It’s really difficult to achieve common goals when employers and employees are pursuing different aims. Wayne talks about the different wants and needs employers and employees are expressing today and how they can get on the same page. Whether you’re an employer or employee, you need to stay up to date on all the fast-moving
by Kevin Eikenberry The hybrid workplace, for many of you is coming. Perhaps you are already there. Perhaps the timeline keeps changing, but if you see a hybrid workplace in your future, the question posed in the title here is critical. Is your team ready for this new working arrangement? Are individuals ready for it?
When you have a hybrid team, some of your team works in the office, some work from home, and some work who-knows-where depending on the day. That can make it hard to create a cohesive team. It isn’t that the team intentionally doesn’t want to work with people who don’t share their workspace, or that
How have the events of the past couple of years affected you? For some they’ve been among the most difficult ever. For others, they’ve been inconvenient at worst. No matter which end of this spectrum you’re on personally, realize that those you lead need you to have empathy as a leader. Make sure you and
by Kevin Eikenberry Now that you are a leader get used to your role in implementing new policies. As long as there are organizations, there have been policies and procedures, and I don’t really expect that to change. Today your organization may be asking you to implement policies related to hybrid and/or flexible work. While
Remote work was on the rise long before the COVID pandemic hit. The trend was already towards greater flexibility and mobility in how we do our jobs. So, it’s no big surprise that there are some obvious short-term changes in the workplace: more hybrid work teams, ubiquitous webcams (along with the accompanying “Zoom fatigue”) and
In facilitating learning experiences (virtually) over the last 18 months with leaders who want to be more effective in leading remote or hybrid teams, one of the most common concerns I hear is, “We can’t collaborate without a whiteboard.” This is a limiting view (I’ll explain in a second), but if you want hybrid collaboration
You’ve no doubt heard about “Zoom Fatigue” and other related complaints about technology. Wayne takes a look at why so many of us are becoming exhausted by the very tools that were designed to make our jobs easier and more productive. How well does your team communicate using the tools available to them? Do you
by Guy Harris The transition from individual contributor to leader calls for changes in at least three areas of your work life: your relationships, your skills, and your mindset. Managing these three transitions simultaneously is almost always a challenge, and the challenge is made even more difficult when you work with a “hybrid” work in
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