Birthdays. We all have them, once a year. What can/should/might we do to celebrate birthdays at work? Is that the role of the leader? How has this changed if the team is remote or hybrid? It is those questions (and more) that we will explore below, giving you things to consider, and possibly some things

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Persistence is good and virtuous. But it’s also hard. And telling someone to be persistent seldom goes all that well. We may know it, but don’t want to hear it – or even know what to do with the advice when we hear it. Many years ago when I was at Purdue, I was having

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The world has changed a lot in the last 20 months. And all of this change has rightly gotten everyone thinking and talking about the future of work. Where will we work, when we will work, how will we work, and will it all work? There is understandable uncertainty about those questions. But now isn’t

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As you live in this very uncertain present, you can see that the future of your work – where, when, and how you do it – might be changing. If that future looks murky, uncomfortable, or scary, you are not alone. And if you are looking not just for yourself but for your team or

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You tell me – is email the best thing since sliced bread or the bane of your work existence?  Chances are you have considered it to be both – perhaps on the same day. My colleague and co-author Wayne Turmel wrote a great post with the same title on our Remote Leadership Institute blog and

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by Stacy Henry If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my life, it’s that you can’t go back to where you used to be. This is especially true today. Since 2020, our lives have changed. Our collected experience has given us better understanding, different expectations, and a new direction. As things are opening up and

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If you are a goal setter (which improves the chances of getting where you want to go), you will achieve them – maybe not all, but many of them. And often people feel empty or feel a sense of ennui when they reach a goal. The good news is, reaching your goal IS the goal.

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How did meetings work in your organization before the pandemic? Now that you’re working in a hybrid fashion, have you made adjustments to that meeting culture? Kevin explains some important distinctions that certainly make a big difference. Stay in the know with all the latest developments in remote work with the Future of Work newsletter.

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It used to be that watching TV meant watching it live. Then we had VHS recorders where we could watch something later (if you could set it up). Then came DVRs, which made it easier, and you could store more shows than you could ever watch. Now we have streaming – and the true advent

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I know where I will be all week. From 10 am until about 6 pm ET Monday through Friday, I will be live online teaching, having conversations with 40 leadership and professional development experts (including best-selling authors, business leaders and even a Super Bowl Champion), and interacting with an audience live. This will be live

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