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“Purpose” is a co-production of everyone in the organization; it’s fluid, organic and constantly needs adjustment. How do you know your purpose fits all? The answer is invisible diversity, celebrating the different thinkers among us, and making the creation of purpose an annual townhall-style co-creation event for all. Seven ways to build a truly reflective purpose for all.
Laughter. We know it reduces stress, eases tension and connects people. Doctors know that laughter helps with pain relief, muscle tension and overall immunity. But did you also know that joy and laughter in the workplace increases productivity and lowers attrition? Teams that that laugh though stress and strain are more engaged and creative. Five ways to find the funny while still doing serious business.
The post-Covid workplace may well be determined the workforce rather than the employer. Culture, engaged leadership, growth opportunities, constant listening and flexible work will become the new rules of the game; four ways to navigate the flip.
The people doing most of the talking and ideation should be the ones out doing the work, interacting with the customer. The people doing the most listening and implementing should be the leaders.
This means that the traditional, top-down org chart needs to be flipped on its head.
This latest piece by the author of the Handbook for Post-Covid Communication offers seven easy ways to build a high-functioning team.
The people doing most of the talking and ideation should be the ones out doing the work, interacting with the customer. The people doing the most listening and implementing should be the leaders.
This means that the traditional, top-down org chart needs to be flipped on its head.
This latest piece by the author of the Handbook for Post-Covid Communication offers seven easy ways to build a high-functioning team.
During a crisis, frightened humans need two things with equal urgency: the rapid communication of crucial facts and the feeling that we are not alone, that we are in this together. This article discusses the Crisis Communication Cycle, the “communicate-listen two step” lays out six easy steps for effective, next-level Post-Covid Crisis Communication for the Next Big Thing.
Covid-19 has shown us what it means to be isolated, disconnected and alone. As the post-pandemic world rebuilds itself, we will need to get serious about signaling our seriousness about diversity, inclusion and belonging to an ever-wider group of people. Visual communication is the key to speaking to us all; universally understood content that is…
Imagine your own casually dysfunctional family. At home you have high-performers and low performers, people who are more detail-oriented and those who prefer to see the big picture. There are some who don’t quite fit the group culture and some that are visibly more engaged than others. As your family’s CEO (or CFO, depending on…
