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The pandemic forced leaders to wrestle with the need for effective hybrid and remote team management strategies, including in performance evaluations. Research has shown the benefits of systematic, frequent, and brief reviews focused on task performance, effective feedback, and coaching. → Read More
Impersonal email layoffs are a particular problem for remote workers. Companies need to focus on offering remote workers appropriate support to protect their reputation and the morale of current employees. → Read More
Elon Musk became a fan of remote work recently, when he found it helped him cut costs. He closed down Twitter's Seattle and Singapore offices, telling all workers to work remotely. That shows how remote work will win in a recession. → Read More
When it comes to hybrid work, employees report being most engaged when their team determines its policy of when to come into the office, according to a just-released Gallup survey. Yet only 13% of respondents work in organizations with such effective team-based hybrid work. → Read More
What explains the poor decision-making by the Adidas leadership to delay dropping Ye? It’s a classic case of the ostrich effect: a dangerous judgment error where our minds refuse to acknowledge negative information about reality. → Read More
Are you worried that having hybrid and especially full-time remote employees - even with remote training and virtual mentoring - will undermine junior → Read More
Leaders are sticking their heads into the sand of reality on Omicron. Unless they take needed steps, the results may be catastrophic for their companies. → Read More
The pandemic has forced leaders to recognize the need for effective hybrid and remote team management strategies for the future of work. The old style of → Read More
The new office of hybrid and fully-remote workers will require upskilling of employees for organizations that wish to succeed in the post-COVID world. → Read More
“I don’t see how we can replace the serendipitous innovation advantage of hallway conversations. At least a third of our best innovation ideas come from → Read More
Organizations will need to pivot their corporate culture if they wish to survive and thrive in the world of virtual collaboration after the pandemic. The → Read More
“Our software engineers and product designers need to go back to the office full-time. Otherwise, we’re going to lose our competitive advantage in → Read More
With vaccine efficacy against the Delta variant falling by 39%, normal return to office plans are pure folly. There is no denying the peril that lies in → Read More
How should organizations reshape the hybrid office space to maximize productivity? What will the new workspace — inside the office and the home — look → Read More
“I really like working with other people. I’m uncomfortable working by myself, it’s just not the same. So I’d love to have everyone go back to the office → Read More
Surveys show that anywhere from two-thirds to three-quarters of all employers intend to have a hybrid workforce after the pandemic as part of their return → Read More
Due to strong employee resistance and turnover, Google recently backtracked from its plan to force all employees to return back to the office and allowed → Read More
What do employees want in returning to the office after the pandemic? It’s easy to assume we know what they want. Our assumption is that they want what we → Read More
In Part 1 of this series, I talked about how I helped Matt, the CEO of an insurance company with a staff of 1,300, navigate through a widespread → Read More
When a threat seems clear to you, it’s hard to believe others will deny it. Yet smart people deny serious risks, even obvious ones, all the time. A case → Read More