Posts Tagged ‘Inspire Happiness’
State of the Agency Employee Highlights (2022)
Whether you’re running an agency or working with one, the stability of your team and how well they are engaged directly impact the quality of work and its outcomes. Balancing flawless execution, agility, and a retention culture demands a measured approach to team building and team member management. That balancing act has always been a…
Read MorePositive Relationships are Fuel for Delight and Growth
Whether you’re operating a service-based agency or consultancy, or your company delivers products, everything you do ultimately hinges on the health of your partnerships. (That’s not news.) But what is worth discussing is that, just like anything you craft, build, develop, and deliver, managing positive relationships should be a disciplined process executed with practice, precision,…
Read MoreThe Best Productivity Tools for Hybrid and Remote Agency Teams in 2022
Around 65% of agencies currently classify themselves as “hybrid” workforce models and another 16% are fully remote, according to a host of studies from groups like Owl Labs and Gallup. How well these models work depends on a lot of factors, like how connected team members feel to one another and how productive they are,…
Read MoreDiscover a Dragon Series: Chief of Staff, Dorothy Miller-Farleo
Dorothy-Miller Farleo (DMF to those of us lucky enough to know her well) has been a part of the Dragon Army crew almost since the very beginning. She began working with Dragon Army’s president Jenn Leahy in 2007 and has been with others on the Dragon Army team (including our founder Jeff HIlimire since the…
Read MoreHow Digital Transformation in 2021 Opened the Door to New Opportunities in 2022
There are a lot of words that we could use to describe 2021, but this is a family show. So we’re going to use two: transitions and intersections. In this first post of 2022, we reflect on where we’re going, based on where we’ve been. (It’s actually pretty cool, and we hope it’s a source…
Read MoreDiscover a Dragon Series: VP Account Manager, Lauren Wishna
Lauren Wishna is a vice president Account Director at Dragon Army. She sits at a pivotal role between the team and our partners, making sure the relationship is effective and, most importantly, happy. Lauren is also a dynamo working mother of two small boys and a reliable source of wit. We’re pretty sure you’re going…
Read MorePutting the Personal Back In the Agency Partnership Experience
I think we can all agree that 2020 pulled the rug out from under us. (And for some of us, that rug felt like it was 60×80.) But what if the monumental shifts last year actually enabled us to set a new foundation and definition for what an agency partnership experience should be? Despite how…
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