The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed legislation to provide critical resources to local fire and EMS personnel. The Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act (H.R. 1646) will develop peer mental health training programs and resources to educate mental health professionals about active and retired firefighters' needs.
In the distraction economy, focus is a rare commodity. We can't do meaningful work unless we maintain focus. Good leaders not only achieve greater focus but also equip team members with focus-boosting tools. Don't let another week go by with fractured focus. This article explains nine practices to destroy distractions in your daily work. Choose at least one of these tools to add to your work today.
Words create worlds. The words we think about and use create the world we live in. The words that leaders choose and use matter even more, because as a leader, we are creating a world for more than just ourselves. Let's take a minute to explore what I mean, and more importantly, to create a leadership language that will change your personal and organizational world and results.
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Many of us are missing the days when collaboration was as easy as stopping by someone's office or arranging a face-to-face team meeting. Effective collaboration can still happen in the remote workplace, but it means cultivating a different set of skills and attitudes. Here are some of the foundational elements for successfully collaborating as your team works remotely.
You have nailed that interview, negotiated your salary and just signed on the dotted line to accept your new job. Now, there's just one tiny thing standing in the way of you and your sweet new gig: your old one. These are challenging times. A lot of organizations are restructuring. Many employees are moving cities to be back with their family. Insecurities and tensions are on the rise, and so are the mistakes that both employees and employers are making while handling separation.
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The death of a loved one is not the only type of devastating loss that leads to grief. Your own company's initiatives can also be emotionally traumatizing to employees. When you understand that any significant change to a person's current reality can trigger grief, it becomes easier to see how company initiatives can trigger the stages of grief in employees. Cost-cutting and "right-sizing" efforts, from reducing benefits to layoffs, are emotionally traumatizing events for your people. Significant changes in job responsibilities can also be a culprit.
So far during the pandemic, 22% of U.S. adults have moved or know someone who has moved. When one or more of your current employees count themselves among those who want to relocate right now, what do you do? Many companies still have employees working from home, with some committing to remote work through the remainder of 2020, while others are canceling leases and planning on remote operations for the foreseeable future.
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Disruptive changes are transforming entire sectors of the economy. Industries are being upended. Only those who are able to reinvent themselves, imagining new solutions, and developing new products and services to be relevant in the future, will be poised to thrive.
Flu season will soon be upon us. Managing the threat of influenza together with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges this year. Although most of us are making routine use of good hygiene practices, social distancing, face coverings and specific work place precautions, all of which can help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses like the flu, there is more to be done.
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Today's always-connected society means employees are no longer able to turn the computer off at 5 p.m. With the recent shift to remote work further blurring the line between work and home, our 24/7 work culture places a greater onus on employers to support and contribute to the health and well-being of their workers.
Many leadership development activities have been suspended by the pandemic. Whether because conferences have been canceled, live training in organizations isn't possible, people have been too busy with all the change in the world or budgets were slashed, leadership development has unfortunately been curtailed, perhaps when it has been needed most.
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Millions of Americans are out of work as a result of the pandemic. It's not their fault. A growing number of small business owners have been forced to close their shops through no fault of their own. The combination of the virus, the ongoing social outcries, protectionism and trade wars have rocked our great entrepreneurial nation's very foundation. These shockwaves aren't expected to subside anytime soon. Now is our opportunity for a reset — we need to change the game.
Before the pandemic, working from home was something that a few people did and a lot more were interested in trying out. Now it's rather suddenly become a fact of life for entire workplaces and teams, and many of us are still working to adapt. If you're finding it difficult to manage some elements of working with your team or even staying on top of your own workflow and habits in this new normal, here's some great advice compiled from my clients who are experienced in successfully working and leading from home.
People don't leave companies, they leave managers. Bad managers not only play a huge role in turnover at an organization, they also hold back people and teams from being agile, innovative and ultimately productive. When looking at the key factors that drive business success, most CEOs look to sales, marketing and operational efficiency.
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Joel Garfinkle writes: There are plenty of statistics that clearly show most organizations have great talent in their midst, going largely underutilized and chronically overlooked. Chances are good that yours is one of them — so, where to begin? In my leadership training "Release the Untapped Potential of Your Underutilized Leaders," I discuss how to identify the undiscovered and bring out the hidden leadership talent so they can really shine. Here are the seven places your organization must look to find the next great leaders who are hiding in plain sight.
The proverbial wisdom says that "you can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you don't have your health, you have nothing." Right now, everything hinges on our health. Our work, our wealth, our future. As the sickest nation in the world with COVID-19, the U.S. is heading towards having "nothing."
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Someday is already here. The trends in new leadership are an evolution of what we have learned along the way. In particular, the evolution of technology — 5G communications, artificial intelligence and machine learning, remote leadership and management, quantum computers, the advent of a brand new internet, and more will accelerate the realization of the trends.
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Early in the COVID-19 crisis, when the number of Americans working remotely spiked to over 60%, many for the first time, we advocated for managers to recognize the unique challenges faced by their employees. We and others emphasized that remote work during a pandemic can differ dramatically from remote work in non-quarantine times.
You are excited that you are on the team that has been given a high-impact project. However, two days later, you receive an email from the team leader stating that you have been assigned to another group for a different project. You bristle as you read the message.
While there is a growing consensus as to what good 21st century management looks like, as well as a recognition that Agile isn't the only path to achieve it, it is striking to see how many big corporations are still practicing the outmoded principles of 20th century management. Because most corporations are still practicing 20th century principles, most business schools, including some of the leading schools, are still teaching students how to operate in that way.
