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Most leaders probably didn’t head into the great work-from-home experiment of 2020, assuming we didn’t know anything about hiring people remotely. In fact, most leaders struggled with the opposite issues when the initial economic downturn […]
One of the most common questions managers and senior leaders faced in 2020—especially as the long-term reality of our work-from-home experiment set in—was “how to you do team building when everyone is working remotely?” We […]
Talent flows from teams. For over a decade, we’ve known that individual performance hugely depends on the team they are placed on. Top performance hinges on whether their teammates, their manager, and the organization they […]
I’ve always been struck by the sayings that we throw out as common-sense wisdom just because they’re catchy. We’re supposed to believe that “He who hesitates is lost.” But we should also “Look before we […]
Is remote work the new normal? Yes, but also no. It’s a little complicated. Let’s recap. On January 1st of 2020, most CEOs of most organizations would not believe that their employees could work from […]
It is undeniable that we are headed to a new chapter in the story of remote work. The remote work movement has gained momentum and is now at critical mass. What began as a forced […]