What has the impact of Return to Office policies been on employees? It’s almost impossible to tell definitively, because there are hundreds of thousands of companies making this decision, and almost as many variations of the policy as there are organizations grappling with it. One recent study, though, suggests that it’s having a negative impact
Things happen regularly that can shift or steal the focus of individuals, but there are a whole range of big events that can negatively impact team focus. It could be an internal change, a merger, a challenge for a teammate. But it could also be a major sporting event, storm, or new story. Whatever the
The level of political/ideological division in the United States (and I believe the world) is as great as it has been in my lifetime. And that division has increasingly become unhealthy and unhelpful in helping us as a society build a better future. Division isn’t really the problem though – destructive division is. What follows
The phrase transformational leadership was coined by James MacGregor Burns in his book Leadership in 1978. The idea and ideal of this leadership style has been studied, talked about, and sometimes misunderstood ever since. At the core, transformational leadership is a style that focuses on inspiring and motivating people to achieve their highest potential while
In a world of work that is more knowledge-based than ever, effective thinking skills are among the most valuable skills to possess and for an organization to covet. Yet many organizations, in unintentional ways, are keeping people from thinking, or are hindering their ability to think at their best. If you want better organizational results,
In a world of uncertainties, there are two things I am confident about. Organizations will introduce changes, and many of those change efforts fail. Organizational change is complex, and so it isn’t surprising it’s hard. While risking oversimplification, I’m revealing one (big) reason change efforts fail. The reason is underappreciated – in other words if we
Does your employer have the right to know what you’re doing when you’re not in the office? Most of us have a visceral negative reaction to that question. We might take umbrage that they don’t trust us, or shout about Big Brother. Yet almost two-thirds of us say there’s at least one thing we do during
Robin was excited when she started the job. She saw it as joining a company, not just taking a job. She liked the company’s products and what they stood for. And while her onboarding wasn’t perfect, she persisted, worked hard and tried to focus on being successful. As time went on, she became disillusioned. The
At the heart of it, all organizations want the same thing – to reach their goals and mission. The goals might be profit or purpose-related (or both), but they want leaders who can get them more of whatever “that” is; that is, more results. To that end, enlightened organizations look for ways to develop their
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