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Will We Ever Eliminate Proximity Bias?

Do you struggle with proximity bias? The answer may reflect the future of your hybrid or remote team. First, we need to define the term. Proximity bias, as the name implies, means to favor the people closest to you physically. For teammates, this can mean working closer with those who share an office space than

You Have the Right to Work from Home…Sort of

The business press here in the U.S. was all abuzz last week with the latest legislation proposed in the Dutch parliament. Workers now have the legal right to work from home…Sort of… Depends. All clear? The Devil is in the Details While I’m not a legal scholar (let alone in Dutch), it seems to me

Is Interacting with Colleagues Now a Problem?

Several well-known magazines have done features lately on the subject of returning to the office and why some people are concerned or hesitant to do so. If you look at the top five reasons, there are things you’d expect to see, and one thing you might find odd (or at least I do). In no

Let Them Eat Cheese, But Not at Home

The Prime Minister of England is not a great fan of working from home. We know this, because in a recent interview, he said so. Boris Johnson said, “My experience of working from home is you spend an awful lot of time walking very slowly to the fridge, hacking off a small piece of cheese,

Not Every Workday Should Be the Same

This might describe you. At the start of 2020, you went to the office every day. In April of that year, you worked from home every day. Now you are, or will be, doing both. Whether you will be in the office most days or at home most days, you need to create the dual

Becoming a Better Long-Distance Leader

The pandemic is passing. The urgency is waning. The future of work is starting to become a bit clearer. And for many leaders, the future includes leading people at a distance some or all the time. If this is you, how effective do you feel? At the start of (or the exodus to) work from

Different Countries, Different Attitudes to Remote Work

How eager are you to get back to the office? The answer might depend on where you live. An interesting article on the BBC’s Worklife website discusses how different cultures embrace (or don’t) workplace flexibility. Some of the statistics are enlightening (numbers quoted the article): By the end of the year, 25% of professional jobs

Make Work Play: Changing Our Viewpoint About Work

There is more thinking and talking about “work” and what it means now than at any time I can remember. Certainly, we are living in a time of change and the nature and paradigm of work is changing with it. I am all for this discussion and the adaptation of new ideas about when, where,

You Won’t Solve It with Software

I wish I had a dime for every time in the last few years someone asked me for my recommendation for the best software tool, the best web platform, the best collaboration tool to facilitate long-distance work. I understand the question. Software is needed and can help us lead and work at a distance more

The Come Back Culture

The lifeblood of any business is customers. Without customers, businesses don’t last very long. While all customers are valuable, the most valuable are lifelong customers. The question for owners, leaders, and salespeople is how can we predictably create those lifelong customers? A new book – The Come Back Culture: 10 Business Practices the Create Lifelong

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