Recently a friend of mine, a great proponent of working from home, (WFH for the initiated) stepped down from his job as CEO because of exhaustion and burnout and a need to recalibrate his life. Within a week I learned of several others who have done the same, or are planning to do so soon. Some of them are well-known for advocating remote work. What happened to “working from … [Read more...]
Creating a Multi-Generational Culture
by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator If you study history, you know the word "unprecedented" is often over-used. Whatever is happening, there's usually some kind of precedent to draw from that can teach us. It feels like we are facing one of the those "unprecedented" times right now: the return to the office. At least in our lifetimes, we've never experienced … [Read more...]
Where Should We Work?
by Kevin Eikenberry Everyone has an opinion about where and when people should work. Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, was an early staunch advocate for Return to Office, stating at a Wall Street Journal event in 2021 that “Working from home… doesn’t work for people who want to hustle, doesn’t work for culture, doesn’t work for idea generation. We are getting blowback … [Read more...]
3 New Mental Fitness Challenges for Remote Workers
Work-related stress and threats to our mental fitness because of our jobs aren't new. In fact, if we can take anything positive from the pandemic, it's that discussions about mental health are now out in the open in the business world. We're now able to have productive conversations about ways we can promote better mental fitness in our organizations. On the other hand, the … [Read more...]
Help! My Co-Workers Have Gone Feral
How is your company’s Return to Office (RTO) going? I heard the funniest/saddest thing from someone who attended one of our webinars recently. She was bemoaning the fact that she didn’t want to go back to the office very often because of her co-workers. In fact, her exact words were, “It’s like people were raised by wolves. They’ve forgotten all their office etiquette. They … [Read more...]