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Defeating Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom Fatigue

Lead Change Blog

Run surveys and do focus groups and one-on-one interviews to get quantitative and qualitative data on the virtual work issues in your organization. To cultivate human connection and a sense of trust, you need to replace bonding activities from office culture with innovative virtual bonding activities.

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The Pros And Cons Of Working Remotely

The Horizons Tracker

The findings emerged from a number of focus groups involving both managers and non-managers from a wide range of different sectors. Things were not all bad, of course, and a number of positives emerged from the focus group. The paper explores some ways people who have continued to work remotely can do so effectively.

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An Army of One

General Leadership

The result of numerous focus groups and interviews with soldiers, it is designed to convey the idea that joining the Army will help someone gain not only physical and emotional strength, but strength of character and purpose as well. Eventually, senior military leaders recognized the “Army of One” slogan missed the mark.

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What Will It Take to Make Finance More Gender-Balanced?

Harvard Business Review

We overheard male classmates bond with internship interviewers about fantasy football drafts. Several of the firms our respondents worked in have started focus groups and are actively having conversations about what they can do to attract and retain graduating women. shutterjack/Getty Images.

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The Big Picture of Business – Community Relations and Cause Related Marketing Are Business Strategies, Not Sales Promotions: Determining the Right Kind of Tie-In Causes.

Strategy Driven

Conduct focus groups. It is a bond of trust that, if violated, will haunt the business. Every community relations program has five steps: Learn what each community thinks about the company and, therefore, what information needs to be communicated to each public. Maintain community files. Organize an ongoing feedback system.

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The Eight Phases of Brand Love

Harvard Business Review

A wave of laughter hit the focus group observation room that was so loud that I’m sure the respondents could hear us on the other side of the 2-way mirror. You must clearly define a brand’s product benefits to set up more intimate, emotional bonds. “I really think of Diet Coke as my boyfriend.”.

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