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Now that we all have been through massive constant changes for several years, I believe the question we must ask ourselves now is no longer “how will we adapt to a new normal?” but instead “how will we create a better normal?” Below are 9 guiding questions critical to team…

What an exciting time, my friends! Imagine yourself in five years after mastering the skills of a Hybrid Work Manager: You can connect with team members anytime, anywhere, and you are driving breakthrough change and innovation in your organization with speed and effectiveness. Now, let’s talk about today’s reality: Endless…

Gen Z’s anxiety at work is through the roof. Here’s what we can all do to help. — Jack, a twenty-two-year-old first-year analyst, gets an email from his boss. The last sentence — “That’ll be fine.” leaves him anxious. The period that punctuates it seems to dominate the screen, a black bead, a micro-bomb, lethal, suggestive and — Jack would swear — disapproving. Did he screw up? Or…

To, Cc, Bcc, and Reply All: The New Measures of Inclusion — Picture This: You’re sitting in your office; you get an email from your boss’ boss letting everyone know that today is your arch nemesis’ last day. She finally got the boot, though he doesn’t say that. He lets everyone know to wrap up projects with her by the end of…

Unregulated instant messaging tools can lead to missed deadlines, ignored messages, and passive-aggressiveness. — Many executives are suddenly tasked with a new responsibility: overseeing the conduct of their hybrid teams across various apps and platforms. But services like virtual chat tools Slack, Microsoft Teams or Skype, which are instrumental to communication and collaboration in our hybrid offices, feel harder to regulate. …

The way you respond online might be fracturing trust and connection. Here’s a better way. — Anxiety seems to be an unavoidable symptom of our times, and the workplace is not immune. Unfortunately, our growing reliance on digital communication — a dependency that’s only grown with the rise of hybrid work — is not only contributing to our workplace anxiety, but also actually a key cause…

Your future employer will — is your digital persona showing up the way you want it to? — Getting a job in today’s world is all about making a great first impression online. Research shows it takes only 7 seconds to make an in-person first impression. So how do we make sure our virtual first impressions convey confidence and preparedness? With virtually no body language to read —…

Avoid creating resentment and eroding trust in your daily work messages. — Many of us are familiar with power plays in face-to-face encounters at work. We’ve all been there when a boss or older colleague pulls away physically, deliberately turns toward another teammate in a meeting, or suddenly stops making friendly gestures. …