Culture
What Stops People on Your Team from Leaving? (via HBR)
Many companies conduct exit interviews to determine why people left; however, what if you asked people why they stay? Example questions: what’s your frame of mind today, who do you feel connected to at work, what barriers can I remove for you, what new thing do you want to learn that will excite you and help you grow.
Managing Yourself
Sustaining Hope in Uncertain Times (via HBR)
- Imagine a plausible, positive future. (1) Write out what you’re currently imagining and the emotions that provokes. (2) Now imagine things have gone well over the next two years and write a postcard to yourself from that future. (3) Stand in that future and imagine how it makes you feel.
- Identify the next best action. Look at behaviors (more/less), relationships (strengthen/lessen), learning, beliefs.
- Use setbacks as inflection points, not defeat.
Meetings
Stop Wasting People’s Time with Meetings (via HBR)
- Articulate your ambition clearly
- Decide what role(s) you want to play
- Work out your most distinctive contribution
- Use signals/cues wisely
- Manage yourself in the moment
Remote Work
What Great Hybrid Cultures Do Differently (via HBR)
- Embracing asynchronous communication
- Making communication boundaries clear
- Championing documentation and artifacts
- Broadcasting communication
- Providing the tooling to succeed
5 Key Trends Leaders Need to Understand to Get Hybrid Right (via HBR)
- Employees have different priorities when it comes to work and life.
- Managers feel wedged between leadership and employee expectations.
- Leaders need to make the office worth the commute.
- Flexible work doesn’t have to mean “always on.”
- Rebuilding social capital looks different in a hybrid world.