Stress is no laughing matter (or is it?)
We’ve all heard the colloquial advice: Laughter is the best medicine. But did you know there is scientific evidence to back this up?
How to recover from mistakes
Mistakes happen. In fact, they’re inevitable. Despite our good intentions and diligence, mistakes creep into our work. We are human, after all. And if we know mistakes are going to happen, it's important to address them in the best way, so we can gain back trust and credibility. Here’s what you can do the next time (yes, there will be a next time...) you need to own up to a mistake and accept accountability.
Mentoring for Excellence: 3 ways to guide and empower future leaders
Mentoring is associated with powerful benefits for mentors, mentees, and their organizations. But good mentoring doesn’t magically happen when you pair people together. Whether you’re a mentor, a mentee, or are looking to establish a mentoring program within your organization, you can use our practical ACE Mentoring framework to ensure you have key success factors in place to make the most of this valuable development opportunity.
Short on time? Here’s how to reclaim your workday.
Our time is our most precious resource. I wrote Workday Warrior to help you reclaim control of your time using three simple tools to transform how you work – and live. This proven method weaves the best time-management approaches into our daily work schedule, so our days are centered around what we value most. Here's how you can use one of the Workday Warrior tools to make the most of your time.
5 reasons to come into the office
Painful commutes. Sitting on back-to-back video calls while in the office. Complicated childcare. Having to put on pants with zippers. It’s a list that leaves leaders struggling to entice people to come back into the office. Over the last two years, we have proven we can be quite productive remotely, thank you very much. Yet there is magic that comes with spending time together, in person. We don’t need to do this every day, but here are 5 solid reasons why being on-site helps us do our best work.
Join me in a summer reading challenge?
Reading does so much more than expand our knowledge. Research has shown reading can make us more confident, empathetic, and better decision makers. Reading even helps to fight depression and prevent stress and dementia, while improving overall life satisfaction. Still, it can be a challenge to make time in our busy lives for reading, so here are some strategies to help you with this - and an invite to join me on my summer reading challenge!
How can hybrid work help us improve the way we work?
Hybrid work comes with its challenges but it also brings us opportunities to be more conscious and proactive about how we work, and to upgrade our existing processes - especially what may not have been working to begin with.
4 tips leaders can use to stamp out burnout
Burnout was already a problem before the pandemic and it continues to have critical implications for the workplace. Now, 87 percent of US employers say enhancing their mental health benefits over the next two years is a top priority. This is a step in the right direction. How can we help within our own organizations? Here are 4 strategies leaders can use to mitigate the effects of burnout, empower our teams to work sustainably – and thrive.
3 ways to help your hybrid team thrive
Many teams have ridden the pendulum from in-office work to virtual work and are now working hard to overcome hybrid work challenges. As these changes continue to ripple through the workplace, and more and more teams adopt a hybrid approach to work, it’s time to assess. Is your team thriving? Or just surviving? Here are three ways you and your organization can cultivate a healthy, productive – and happy – hybrid culture.
It’s time to reset the way we work
The uncertainty and stress caused by the pandemic has only served to widen the divide between employee engagement and wellbeing. This has critical implications for the workplace. If we do not prioritize wellbeing and mental health, stress and burnout will undermine our recovery efforts. Our organizations have a responsibility for the care and wellbeing of employees. Taking the necessary steps to relieve burnout and invest in people is not only essential for engaging and retaining top talent, it is simply the right thing to do to create a healthy and thriving workplace for all.