The goal for teams to stay positive, happy, and productive is important yet can sometimes lead to a desire to avoid or ignore conflict. In teams and organizations, the principles and practices we set around communication and conflict shape how people feel about work, and how they show up.
Core Practices for Connected Communication
Working remotely, managing remote teams, and for many, doing so while homeschooling and caregiving, has forced us to embrace and prioritize our humanity. The skills to communicate with empathy and build connection will be as critical as building our digital fluency, agility, and operational skills, and organizations will need to focus on helping teams and leaders rebuild and strengthen these core connection practices.
Focus on the Foundation
We’re wrapping up a year like no other. It’s never been more clear that our sense of connection is vital and holds us steady in the storm– whether at work, at home, or working from home! The pandemic has highlighted gaps in our organizations. Leaders and managers have a responsibility for creating and sustaining the relationship their employees have with their workplace, and making it a healthy one. As we rebuild and reform our workplaces in 2021, we need to focus on 3 key elements to keep our foundations strong.
3 Ways to Find Clarity in the Chaos
The early days of the pandemic were confusing, but we had adrenalin, novelty and the panic of crisis driving us forward. Now, as we wonder what’s next, where to focus our waning energy and how to control our fate, there are a few key practices that can help us find the clarity we need to shape the path ahead.
Embracing Your Team's Emotional Landscape
As we hit the middle of summer, without a firm plan for schools and worries about the safety of re-opening, leaders and teams need to acknowledge the emotional, human, realities they are facing. Carrying all of this in the background, or worse, covering it up, sucks up energy and interferes with our ability to be present and fully engaged…