How Has Employee Experience Changed?
I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’ve spent a lot of time trying to make sense of things over the last year. So many things changed so quickly. It was disorienting. Very little has felt...
View Article3 Big Things You’re Getting Wrong about Post-Pandemic Work
We’ve officially entered the part of our pandemic journey where we can start planning for how our teams or organizations will work once this virus is under control. To wrestle through sorting out what...
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How much should a manager know about their employees’ personal lives?
Over the past several months, I’ve been working hard to spread the message that what managers need to successfully navigate this new future of work is compassion. Compassion connects an awareness of...
View Article[Video] Should We Still Be Shaking Hands?
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View ArticleManaging Through Love
Dr. Vivek Murthy, the United States Surgeon General, recently gave the commencement address to the UC Berkeley School of Public Health graduates. In his comments, he provided some interesting and...
View Article[Video] Do You Have This Management Blindspot?
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View ArticleThe Simple Way to Avoid Being a Bad Boss
While it’s been a long time since it first happened, I still remember the gravity of the responsibility I felt when first asked to supervise people at work. A manager has a profound impact not just on...
View Article5 Words to Help You Master the Future of Work
Some of the best advice I ever got came almost 30 years ago. I was in high school. Being a bonafide band nerd, I was spending a week of my summer vacation at the Clark Terry Jazz Camp hoping to polish...
View Article[Video] What if your team (and you) don’t want to come back to the office but...
What do you do if your organization has decided that everyone is coming back to the office and your people don’t want to come? And what if you feel the same way? One of the most challenging times to...
View ArticleSelf-Care is a Management Skill
I didn’t get it. When I heard people talking about self-care, it conjured up images of self-indulgent escapism. Self-care was going for a spa day or taking time for a guilty pleasure to forget about...
View ArticleCampfire Conversations on the Future of Work
Things are changing fast at work. Where, when, and how we work is undergoing a transformation that might be leaving you feeling unsettled and unprepared for what lies ahead. With a recent Monster.com...
View ArticleHow to Quickly Build Connection
In 2012, I published my first book, Social Gravity, with my coauthor and long-time BFF, Joe Gerstandt. We wrote the book to share what we had learned about the importance of networks and relationships...
View ArticleThe Simplest Way to Build Trust
Few things have a more powerful effect on employee engagement and performance than trust. Hopefully, I don’t have to convince you of the importance trust at work. We have thirty or forty years’ worth...
View ArticleMy Birthday Wish for 2022
It’s my birthday this weekend. Everyone has a little different relationship with their birthday. Some embrace it and welcome the attention (thanks, Facebook). Others avoid mentioning it because it...
View ArticleWho tells YOU when you are being a JERK?
This week, while I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, Armchair Expert, their guest shared a story about how someone had told him that he was being a jerk. In this case, he had earned it (you...
View ArticleYOU Are The Change You Are Waiting For
I’m not sure how or why it happened. I’ve always had a high capacity for trusting other people, often before I have any idea if they are trustworthy. I can probably credit my parents and grandparents...
View ArticleCompassion: A New Management Imperative – Part 1
This content was originally posted on the Workhuman blog. You can find the orginal post here. As the summer of 2020 was wrapping up, I knew something wasn’t right. Despite the fact that I’d somehow...
View ArticleCompassion: A New Management Imperative – Part 2
This content was originally posted on the Workhuman blog. You can find the orginal post here. This is part two of a three part series. In the first post, we explored why employee well-being is vital to...
View ArticleCompassion: A New Management Imperative – Part 3
This content was originally posted on the Workhuman blog. You can find the orginal post here. This is part three of a three part series. In part one we explored why employee well-being is vital to...
View ArticleMy Parenting Fail (and why sometimes, trying to help makes things worse)
The most important job I have is being a parent. I love and adore my kids. And I want them to find success in whatever they do. Like most parents, I find it excruciating to watch my kids struggle....
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