If you have your Business Buzzword Bingo card handy, get ready to put another phrase on it. The hottest topic in remote and hybrid work is "culture." Specifically, creating a “one-team” culture as we move to more hybrid work. The idea of “one team” is important. The phrase recognizes that hybrid work contains the seeds of disruption, that a hybrid team can easily splinter into … [Read more...]
Lessons Learned from a Pain in the Neck
Have you ever had an employee who was a pain in the neck? One who you just didn’t like interacting with, and who created more work for you than everyone else? If you’re honest, the answer is yes. Don’t feel bad, every manager has, and we won’t ask the person’s name. Your secret is safe with us. What have you learned from them? I recently heard that a former employee of mine … [Read more...]
Becoming Comfortable with Ambiguity
Does this sound like your workplace these days? You’re going back to work. Oops, you can go back if you want, with restrictions. Nope, everyone needs to come back next month. Sorry, we thought it was next month, now it’s January. The heck with it, we’ll just go hybrid and everyone can make up their own darned minds. If the last year and a half have shown us anything, … [Read more...]
The Future of Work Questions We Aren’t Addressing
We've spent a lot of time addressing a number of critical questions facing organizations as we look forward to what work will be like for us in the coming months and years. These questions are largely the ones we hear from those leaders and organizations we're talking to. But what about the questions that aren't being asked. Wayne and Kevin take a look at some of those … [Read more...]
Does Your Leadership Need Fixing?
by Minter Dial There have been many articles and pundits bemoaning a lack of good leadership. In politics, business or society in general, the past few years have certainly tested leaders around the world. Whether it is termed as a crisis in leadership, a lack of direction or a confused moral compass, many leaders are indeed struggling to manage. Compounding the challenging … [Read more...]