Because apologies are complex. There have been some very public and private apologies swirling around lately and it got us curious: why are apologies so hard and how do we get them right? Spoiler alert: the answer - they are...
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If you haven’t already – GO. And tell your people to go. Last month, we wrote that we were both about to take a two-week vacation and be completely offline to restore ourselves, connect to what is important and get...
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The feelings of anxiety that coincide with taking time away from work are hard to ignore - so we wonder, what is that about? We chuckled when we came across the recent HBR Reading List titled How to Take a...
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People at all levels want some kind of clarity and understanding about what work is going to look like… we just don’t know. You can’t read a leadership article lately without reference being made to the Great Resignation, the Great...
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What’s needed now are leaders who can do the hard things of leadership but in a human way. It seems like everyone is holding their breath waiting for “normal” to return. The hard truth is…it’s not. Whatever was “normal” before…
It’s time to quit pointing fingers at managers. They are employees too. In 2015 Gallup released a hard truth: when employees quit their jobs, “one in two had left their job to get away from their manager.” That revelation began a hard…
You dread that moment when one of your people schedules a meeting to tell you that they have just accepted a job somewhere else. As a manager, you feel rejected, maybe even abandoned, and now you have another problem on...
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The more human you are as a leader, the more your people will respond. A record 4.5 million workers quit their jobs in November, showing that the Great Resignation is not slowing down. The current omicron surge has just added to the...
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What’s this all about? Tis the season, and we got so curious…what is the fascination with ugly sweaters? When we Googled “ugly sweaters” more than 22 million hits come up! Ugly sweaters can be found for just about anything –...
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People do better work when they feel trusted. Do they know? Want to give a gift to your people this holiday season? Tell them you trust them. A lot of employers are grappling with the question of where work should...
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