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Centaur Stage Season 2 Ep. 5 - What I’ve Learned About Teams, a Special Episode with Marilyn Zakhour
Marilyn Zakhour, CEO & Founder of Cosmic Centaurs, shared her insights on team dynamics.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 30, 202127 min read
14 Gift Ideas for Remote Teams
Cosmic Centaurs compiled a list of gift ideas for your remote teams and colleagues. Who said Secret Santa is not for hybrid teams?
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Nov 28, 20214 min read
Reflecting on 2023 with our Pits and Peaks Workshop
With the season of kindness and empathy right around the corner, we have created an end-of-year themed Pits & Peaks workshop.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 25, 20211 min read
Centaur Stage Season 2 Ep.4 - Nurturing Teams with David Munir Nabti
David Munir Nabti from Bloom EMEA talked about nurturing teams, values and purpose, and having a learning culture.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 23, 202110 min read
Creative Retrospective Formats to Reflect on the Past Year
We’ve put together a list of fun retrospective formats to help you wrap up the year with your team.
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Nov 21, 20213 min read
Holiday Party Ideas for Hybrid Teams in 2023
Celebrating with family and friends is commonplace and as always, we believe in extending that to celebrating with your team!
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Nov 17, 20214 min read
How to Run Meaningful Performance Reviews
We've outlined some tips to run meaningful performance review meetings with your remote or distributed team.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 16, 20215 min read
Centaur Stage Season 2 Ep.3- Managing Global Distributed Teams with Sylvia Burbery
Sylvia Burbery from Royal Canin discussed how to manage global distributed teams.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 15, 202117 min read
Uncovering Team Values
This article is the second in a series about organizational values, and includes a worksheet on uncovering team values.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 12, 20213 min read
How to Effectively Structure Distributed Work
This article explores the different types of work (individual, group work, team w tasks and the appropriate coordination processes for each.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 11, 20216 min read
Centaur Stage Season 2 Ep.2 - The Data Behind High-Performing Teams with Sam Yeats
In this episode of Centaur Stage Season 2, produced by Cosmic Centaurs, Marilyn and Sam Yeats explore the data behind high-performing teams.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 11, 202111 min read
Cosmic Conference 2021 - Closing Debate: Are Remote Teams Better?
To wrap up our second annual Cosmic Conference, we hosted a debate titled ‘Are Remote Teams Better?’ Read to hear what our debators argued.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 11, 202118 min read
Centaur Stage Season 2 Ep.1 - What is a Team? with Connie Hadley
In the 1st episode of Centaur Stage S2, Connie Hadley shared her insights on what makes a team, a team.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 2, 20219 min read
Cosmic Conference 2021 - Session 5: Managing Diversity in Distributed Teams
In this 2021 Cosmic Conference session, Marilyn and Dr. Vinika Rao talk about diversity and inclusion in teams.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 1, 202121 min read
Cosmic Conference 2021 - Session 4: The Impact of Workspaces on Collaboration
In this of the 2021 Future of Teams Conference, we explore the impact of workspaces on collaboration with Agustin Chevez and Shayne Smart
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 1, 202114 min read
Why are values important for a company?
This article is the first in a series all about organizational values.
Cosmic Centaurs
Oct 25, 20213 min read
Developing Resilience
In this series, we explore how to develop resilience. This first article draws on research to define resilience and outline its many types.
Cosmic Centaurs
Oct 20, 20214 min read
Cosmic Conference 2021 - Session 3: Internal Communications in Distributed Organizations
In the 2021 Cosmic Conference exploring the Future of Teams, we discussed effective internal communications in distributed organizations.
Cosmic Centaurs
Oct 11, 202116 min read
Annual Strategic Planning: Q&A with Strathaus
Marilyn Zakhour, CEO & Founder of Cosmic Centaurs & Roger Hajjar, Founding Partner at Strathaus held a Q&A about annual strategic planning.
Cosmic Centaurs
Oct 10, 20212 min read
A Helpful Guide to Shared Documentation Part III: Managing Access Rights
Managing who gets access to information is an important component of information management and documentation.
Cosmic Centaurs
Oct 10, 20213 min read
Remote Work Manifesto
Inspired by the ‘Agile Manifesto’, we have developed ‘The Remote Work Manifesto’ capturing the values, direction, and vision for effective flexible, remote or virtual team work.
Ritual Bank
If your team or company is looking for rituals to help with performance, cohesion, communication, or onboarding new team members visit our ritual bank for inspiration.
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