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How Can Office Design Help To Rebuild Working Relationships?

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This article was written by the Perkins Eastman Design Strategy team for Work Design Magazine. Even for seasoned remote teams, it’s hard to match the bonding that comes with seeing the same familiar faces in the office pantry each morning or chatting about weekend plans at the copy machine. © Copyright Andrew Rugge.

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How Designers Can Set The Stage For A Flexible Future

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This empowers teams to plan their in-office time to prioritize activities that offer the biggest benefits for in-person engagement. Continuous listening and learning from staff feedback allows leadership to best understand how and where team members want to work and where friction points lie. 2) What did you accomplish?

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I Shared My OCD Struggles with 11,000 Employees—Their Responses Showed Me the Importance of Vulnerability in Leadership

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A lot of employees shared their appreciation and were surprised that an executive would share such personal information. No company or team can function at its highest capacity without vulnerable leaders. Photo copyright: Saami Bloom / studio: INDIVIDUAL™. Others shared that they had other mental health issues. I said, “No.”

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Joan’s Naughty and Nice List for Assistants

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Not be a team player. Withhold information from others. ©Copyright Office Dynamics International 2018. Not be a team player. Withhold information from others. ©Copyright Office Dynamics International 2018. Not adequately preparing your executive for a trip. Gossip about your peers (or anyone else).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 November, 2009 Too much information. Do you have a question or do you want to pass information along to the person. Does it require any further information or explanation? For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. Too much information.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

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You might, for example, decide that you have a Fixer culture, which will inform what kinds of culture-wide communication and behavior you should focus on changing. The Friend’s motto: “We’re all on the same team.”. They care deeply about the experience their team is having. The Friend. That’s the price of leadership.

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Rule No. 1 of Workplace Inclusion: It Only Works if Everyone Buys In

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It can look like a white employee’s getting promoted simply because a minority employee with a more senior role joined the team. Excerpted from SEEN, HEARD, AND PAID copyright © 2022 by Alan Henry. It can also come in the shape of a pay gap between women and men in similar jobs, or between white employees and employees of color.

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