KIM & TODD SAXTON: You can fix some of remote work’s drawbacks
Nuances of body language and communication can be lost in the world of virtual backgrounds.
In the Workplace
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Garrett Mintz: Pivoting to quality is key to future success
Your quantifiable goals, such as revenue, might not be achievable if the customer no longer believes in your product.
Liz Malatestinic: Bringing employees back to the office? Have a plan.
The business environment is still rife with uncertainty because of the pandemic, and employers need to be cautious as they contemplate bringing employees back into the workplace. There are a number of areas of concern.
JULKA: Workers’ views on returning to office were surprising
When we mapped how people felt about returning to the office, I foolishly thought the youngest folks would be the most ready.
Mandy Haskett: Three variables will make or break successful return to the office
Culture, we all know, eats strategy for breakfast. And yet, leaders often focus on the tangible, more measurable elements of their strategy they can comfortably see better—ignoring the softer, less visible aspects that make organizations truly healthy.
Garrett Mintz: What vulnerability means as an executive
It can be tough to break through our shell and show vulnerability, but the initial investment pays dividends.
COOPER: Retain customers and expand market share through COVID-19
You have massive opportunity right now to start and grow a business if you assess market trends and respond accordingly.
Kim & Todd Saxton: Smart decisions are built on farsighted thinking
Given the uncertainty, good decisions today need to incorporate farsighted thinking versus narrowband thinking. These complex decisions require a thoughtful and intentional process to increase the odds of having a favorable outcome.
In the workplace: Show your boss you can be productive working remotely
Here are some tips for building trust with your manager so you can eventually stake a claim that you deserve to work remotely.
Liz Malatestinic: New normal? It’s the evolving normal.
Perhaps the biggest key to making effective plans in all this is flexibility.
MAGGIE PHELPS: Clarity comes in the still chaos of life at home
Companies, just like individuals, are learning hard lessons right now, too, clinging to old ways of doing things while grasping for creative solutions.
Garrett Mintz: Your engagement numbers don’t mean anything
Engagement has clearly shown a correlation to greater productivity and workplace happiness, but how accurate is our method for measuring workplace engagement? There are better ways.
Samantha Julka: An ode to my colleagues, whom I miss so much
What I miss most is actually my people. My sweet, sweet colleagues. The lack of this serendipitous community has left the biggest impact on my body—a hole in my heart.
Santiago Jaramillo: How to support employees as whole people
Resilience is found when people see obstacles as speed bumps rather than insurmountable peaks, and the coach’s role is simply to help his or her people maintain that perspective.
Kim & Todd Saxton: You can be an early-stage investor—and startups need you
Investing locally is rewarding as part of a balanced portfolio. It is also exciting and gratifying to be part of allowing a local startup to launch or grow.
Garrett Mintz: Keeping culture while employees go remote
Remote work removes many of the inconveniences associated with going into work, but it takes away a key component of what makes company culture—connection!
Kristen Cooper: Could this be a boom time for B2C startups and small businesses?
Now might be a good time for some startups and small businesses to consider pivoting their marketing and sales dollars to the individual consumer.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: How to successfully manage remote workers
Some companies have been caught flat-footed in their attempts to quickly train newly minted remote employees on the latest and most relevant computer skills.
Mandy Haskett: Make sure to be ‘brilliant at the basics’
We get focused on making sure the big, complicated tough stuff is intact, only to miss the basic thing. The first thing. The most fundamental thing.
Garrett Mintz: The fallacy of thinking that work must be a calling
Workers run in their own lanes and live their own lives and can achieve happiness and self-actualization in their own ways.