Working for Home: The Role of Leadership
Stress is high for leaders and their employees, so here is some guidance for how workplace leaders can best offer support for the working women on their teams during these times.
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Working for Home: Shifting the Load
There are several facets of women’s challenges at work, in general and during the pandemic. The forces that combine to exacerbate the crisis originate at home, at work, and from the current circumstances, so in this post, I’ll address solutions working women can work towards in each sphere.
Working For Home: The Crisis
Invisible labor, emotional labor, mental load. All these terms refer to a common phenomenon experienced primarily by women in the workplace. And though the conversation around these issues has begun, there is much more visibility and change needed.
Ready? Set Goals!
Setting goals is important and understanding how to set goals may be more so. Here is a list of important considerations. here is a list I’ve compiled of important considerations present across different models. Whether you’re a fan of SMART goals or FAST goals or any other kind, consider these major factors before you finalize your workplace goals.
Molding Mindset: Flourishing by Failing
Have you heard of growth mindset? The literature on success in the workplace is littered with references to this concept. In fact, this Forbes article not only labels the growth mindset an “essential” ingredient to success but also confidently asserts that “mindset is everything.” So what is growth mindset?
Large Lessons from Little Learners
As the pandemic continues and many of us continue to work from home, our families have in some ways become our coworkers. While children are most likely playing the role of the annoying coworker who won’t stop interrupting your focus with their irrelevant commentary, that’s not the only way they can impact our work lives. There are actually many lessons to learn from children in our work.
On Love and Productivity
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the powerful impact of grief on productivity. That got me thinking about how other emotions might affect productivity, and the one that most intrigued me was love. As it turns out, there’s tons of research on how love impacts productivity. What I found most interesting is that the effects vary widely, depending on what kind of love we’re talking about.
Fighting the Fires of Burnout in COVID Times
Most of us have heard the term “burnout” used before, but did you know the incidence of burnout is rising dramatically in the times of COVID-19? As burnout burns through the workforce, it’s becoming increasingly important for workers and workplace leaders to learn more about this phenomenon, especially how to identify and combat it.
Productivity Zs: The Science of Sleep
With the coronavirus pandemic at the forefront of everyone’s mind, it can be easy to overlook another epidemic plaguing the American workforce: sleep deprivation. How can a mere lack of shut-eye create such drastic consequences?
