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One thing you MUST know about your colleagues
Knowing it will reduce your stress, their stress and enable you to manage teams and clients a whole lot better… Also, it’s excellent for your sleep patterns.
But even talking about it may make you anxious.
What price face-to-face?
Last week, I was invited to a 90 minute meeting at someone’s office that turned out to be entirely in their interest.
Pre-Covid, I’d barely have noticed.
On Zoom, I’d have let it slide.
But using up one of my precious slots in town without seeking mutual benefit?
Why your panel is sh*t
This week, I am on location in Manchester, at TSK (workplace design & build company)—and I'm raging… about panels.
Not all of them (and definitely not TSK’s)! But quite a few.
Corporate retreats (and death)
This week, a short one, because I’m in Monaco (speaking at a corporate retreat and escaping the mortifying venality of British politics).
Collaboration overload: What would Kevin Bacon do?
Amidst the endless books about hybrid and remote-first working, launches Rob Cross’ Beyond Collaboration Overload (Harvard Business Review Press).
Hello world! Navigating the tricky new etiquette
This week I’ve done seven speaking events, plus kicking off a nationwide research tour, which has demanded navigating the world as it wakes up.
It’s a complex place!
The new digital etiquette we’re all being judged on
According to The Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, we misinterpret the tone of half of the emails we receive. Yep, for one in every two messages, we are totally missing the vibe. No wonder everyone is feeling a touch paranoid.