and will be […]
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Navigating Change Series: Help your teams excel in times of change
The Navigating Change Series continues with a guide to helping teams excel by empowering them to take ownership and accountability for their success during change. This is not to say they bear sole responsibility for navigating changes. Your role, as a leader, is the harder one. You have to let go of control and enable teams’ autonomy […]
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Navigating Change Series: Helping dispersed teams do their best
Our first installment of the Navigating Change Series is focused on a timely topic for most businesses today: how leaders can support and get the best from their people now that teams are dispersed. All change is disruptive — you know this. But you can do things to minimize the productivity “dips” that come with this disruption. […]
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Social distancing with humanity
Given the fear and uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, we’re all considering how to best take care of our families. But it’s important to remember that, especially in times like these, we have to take care of one another. And, we need to remember the real reason we are practicing social distancing — to protect the most […]
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MN tech joins Thorn’s fight against online child sex trafficking
In early October, experts across the Minnesota tech community joined forces for a two-day hackathon to combat child sex trafficking. The goal of the Build What You Believe hackathon was to make improvements to Spotlight, the database created by Thorn and used by law enforcement nationwide to find traffickers and help victims. Who was there The hackathon was […]
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Why we’re closed on Election Day (again)
October 31, 2019 We’re closing again on Election Day to make time for Clockworkers to vote and to create space for other forms of civic engagement. All elections, especially local ones, are important, and showing up to vote is a responsibility and a privilege. We’re doing our part in ensuring that our small community shows […]