Several months ago, without much warning, but much fanfare, your team was asked to work from home. Everyone worked hard to figure out how to make it work. And while it isn’t perfect (nor was it before March of 2020), most people have figured out how to at least get by – and maybe do
It’s that time of the year. Time to look at the budget, see what’s left, and use it to the greatest possible impact. And while this activity comes around every year, this has hardly been a normal year. That’s why we have offered some “COVID-19 discounts” for the past several months. Like all sales, they
Just because people are working from home, doesn’t mean they are an effective remote team. In fact, even if your team was successful and cohesive when you were all in the same workspace, doesn’t mean that you have great remote collaboration now. What can you do as a leader to promote, encourage, and nurture remote
Entire books have been written about doing better virtual meetings. Heck, I’ve written two of them myself, but if there was a simple list of things you can do better, it might look like this: Clearly identify your objective and desired outcome. Form follows function, and knowing what you want to achieve will determine which
Leaders have plenty to do, with many obligations, pressures, stresses, and responsibilities. All of these come with the role and the paycheck. While we accept these as facts, often in the daily doing of all the work and accepting all the responsibilities, we forget that leadership is an opportunity. Consider this a gentle reminder or
Many leadership development activities have been suspended by the pandemic. Whether because conferences have been cancelled, live training in organizations isn’t possible, people have been too busy with all the change in the world, or budgets were slashed, leadership development has unfortunately been curtailed, perhaps when it has been needed most. From our perspective, that
Engagement is a popular topic and something that most organizations are constantly striving for. And it’s a worthy goal but the problem is that most organizations are thinking about it all wrong. To help us understand this, it might help if we take a look at the actual definition of the word. Engagement (noun) Emotional
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