There are many factors that influence your happiness with a new job. Obvious factors include your enjoyment of the job responsibilities and your appreciation of the organization’s mission. It also helps if you have at least a few colleagues that…
I used to have this rule in college: “If it isn’t done by 10 p.m., then it isn’t getting done until the next day.” I thought I was so cutting-edge setting that boundary for myself as a bright-eyed teen. Inevitably, though, 1…
A number of the big tech companies—including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Uber—all recently announced plans to return to in-person work this spring. They plan to have limited capacity with safety protocols in place such as mandatory m…
As I tried to fall asleep in the pitch blackness of a mountain range in Iceland, I wished against all sense of reason for a miraculous recovery overnight. One of my legs was so badly injured that other people had had to lower me into my sleeping bag. I…
During the pandemic, companies with teams that needed to fill roles have mostly had one option: hire and onboard remotely. Some companies took that opportunity to open their geographic parameters and hire new employees who didn’t live close enou…
The wage gaps that exist between men and women and between white and black people have received a lot of attention in recent years. But there’s another wage gap that tends to be overlooked—between heterosexuals and LGBT+ people.
Interesti…
Burnout is a big deal these days. Whether it’s the seemingly constant change, unreasonable expectations, the anxiety of living in a global pandemic, or simply not having the resources (whether it’s social, physical, emotional, or financia…
The global pandemic has permanently reshaped the workplace and how, when, and where people work. Business models have been forever disrupted with the realization that remote work is smart, strategic, and sustainable for companies to embrace, improving …
For the last year, many employees have been working remotely in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, as vaccine efforts ramp up, companies are starting to announce their return to the office. Amazon says its corporate employees coul…
Once when I was conducting a workshop in Darwin, Australia, on life stages, an Indigenous elder solemnly informed me, “You won’t know your backside is on fire until you are 30 and you’ll have no idea how to put it out until you are…
