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The Essential Guide to Creating a Post-Pandemic Workplace

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The organizations that adapt their policies, processes and customer outreach to meet the needs of this new normal will survive and grow stronger. Which departments can transition to permanently working remotely? . • Get in the habit of asking yourself, “Does this meeting need to happen in person?”

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Cultural re-onboarding: 3 ways to adapt to virtual collaboration

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The most significant changes will stem from the wide-scale and permanent shift to hybrid and fully-remote work modes. Between 65 and 75 percent of employers intend to keep a mainly hybrid schedule, with a minority of staff fully remote. Naturally, employees will demand fewer virtual meetings. Human beings are tribal creatures.

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How to Break Free of The Enhanced Silos Remote Work Creates

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Over the last few years, we have learned first-hand the many benefits of working remotely. But there are downsides as well: Namely, the way we communicate between departments and teams in remote and hybrid environments has built bigger silos. In an office, the opportunity for collaborative communication is far greater.

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Leadership In the Future: Practical Tips for Leading From Home

Entrepreneurs' Organization

COVID-19 forced many leaders and their teams to work remotely. For example, installing a video conference application or collaboration platform such as Microsoft Teams can help you start communicating more effectively immediately. But—and this is important—remote work does not a remote team make. Fix the Meeting.

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Why Productivity Paranoia is the Real Obstacle to Remote Work

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Do bosses trust employees to be productive when working remotely? This lack of trust in worker productivity has led to what Microsoft researchers termed productivity paranoia: “Where leaders fear that lost productivity is due to employees not working, even though hours worked, number of meetings, and other activity metrics have increased.”.

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Knowing what you know now, how would you have prepared for COVID-19?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Embrace remote teams and cloud-based technology. COVID-19 has shown us that we can be productive and can collaborate effectively in a remote environment. On discipline, the questions I ask myself are: Business: Are the meeting rhythms set in stone, diarised, communicated and running like clockwork?

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How to revise performance evaluations to improve hybrid and remote team management

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A best-selling author, his newest book is Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams. Here’s what he shared: The pandemic forced leaders to reconcile with the need for effective hybrid and remote team management strategies, including in performance evaluations. Hybrid is our future.