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Why Leaders Need a Lesson Plan

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For a lot of companies, productivity actually increased during the pandemic. Thanks to virtual work and meeting technology, we learned that a lot of the content work we never thought we could do remotely we could actually do better that way.

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How Executives Should Be Thinking About the Return to the Office

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And then, people were compelled to work from home and, as has been widely reported, productivity usually went up. Granted, productivity is not the end all and be all, but isn’t it possible that the pandemic has shown that a lot of corporate cultures are more flexible, adaptable and resilient than previously thought?

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Don’t Let Your Deficiency Overwhelm Your Proficiency

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She shared how much she’s been thinking and worrying about the challenge she’s having in mastering the ins and outs of her new company’s product line. After talking with her for a while, I suggested that overfocusing on her perceived deficiency could overwhelm all the mojo and momentum she’s creating with her many proficiencies.

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How to Reclaim the Best Part of Your Commute

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He reported that it gave him space to think and, more often than not, teed him up for a really productive day. In addition to learning chords and riffs, I find I’m usually more productive and creative when I get back to work the next morning. One of the things I love about the practice is that it’s completely immersive.

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In a Hybrid World, Every Worker Will Need to Feel Essential

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Forty-one percent of them regularly feel lonely and 56 percent believe loneliness affects their productivity. To keep their people feeling essential and engaged, leaders and organizations are going to have to innovate and invest in creating connection experiences that are of much higher quality and impact than what we’ve done up until now.

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How to Provide Connection Equity in a Hybrid World

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They’re all essential roles and the people in them all need regular connection with each other to stay productive, engaged and healthy. Invest in Connection – Providing connection equity will require creativity, innovation and investment in workspaces and technologies that make it possible.

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The Question You Need to Ask to Focus and Engage Your Team

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I am suggesting that you need to help them tap into the feeling of optimism and empowerment that comes from thinking through the full range of their options and the impact they can make through using innovative and creative approaches.

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