How to cultivate a growth mindset
January 27, 2022
The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The ord...
The Great Resignation: Turning Exodus into Opportunity
January 13, 2022
In the last two years, workers across the country have walked away from their jobs at an alarming rate. A record-setting 4 million...
How to build community in the work-from-home world
December 30, 2021
It seems like just yesterday that highly visible companies like Twitter and Google announced they were moving to a fully remote wo...
Reworking Remote Work
December 16, 2021
I read a very interesting article recently. Published in Vox, it featured conversations with two writers and culture experts about...
Putting an end to meeting overload
December 2, 2021
Here’s a statistic that might catch your attention (if you happen to be reading this while not in a meeting): According to Zoom,...
Hiring the Best and Brightest—Even During a Talent Shortage
November 18, 2021
It’s no secret that there’s a talent shortage in the United States right now. A ManpowerGroup survey found that 69% of employe...
Winning the Talent War
November 4, 2021
As of September 2021, the US talent shortage reached a ten-year high. A Manpower Group survey revealed that talent shortages had m...
As We Slowly Return to Work, Flexibility Is the Name of the Game
October 21, 2021
First, we heard that offices in the U.S. would be reopening to workers full-time in July. Then it was September. Then January. And...
How to Build a Culture of Adaptability
October 7, 2021
Leaders often use the phrase, “This [insert project name] isn’t a sprint. It’s a marathon.” When applied to business strat...
Ergonomic tips for working from home
September 16, 2021
Remember the early days of the pandemic when it was common to hear stories about people converting dining room tables to home offi...
Avoiding Burnout: Building Better Remote Work Boundaries
September 2, 2021
Let’s face it: working from home takes some getting used to. Depending on the type of employee, some use it as one long coffee b...
Your Remote Retirement Plan: Working Beyond the Office
August 19, 2021
Here’s some good news: According to a 2020 Deloitte survey, 75% of insurance employees are reporting a strong intent to stay wit...
The Great Resignation: Are you prepared?
August 5, 2021
Call it the Employee Exodus, the Turnover Tsunami, or the Great Resignation. No matter the name, employees are leaving work or swi...
The importance of being kind
July 22, 2021
Yesterday, I saw a post on my Facebook feed about a friend of a friend who just found out that her five-year-old son has an inoper...
When you hire a wahve, everyone wins
July 8, 2021
Like many of you reading this blog, I haven’t seen anyone in person from work in over a year. Sure, I miss some of my coworkers,...
Our Hybrid Future
June 24, 2021
JPMorgan’s co-president and chief operating officer, Daniel Pinto, told CNBC of work post-pandemic: “Going back to the o...