Warning: If You Use This Phrase, Your WFH Culture is Doomed!
Early in this pandemic, organisations scrambled to allow their office staff to work from home (WFH). As we’re seeing restrictions being eased in some places,
14 October 2020
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Start Before You’re Ready
If you’re one of the more than 500 million users of the file sharing service Dropbox, you know how convenient it is for managing files
8 October 2020
Our Fast-Changing World Needs Fast-Moving Teams
I was recently working with a leadership team in a financial services business. Their business, and their industry as a whole, hasn’t been badly affected
30 September 2020
Ask Your Customers (It’s Lucky the Boston Symphony Orchestra Did)
If you were a symphony orchestra that wanted to boost audience numbers, what would you do? The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) had this problem, and
24 September 2020
Work Extra Hard to Make WFH Work
The coronavirus pandemic has affected us in different ways, and one of the biggest changes for office-based workers is the shift to working from home
15 September 2020
Why Leading a WFH Team is Hard (Part Two): You Feel Disconnected
If you walked into the office on a working day and found it empty, what would you think? Is it Sunday? Or a public holiday?
8 September 2020
Why Leading a WFH Team is Hard, Part One: Some People Are Struggling!
There are many advantages to a non-office workplace, and there’s already a lot of evidence that some people who have been forced to work from
3 September 2020
Leading a Working-From-Home Team – Are You Surviving or Thriving?
Over the last few months, I’ve talked to many leaders, managers, and HR professionals about the pros and cons of their teams working from home.
25 August 2020
We’re Hard-Wired to Avoid Uncertainty – And That’s Not Good
How well do you deal with uncertainty? Probably not as well as you’d like – and that’s a problem, because the uncertainty we’re facing in
18 August 2020
Find Another Way (a.k.a. Better Than Gluten-Free Pasta)
Last week, I had an interesting conversation over lunch with a smart, savvy friend who’s a senior leader in a large global organisation. We were
11 August 2020