We are plodding through day 601 of the pandemic. You may have noticed your team’s mood nosedive into detachment and sadness. So how can you combat the shrinking morale? Gratitude. It is linked to improved physical health, better-quality sleep, and boosted self-esteem. The Good News About Gratitude It may be …
A complicated mix of feelings comes with returning to the office after two years remote. We need to accept that things will look different. You may be anxious or excited about spending energy you haven’t spent in a while. Returning back to the office may feel like culture shock. How …
When it comes to creating amazing workplaces and high-performing teams, researchers have highlighted three psychological needs: relatedness, competence, and autonomy. Research demonstrates that when workers feel psychologically content, they tend to be happier, healthier, and more productive. Of those three vital requirements, relatedness—the desire to feel connected to others—has regularly been the most difficult for …
Korean Air had more plane crashes than nearly any other airline in the world. You may think they had old planes or poorly trained pilots. But that wasn’t the case. Instead, they had a cultural legacy–Korean culture is hierarchical. You are required to be submissive to your elders and superiors in …
You are probably one of the poorest people in the world when it comes to time. There is an eighty percent chance that you have too many things to do and not enough time to do them. In a ten-year-old study, about 50 percent of working Americans reported they were …
It’s essential to have the trust of your colleagues. Your coworkers will be unlikely to support you without it. To accomplish goals, you will first need to develop rapport with others. So how do you move from a friendly stranger to a trusted peer? Awkwardly sitting alone at lunch and …
Change can happen faster than we expect. There will be unpredictability, uncertainty, and unknowns over the next decade, year, quarter, week, or this afternoon. We will encounter disruption and transformation. The changes to our demographics, climate, economies, and political systems will multiply and intersect. The time to repair the roof …
We went to the Ritz-Carlton for lunch after a stressful court hearing that resulted in a big win for our client. We were looking forward to having a nice steak lunch, but the managing partner was not happy about the table and demanded a change. “This isn’t the table my …
I made a no good, awful, terrible mistake at work. I was ashamed of myself. My job was in jeopardy. But when I told my boss about it, he didn’t fire me. Instead, he stood up for me, putting his own reputation on the line and defending me from criticism. …
“I can’t take any of my vacation days because there is too much work when I get back!” I’d often hear claims like that when I took over a team. At first, it seemed like these people must have a good work ethic. They wanted to get things done, and …
