Managing the Return
The future of work is here.
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How to Set Healthy Boundaries When Starting a New Job
You can prioritize your needs and make a good impression in the process.
April 19, 2022 - ArticleGetting enough sleep and eating right will help other habits stick.
Building Healthy Habits When You’re Truly Exhausted
Getting enough sleep and eating right will help other habits stick. - ArticleTechniques to help you imagine a better future.
Sustaining Hope in Uncertain Times
Techniques to help you imagine a better future. - ArticleFour strategies for your next business trip.
How to Ease Back into Traveling for Work
Four strategies for your next business trip. - ArticleA lot has changed — including you.
Redefining Your Purpose in the Wake of the Pandemic
A lot has changed — including you. - ArticleWhy you might want one — and how to find the right one for you.
Do You Need a Career Coach?
Why you might want one — and how to find the right one for you. - ArticleFive research-backed strategies to help you embrace a new identity and move forward with confidence.
When a Major Life Change Upends Your Sense of Self
Five research-backed strategies to help you embrace a new identity and move forward with confidence. - ArticleWorking in the physical (or virtual) presence of another person can help you stay on task.
Feeling Disengaged at Work? Find Someone to Hold You Accountable.
Working in the physical (or virtual) presence of another person can help you stay on task.
- AdviceAnd get a real answer.
How to Ask Whether an Employee Is Happy at Work
And get a real answer. - ArticleTwo techniques based on social science.
Persuading Your Team to Embrace Change
Two techniques based on social science. - ArticleWe’re in a new psychological phase of the pandemic, which is manifesting in increased confrontation on many teams.
When Crisis Management Becomes Conflict Management
We’re in a new psychological phase of the pandemic, which is manifesting in increased confrontation on many teams. - ArticleWhat leadership demands often conflicts with what your direct reports need. Here’s how to navigate the tension.
Managers Are Trapped in a Performance-Compassion Dilemma
What leadership demands often conflicts with what your direct reports need. Here’s how to navigate the tension. - ArticleIs anyone really focused on work right now?
How to Be a Supportive Manager When Times Are Tough
Is anyone really focused on work right now? - ArticleFour ways to cultivate “radical adaptability.”
The Future Is Uncertain. Here’s How to Ensure Your Team Can Adapt.
Four ways to cultivate “radical adaptability.” - ArticleMake sure you aren’t causing unnecessary anxiety on top of what people are already dealing with.
Leading an Exhausted Workforce
Make sure you aren’t causing unnecessary anxiety on top of what people are already dealing with. - ArticleThe Great Resignation has likely changed your workforce. Don’t let it divide you into “us” and “them.”
Unifying Your Company’s Old Guard and New Arrivals
The Great Resignation has likely changed your workforce. Don’t let it divide you into “us” and “them.”
- ArticleMost employers remain in the dark about how many of their workers are caring for others at home.
Supporting Employee Caregivers Starts with Better Data
Most employers remain in the dark about how many of their workers are caring for others at home. - ArticleTrauma is not new, and it’s not going away. It’s time for organizations to learn how to respond to it.
We Need Trauma-Informed Workplaces
Trauma is not new, and it’s not going away. It’s time for organizations to learn how to respond to it. - ArticleThe threats we face — to life, business continuity, property, and reputation — will not end as our masks come off.
Design Your Organization to Withstand Future Disasters
The threats we face — to life, business continuity, property, and reputation — will not end as our masks come off. - ArticleIt will ensure your company can absorb stress, recover critical functionality, and thrive in new circumstances.
Make Resilience Your Company’s Strategic Advantage
It will ensure your company can absorb stress, recover critical functionality, and thrive in new circumstances. - ArticleAvatars, holograms, and other metaverse technologies will facilitate human connection in the months and years ahead.
Microsoft’s Jared Spataro on How the Pandemic Sped Up Technological Change (and Moved Us Closer to the Metaverse)
Avatars, holograms, and other metaverse technologies will facilitate human connection in the months and years ahead. - ArticleAutomation can free us up to focus on the parts of our jobs we find most meaningful.
Using Technology to Make Work More Human
Automation can free us up to focus on the parts of our jobs we find most meaningful. - ArticleWomen face unique challenges. Your company’s policies should address them.
How Organizations Can Support Women’s Mental Health at Work
Women face unique challenges. Your company’s policies should address them. - ArticleNew research from Microsoft.
5 Key Trends Leaders Need to Understand to Get Hybrid Right
New research from Microsoft.
- ArticleHealth and wellness are DEI issues.
Supporting the Well-Being of Your Underrepresented Employees
Health and wellness are DEI issues. - ArticleData shows that 60% of Black employees who aren’t happy with the flexibility at their current job will look for a new one in the coming year.
Why Flexible Work Is Essential to Your DEI Strategy
Data shows that 60% of Black employees who aren’t happy with the flexibility at their current job will look for a new one in the coming year. - AscendMind your microexpressions.
Managers, Here’s How to Be a Better Ally in the Remote Workplace
Mind your microexpressions. - ArticleBlack women are often “the onlys” in their organizations, often leading to tremendous pressure and responsibility.
Video: Black Women on the Challenges and Opportunities of the Past 18 Months
Black women are often “the onlys” in their organizations, often leading to tremendous pressure and responsibility. - ArticleSix strategies to avoid backsliding on your diversity goals.
The Great Resignation Doesn’t Have to Threaten Your DE&I Efforts
Six strategies to avoid backsliding on your diversity goals. - ArticleThoughtful design can encourage more meaningful interactions.
Design Physical and Digital Spaces to Foster Inclusion
Thoughtful design can encourage more meaningful interactions. - ArticleDesign your policies to maximize fairness, performance, and cultural cohesion.
5 Practices to Make Your Hybrid Workplace Inclusive
Design your policies to maximize fairness, performance, and cultural cohesion. - ArticleThree challenges leaders must navigate.
Fostering a Culture of Belonging in the Hybrid Workplace
Three challenges leaders must navigate.
- ArticleEight strategies to cultivate ongoing relationships with former employees.
Leave the Door Open for Employees to Return to Your Organization
Eight strategies to cultivate ongoing relationships with former employees. - ArticleYou can prioritize your needs and make a good impression in the process.
How to Set Healthy Boundaries When Starting a New Job
You can prioritize your needs and make a good impression in the process. - ArticleFive tips to help you adjust to a new workplace — especially if it’s been awhile.
Starting a New Job as a Mid-Career Professional
Five tips to help you adjust to a new workplace — especially if it’s been awhile. - ArticlePeople aren’t just quitting their jobs — they’re aspiring to new ways of life.
The “Great Resignation” Is a Misnomer
People aren’t just quitting their jobs — they’re aspiring to new ways of life. - ArticleData suggests it’s one of the best ways to improve company culture.
3 Ways to Boost Retention Through Professional Development
Data suggests it’s one of the best ways to improve company culture. - HBR BestsellerImplementing a formal program could boost retention by up to 50%.
Onboarding Can Make or Break a New Hire’s Experience
Implementing a formal program could boost retention by up to 50%. - ArticleIn the face of the Great Resignation, companies must invest in building strong relationships — or risk losing their best people.
How Teams Are Retaining Employees Right Now
In the face of the Great Resignation, companies must invest in building strong relationships — or risk losing their best people. - ArticleDon’t just offer flexibility — empower people to use it.
To Retain Employees, Support Their Passions Outside Work
Don’t just offer flexibility — empower people to use it.
- AdviceGet people to quit multitasking and participate.
Stop Hosting Boring Virtual Meetings
Get people to quit multitasking and participate. - ArticleBe specific about what you’re asking for — or you’ll keep getting crickets.
How to Get People to Speak Up in Virtual Meetings
Be specific about what you’re asking for — or you’ll keep getting crickets. - VideoHow do you make sure everyone — whether in-person or remote — feels heard?
Christine vs. Work: How to Do Hybrid Meetings Right
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- ArticleBefore bringing people back to the office, consider what you hope to get out of your face-to-face meetings.
When Do We Actually Need to Meet in Person?
Before bringing people back to the office, consider what you hope to get out of your face-to-face meetings. - ArticleThree tips for when to speak up — and three warnings for when to hold back.
Stop Talking Over Each Other in Virtual Meetings
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- AdviceBring a little laughter into your workplace.
6 Super Fun Activities for Your Next Virtual Meeting
Bring a little laughter into your workplace.
- ArticleA framework for designing a space (physical or virtual) that aligns with your strategic needs.
What’s the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?
A framework for designing a space (physical or virtual) that aligns with your strategic needs. - ArticleNew survey data sheds light on three key reasons.
Why Companies Aren’t Cutting Back on Office Space
New survey data sheds light on three key reasons. - ArticleHow one company redesigned its headquarters during the pandemic to meet its employees’ evolving needs.
Design an Office that People Want to Come Back to
How one company redesigned its headquarters during the pandemic to meet its employees’ evolving needs. - ArticleThe future isn’t in-person or remote or hybrid: it’s all of them.
Tsedal Neeley on Why We Need to Think of the Office as a Tool, with Very Specific Uses
The future isn’t in-person or remote or hybrid: it’s all of them. - ArticleGive people a reason—not a regulation—to come in to the office.
IDEO’s CEO, Sandy Speicher, Asks: What Is an Office Even For Now?
Give people a reason—not a regulation—to come in to the office. - ArticleMany Australians returned to the office in late 2020. Here’s how they’re working now.
5 Models for the Post-Pandemic Workplace
Many Australians returned to the office in late 2020. Here’s how they’re working now. - ArticleSix factors for companies to consider.
Do You Really Need All that Office Space?
Six factors for companies to consider. - Magazine ArticleFrom workplace to “culture space”
Designing the Hybrid Office
From workplace to “culture space”
