It’s one thing to have an existing team change the way they work. But what about bringing new people into the fold on a hybrid team?  Most of the focus on returning to work has been on getting your existing team members to work together in more of a hybrid way. Not everyone is going

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Despite an uptick in cases, and concerns about new variants, many of us are starting to feel like the COVID shutdown is somewhere near an end. We’re either ready to make plans to re-enter our old workspaces or form new hybrid teams, but we just want to get on with it. Unfortunately, you can’t let

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Welcome to the Future of Work! We’re all moving forward in what will be viewed in hindsight as a major change in how we all work. In the first of a series of videos, Kevin and Wayne take a look at what some of the biggest concerns are facing both leaders and team members as

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Humans have a love-hate relationship with technology. We curse the need to be tethered to email and Slack for work while not being able to avoid our personal screens for more than a few minutes at a time. Everyone complains about the tools they have at their disposal, but shudder at the thought of learning

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When trying to determine the future, you can read Tarot cards, look in a crystal ball, or follow the money being invested by people who can afford to make big bets. One of the biggest wagers recently (although it’s a pretty safe one) is that Salesforce is going to pay $27.7 Billion dollars to purchase

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In the last few weeks, I’ve been working with a lot of clients who are unhappy with the communication technology at their disposal. In some cases, the complaints have reached the point where they aren’t just a cause for griping, but people have just thrown their hands up and let it interfere with team productivity.

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A few years ago, the concept of leading remotely was foreign and scary to a lot of supervisors and managers. New leaders, in particular struggled with the notion of trying to do all the “leadership stuff,” when people weren’t in the same location. But now there is an entirely new generation of leaders who got

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Here’s something you probably never thought of. The last year and a half or so of the COVID pandemic has been a lot like a trip to the International Space Station. We were launched from our snug, regular office routines and sent to live and work in isolation, with most of our communication coming virtually.

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Accountability. We throw the word around quite a bit in leadership circles. We use phrases like ‘holding people accountable.” To many managers, it’s the stick we use when the carrot doesn’t work. In the words of that great philosopher Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, “You keep using that word. I do not think it

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What does Julius Caesar have to do with a 21st century pandemic and returning to the office after being gone so long?   History never fails to provide lessons if you look for them. Are you pining to get back to the office after the pandemic lockdown? Do you imagine a triumphant entry with everyone

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