by Kevin Eikenberry As a leader you make decisions every day.  Some are bigger than others, and some may be bigger than we realize at the time. It is often these decisions with far reaching impact that we underestimate, or don’t spend enough time thinking about.  I believe we are facing a set of those

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A recent report from Microsoft acknowledges and puts numbers to something many of us who work remotely have felt in our guts: Many remote managers are thriving with work-from-home, while their employees are feeling more stressed than ever. Microsoft’s latest white paper, The Next Great Disruption is Hybrid Work-Are We Ready? is full of fascinating

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by Kevin Eikenberry Looking back, it is easy to see moments that matter in our lives.  There are meetings, conversations, and decisions that when we look back, we know changed the trajectory of our lives. Less frequently are we able to predict those moments looking forward.  Most all organizations are facing one of those moments

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COVID-19 caused many of us to work from home for much of the last year. Now that the anniversary has passed, there have been any number of articles about what we’ve learned—or haven’t. As with any momentous event, we should all be taking stock of the experience. Was it a success for us personally? Or

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Many of us are returning to our workplaces, at least part of the time. We’ve been asking people what they like most about getting back in the office. The answers aren’t surprising. Most people are happy being  back in-person with their colleagues, socializing, brainstorming, and getting out of their homes. But there are other things

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There’s a lot of conflicting news about when, how (and if) people are going to go back to working out of offices like they did before the pandemic sent everyone home. Some people can’t wait for any semblance of normalcy. Others have discovered the advantages of remote work. Some organizations are throwing themselves into remote

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Prior to the COVID pandemic, there was a movement afoot to intentionally enhance diversity and inclusion in organizations. For many companies, those efforts then took a back seat to just staying in business, helping existing employees work remotely and keeping the business afloat. Now, as they take a longer view, they are once again thinking

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As a leader, odds are you keep a lot of running lists. Without them, a lot of us wouldn’t be able to prioritize tasks, remember who is working on which projects, or whether we need to pick up milk before dinner. For those of us who are chronically absent-minded, they can be life savers. But

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Is it okay to turn your webcam off in the middle of a team call? That seems like a reasonable question, but it always seems to get people worked up. It should be a binary answer: yes or no. But the real answers are “sometimes,” and “it depends.” We all know the pros and cons

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Building exceptional relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. Who wouldn’t want that? Think about it this way – when our relationships get better, we get better. We are happier, less stressed, and we can get better outcomes for ourselves and others. Today, I’m recommending a book that helps define exceptional relationships and points the way

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