It’s pretty much been a year – give or take just a few days – since many companies asked employees to work from home.   So we’ve been wondering: how has this changed the culture at those businesses that now have most of their workforce working from home?    A discovery: remote work IS viable!  Perhaps the first thing …

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As we continue our internal discussions on DEI, our series on the topic has been digging ever deeper into how companies can become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.  We know that nothing changes at a company unless the Executive Leadership Team embraces the change wholeheartedly.    So, heads up CEOs: How you can take the lead on diversity, equity, and inclusion.  Make it …

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No one’s perfect. We all make mistakes, or we feel really awkward when we need to learn something new. And who is the one usually telling you that you made a mistake or “here’s how to do it better”? Your manager. Many managers provide criticism and course corrections the wrong way in that they aren’t …

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Introducing Our Newest On-the-Job Advice Series You go to school, graduate from college. You’re taught how to think critically, how to code, how to write an inbound marketing plan, how to balance a ledger, and so on. You have great skills and you’re eager to showcase them on the job. And so you start your …

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As a new manager, what are you managing? People, of course! And people generally love to work with others. It’s just part of being human. But some of us prefer to go the “lone wolf” route: we like to work alone, thank-you-very-much, and only join in with others when we absolutely have to.   Collaboration …

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Many companies have put a huge emphasis on making sure they train employees in diversity and inclusion. A very good thing and LONG overdue. This “extra” push has been at the forefront of many an HR department’s and C-suite’s efforts since at least this past summer, and now six months in, it’s understandable that some …

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Managers…manage. They also…manage meetings. Lots of meetings. Probably too many meetings. So, as a new manager, we urge you to hold as few meetings as possible. (Especially because many of them are now on Zoom, and we are all oh-so tired of Zoom!) So this third post in will discuss two things: How to hold …

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Hello, new manager!!! If you’re a newly minted manager, one of your goals is to become one someday soon. If you’ve been a manager for a few months or a couple of years, we understand that you probably have a lot of questions regarding how you can become a great manager. As we mentioned in …

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