Category: News
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Attention Frontline Leaders: Flexible Work Isn’t Just For Office Workers Anymore – Thrive Global
In case you missed my last article for Thrive Global, Five Lessons on Flexibility from the Pandemic, let me remind you of the key takeaway: Flexible work works! Thirty-two peer-reviewed journal articles came to the same conclusion: when done well, flexibility in when, where, and/or how employees work can lead to gains in productivity, employee engagement, well-being, retention,…
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Factors That Affect Productivity In a Flexible Work Environment – Thrive Global
CHAPTER 1 Introduction Purpose Questions around the effects of flexibility on productivity are at the forefront of Organizational Development (OD) in 2023, due to “forced flexibility” brought on by COVID-19 and difficulties getting workers to return to traditional office settings. The debate around worker productivity without in-person monitoring, however, began in 1910 when Fredrick Taylor…
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Five Lessons on Flexibility from the Pandemic – Thrive Global
The pandemic brought the long-contested question around the effects of flexibility on organizational productivity to the forefront of our conversation about work. And now, as we re-emerge, the debate has escalated even more as return-to-office plans clash with the reluctance of workers to return to traditional office settings. A dynamic has emerged needlessly pitting employees against employers, who are taking…
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Wednesdays at One – Thrive Global
The following day, just before one o’clock, Gregory opened his office door and ushered out his noon client. Fifty minutes every Wednesday with Eleanor S. and her narcissistic personality disorder left him depleted. Worse, he had slept poorly last night. Again. He decided he had earned a walk to Chinatown for dumplings, but there was…
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What One Act of Kindness Taught Me About Sustainable Learning – Thrive Global
Long, long ago when dinosaurs used to roam the Earth, us humans had only one trustworthy source of navigation to get from point A to point B: Mapquest. Okay maybe I’m exaggerating just a little bit; it was at least a few millennia after dinosaurs, but either way – without these pre-printed static directions, our…
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The Power of Nonconformity: Don’t Be Too Good – Thrive Global
To be a nonconformist means dropping our fixation on being seen as a “good” people. In a Christian nation fueled by the myth that we’re all born sinners, this is a tall order. Weaned on the toxic doctrine of being fallen creatures because we inhabit animal bodies, we’re conditioned to doubt ourselves. Yet as Ralph…
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Ode to the Ponytail – Thrive Global
I used to think a ponytail was just a ponytail – a versatile women’s hairstyle. Over time, it has come to mean much more to me. I work in industries – tech, venture capital, infrastructure software investing – that some days feel exceedingly male. Many days, I wish I had a wing-woman – another female in…
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Want Work That Makes You Happy? Ask These 5 Questions – Thrive Global
America is at a once-in-a-generation turning point around work: 70% of us are unhappy with what we do; three-quarters of us say we plan to look for new work this year; two-thirds of us are rethinking where, when, and how we work. Add those number up and that means every day, 100 million Americans sit…
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The Chapters to Remember – Thrive Global
Thank you so much for the honor of being here today as your commencement speaker and Congrats to all of you in the Class of 2023! I also want to give a big thanks to your families and the RE teachers and staff who sacrificed and poured their love into you so we could all…