LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

Brief  Companies can create a sense of diversity and inclusion by encouraging the creation of employee resource groups and supporting the advocacy and ideas that emerge from them, writes Anne Chow. "Leaders can tap into the power and insight of their employees through...

Brief  Engagement in meetings where some people are in the room and others online starts by setting up the camera so everyone can see, having everyone be on camera and encouraging introductions, writes Ben Decker. "We have to make sure everyone on a team or in an...

Brief The pandemic has prompted companies to rethink how to use workspaces, both from a standpoint of managing physical real estate and in managers' expectations for employees. "We're going to be very cautious that managers don't shift into patterns that you have to...

Brief  Smart managers focus on talent, starting with the hire and continuing through support, skills development and helping them find a career path, writes Bev Kaye, who buckets these ideas into three main areas. "They also link their people to other feedback...

Brief  Ozan Varol is a self-proclaimed "professional quitter" who has left careers in rocket science, law and academia, saying that quitting is a way to move past sunk costs and see what other opportunities exist. "If you want to soar, you must cut loose what weighs...

Brief Your morning really starts the night before with the plan you make -- or don't make -- although not looking at your phone right away is also a good idea. A good breakfast, quality sleep and getting dressed are also recommended.   Insight It has been...

Brief Employers and employees have different visions of the post-pandemic workplace, according to a Best Practice Institute survey, so the onus is on leaders to create flexibility and growth opportunities regardless of where people are located, writes John Baldoni....

Brief Moral leadership and moral authority are qualities people want in their workplaces, as they believe morality improves outcomes and could overcome persistent "social and political divides in the US," writes Dov Seidman of The HOW Institute for Society, which...

Brief  Walking meetings, standing presentations and "a quick shake-out" before a meeting are just a few ways to be more active during the workday, writes Lexie Thrash. "We all need a little lightness, joy, and reminder to connect with our body right now, even if it's...