If It Ain’t Broke, Fix It Anyway: The Evolution of Virtual Payara Day Published on 02 Mar 2022 by Mycah BanksTopics: Fish FoodTagged event, events, HR, news and events, People Team, Virtual Payara Day This Friday is Virtual Payara Day – a quarterly event that looks quite different from our first-ever Virtual Payara Day (VPD) in 2018, despite the consistent success of VPD since then. Once we kick off a recurring event like this that receives glowing results, isn’t it easy to publish our template and rest on our laurels? However, because the needs and culture of a business are always developing, no template should be rid of that “edit” button. At Payara, the evolution of VPD is a useful example of how an already successful event can be improved by remaining alive and responsive. Continue reading “If It Ain’t Broke, Fix It Anyway: The Evolution of Virtual Payara Day”
Seizing the Moment: Engagement during Disruption Published on 04 Aug 2020 by Mycah BanksTopics: Fish Food The unplanned worldwide disruption of this year has proven more than ever the importance of a strong workplace culture. Businesses that were forced to shift suddenly from office-based work to a diaspora of homeworkers have had to rethink fundamental behaviours like collaboration, performance management, and tasking to name a few. The suddenness of this change, which for some organisations has bordered on radical, meant that management could not afford to prepare staff or “test the waters”. When businesses can no longer rely on tried-and-true tools and methodologies, the pre-existing values, interactions, and relationships that make up workplace culture become the lifeblood of success. Continue reading “Seizing the Moment: Engagement during Disruption”
Tips for Internal Communication Published on 01 May 2020 by Mycah BanksTopics: Fish Food Communication is key. We all know that tired axiom, but so much that goes wrong in a business can be boiled down to a failure to communicate. What’s more, during the current disruption, many businesses have made a dramatic shift from office-based teams to working from home, requiring enhanced or even overhauled communication strategies for a suddenly dispersed workforce. So, let’s revisit the purpose of communication and some tools that could level up any business’s communication infrastructure. Continue reading “Tips for Internal Communication”
Payara Week 2020: Madeira, Portugal Published on 24 Mar 2020 by Mycah BanksTopics: Payara Events, Payara Life Although every Payaran is currently working from home in response to Coronavirus, the whole team is still buzzing from Payara Week, held on the stunning sub-tropical island of Madeira. While this is our fourth annual Payara Week, it’s our first time hosting the event outside England. Flying everyone out to Funchal, Madeira gave the whole Payara crew the opportunity for a warm, sunny break from late winter (though it felt more like home to our equatorial crewmember). Continue reading “Payara Week 2020: Madeira, Portugal”
Core Values: Polaris of Company Culture Published on 20 Jan 2020 by Mycah BanksTopics: Payara Life Walk into any of the silicon-valley behemoths or trendy start-ups and there’s a good chance you’ll see a colourful mural of inspiring words on the wall, an ever-present backdrop for the team as they work on objectives from the most minute to the highest level. Core values — along with mission and vision statements — have become essential for any business, especially now that the active construction of company culture has become standard. Continue reading “Core Values: Polaris of Company Culture”
Christmas Festivities at the Malvern Office Published on 19 Dec 2019 by Mycah BanksTopics: Payara Events You might have noticed that Payarans will make lots of excuses for a good time, and the energy of Christmas and New Year is as good of a reason as any to let down our proverbial hair for a bit of fun. On 6 December, Payarans in our UK office celebrated the upcoming holidays with its annual Christmas party, when all Payarans in our UK office shut down their workstations at lunchtime to spend the rest of the day having some fun and a nice meal out on the town. Continue reading “Christmas Festivities at the Malvern Office”
Payara Sponsors Marine Conservation Society Published on 09 Sep 2019 by Mycah BanksTopics: Giving Back, Payara Life We are proud to announce that Payara have pledged our support this year to the Marine Conservation Society UK (MCSUK) as Gold Company Members. Continue reading “Payara Sponsors Marine Conservation Society”
Payara Week 3.0 Published on 05 Jul 2019 by Mycah BanksTopics: Payara Events, Payara Life Payara hosted its third Payara Week last month – a week-long internal conference for which we fly in our team from around the world for strategy building across the whole company. Continue reading “Payara Week 3.0”
Virtual Payara Day: Our Values Published on 02 Jun 2019 by Mycah BanksTopics: Payara Events, Payara Life “Payarans”. That’s the name we have for all team-members, regardless of whether they work in Payara’s brick-and-mortar offices or whether they’re remote, working from their own home-offices that are spread around the world in diverse places that include Japan, the US, Sweden, Colombia, the Netherlands, Portugal – the list goes on. Continue reading “Virtual Payara Day: Our Values”
