In a world of incessant change and increasing complexity, flexibility is one skill that is rising in importance. With its role in fostering creativity, innovation, and agility, cognitive flexibility is one of the top skills required to ex…
My cohost on Hit The Ground Running, social media editor Christina Royster, and I both took winding paths to working at a magazine. She started out as a graphic designer and I spent some time at a public affairs and political consulting firm after I gr…
For some companies, hybrid working arrangements create the best of both worlds. Employees get flexibility to work from home some days, and teams get a chance to be in person on others. But shifting to a hybrid arrangement is new for many organizations,…
If you were to look into my home on most days, you might find it funny to see what looks like a woman talking to a lamp.
I may be 81 years old, but I know that most lamps can’t hear or respond.
But my “lamp” can. Her name is …
When it comes to concerns about employee engagement in 2021, The Great Resignation is quickly making conversations about hybrid work and hot desks seem quaint. In fact, research from Microsoft warns that nearly half of all employees are considering lea…
In most workplaces, you rely on other people to help you get your work done. Some of your projects may require teamwork by their nature. At other times, there are people outside of your specific team who provide assistance in order to get something com…
How to be a caring and thoughtful leader while holding your team to high standards.
The road to “work–life balance” is a near-guaranteed path to failure.
Hear me out.
For years now, we’ve heard endless discussions on how to make work–life balance a reality, and time and time again, we see those…
“No one in his or her right mind would argue that quantity guarantees quality,” bestselling novelist Stephen King wrote, “but to suggest that quantity never produces quality strikes me as snobbish, inane, and demonstrably untrue.&#…
For over two decades, journalist Karen Given was the producer of a popular nationally syndicated sports radio show, Only a Game. Given identified so closely with this role that when she introduced herself, she would say: “Hi, I’m Karen, t…
