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"The one thing that helps us is we have a common goal and we understand it collectively very well." 🚀📈 While working remotely has allowed us to recruit and collaborate with the best in the industry, meeting face-to-face at our yearly offsites adds a whole new dimension to our team bond. Offsites are more than just in-person meetings. They provide a unique opportunity to strengthen our team bonds, align everyone towards our common goals, and deeply engage with the values that drive our business. During these meetings, we get to know each other beyond the screen, sharing moments that help us understand how each team member excels in their role. These meetups give us an extra boost. They help us share ideas, collaborate better, and come back feeling more united and motivated. Our offsites allow us to collectively innovate, collaborate, and reinforce the core values that define us as a company. They are key to building a cohesive, motivated, and forward-thinking team. Here's a peek at some team-building during our recent meetup in Miami team-building day 👇🏻

Houston, we (had a problem) 😬 Our client was a busy professional managing two side hustle businesses and a family. Her plate was full, and her team was facing a lot of challenges. We knew we could help, but how? Here's the nitty gritty of what we did to turn it all around: 📅 We sit down weekly to map out her week, ensuring no detail is overlooked. 📩 No more missed meetings—we handle all appointment confirmations. 📝 Contracts for new events are sent out months in advance, eliminating last-minute rushes. 💻 We created an event page on her website, which is now filling up with profitable events. The result? She’s no longer in reactive mode. With deliberate planning, she even managed to take *three weeks* off this summer without significant impacts on her businesses. Now THAT'S what we call a client success story! 🙌

Last month, our host, Global Partnerships Lead, Nate McLaughlin, chatted to Co-Founder at Vizzy | B Corp™, Chris Woodward-Jones and Founder & Director at Global M, Nick Waller, to get their takes on hiring beyond the CV and the ways in which we must adapt to hiring the next generation ✨ We’ve unpacked key insights from the session which you can read below!

At Heartland, we've always believed that greatness is achieved not just by our individual efforts, but by the strength of our collaborations. That's why this week is extra special—it's an opportunity to amplify our impact by joining forces with our trusted partners who share our vision and values. 🚀 From brainstorming sessions to strategy meetings, from late-night calls to celebratory milestones, our Stronger Together partners have been by our side every step of the way. Together, we've tackled challenges, sparked innovation, and achieved extraordinary results that transcend what any of us could accomplish alone. 🌐 As we concluded our recent Blitz Week, let's celebrate these partnerships that form the bedrock of our success. Let's lean into collaboration with renewed vigor, knowing that together, we're unstoppable. Let's leverage our collective expertise, creativity, and passion to break new ground, exceed expectations, and make a lasting impact. 💥 So here's to our Stronger Together partners—thank you for your unwavering support, your boundless dedication, and your shared commitment to excellence. This week, let's harness the power of collaboration like never before and make our collective mark on the world. Together, we're unstoppable! #NationalBlitzWeek #StrongerTogether #Partnerships #Collaboration #Teamwork #Culture Photo Credit: John Wunder

How often do you see this? New hires get showered with company swag, fancy welcome baskets, and all the attention...and the team that’s been there all along...they get... a pat on the back! Everyone deserves that shiny new hire feeling, even if they've been with us for years. Here’s why: → Recognition doesn’t expire - It’s not just for newbies. → Appreciation is timeless - It should be for everyone. → Long-timers deserve excitement- Just like new recruits. Let’s stop treating our team members like old furniture. Instead, show them the same excitement and respect we give to newcomers. Show appreciation through actions, not just words. A simple gesture can go a long way to retain top talent

Can you imagine your team leader sharing their failures? We do! That's why we've brought the vibe of Fuckup Nights to hundreds of companies across various industries. Fuckup Nights private events are the only corporate experiences that create a safe space to use failure as a management tool and spark innovation. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/FuN-at-work Or tag someone who might find this interesting... 👀

Finally... a FUN offsite experience with real PURPOSE! An offsite is more than just a team building experience. It's a chance to gain much needed alignment and focus, with fun and team building included! That's what a Deliberate Leadership Offsites is perfect for. ⬇️ Check in the comments below for the link! #offsites #leadershipoffsite #corporateretreat

Make hot shit. Put hot shit out into the world 💥 Meet the brains behind Super Top Secret: A Hawke Media Company—Jared Strain and Joey Yorba. As they celebrate STS’s 15th anniversary, they offer candid insights into their initial vision, the agency's evolution, and the fun they've experienced along the way. Ultimately, their passion has fueled their success: Stay passionate about what you do, and everything else will follow. Learn more about STS with the link in the comments. #branding #brandingagency #creativebranding #creativeagency #brandstrategy

The other week I was lucky enough to head up a roundtable at Operations Nation's cONference 2024 ✨ Big big thank you to Charlene, Aušrinė, Bre and the rest of the team for organising such an awesome two days 🤠 Such a great crowd of awesome Ops people, just wanting to LEARN! I think thats what my biggest takeaway was. Ops-folk are naturally quite curious and want to learn about things, how they work and most of all they care!! I used to think Ops-folk found it hard to let go of the People function when they needed the help because of a 'control' thing. Turns out, its a care thing 💙 (most of the time, lolz) Anywho, I spoke about scaling teams, and how there is no secret sauce, but the groups I was working with had some awesome ideas - 1. Focus on the salary banding and ensuing folks in the same role are in the same banding, because it is waaaaayyyy harder to fix this when you start to scale. 2. Focussing on the onboarding is incredibly important if you want to ensure you set folks up to succeed! Ensure you give people the time, space, tools and support to onboard into the org, and you'll see people flourish. 3. Before you focus on any of this, you need to look at the job architecture of WHAT you actually need, more specifically this persons skills. Too often I see orgs hire something like a CMO because they think they need one, or they've seen others do it, or worse, bragging rights. But in reality you might need a doer, not a thinker. Focus on what your org needs right now, the skills that are missing, and you probably have less chance of crashing and burning 😬 (OK this one was me)

I started Quandary because I wanted to provide a service to clients in our space that was of higher quality than anyone else. At the time, I noticed that the low-code space was underdeveloped. There were a lot of lifestyle businesses providing inferior services to clients even though the owners were satisfied with the level of service their teams provided. But there weren’t a lot of firms running like enterprise organizations with layers of management, more accountability, and a more uniform service. I knew that the clients would benefit from a higher level of service and set off to build a business that provided that. That’s why I built Quandary and why we saw success quickly. There’s nothing wrong with running a lifestyle business. However, some businesses need more than that. They need a team of strategic consultants with a deeper bench and a clear process. They have more at stake. Maybe they’re in a more competitive space, or they’re seeing customers radically shift demands, or they’re under pressure to cut operational costs with tech. Either way, they come to us because we provide a consistent, high-level experience over and over again. It’s why I started Quandary. And it’s why we’re still here.