Everyone knows that being in the same room is better for creativity than working apart, and that’s why people are heading into the office at least part-time. We know that, right? Not so fast. As we shift more to hybrid and other brand-new ways of organizing our work, there is a huge concern about how
As organizations put plans together for returning to the office and whatever the next chapter of their business lives looks like, they are finding an unexpected barrier. Employees either don’t want to go back, or don’t want to work in the same way they did before the pandemic sent them home. What’s an employer to
Do you really know what your company culture is? Can you define it in a way outsiders would understand? That may be more complicated than we think. I was reminded of this when I attended a client’s Leadership Summit earlier this month. The CEO was adamant that the culture that made the company successful must
As companies schedule their return to the office (RTO if you’re playing Buzzword Bingo), we have been checking into them with a simple question: How’s it going? Their answers fall into a couple of broad categories. Everything is fine and dandy A few report that everything’s great; they are either going to the exact some
Wayne and the Wizard of Baker Street.What does leading a remote team have to do with Sherlock Holmes? Whether or not you play the violin, smoke a pipe, or enjoy deerstalker hats, there’s one important similarity. Most of the time, when something goes wrong, we don’t witness it ourselves and have to find out what happened.I
We are reading a lot about Return to Office (RTO) and how it’s critical to company culture that people get together. In fact, senior executives are telling us they are depending on it to maintain or create the culture they want. But what if your workplace culture is toxic? Does getting together help or make
When you hear the words Professional Development, what comes to mind? Many people immediately think about terms such as “succession planning,” or “career path.” While those things certainly require new skills and knowledge, focusing on training for the next job may cause as many problems as it solves. Someone once described the normal corporate career
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