As company after company orders people back to the office this month, none seem to realize that they’re sending their company backward by doing so. The past two years were not an aberration to overcome but an accelerator of positive change that moved companies toward a flexible future, leaving behind cubicle farms and corner offices...
Target stood out as a leader among competitors in 2020, during a year in which the entire retail industry was plagued by uncertainty and unforeseen challenges. In a May call with investors, Target CEO Brian Cornell said that the unprecedented volatility in the first quarter of 2020 “presented the most extreme test of our business...
One thing we’ve learned during these last few months of socially distant working is that physical distance has nothing to do with the success of a team. What makes remote teams win is being able to shrink strategic and affinity distance. Strategic distance is the gap between what your team is doing and what matters...
Like everyone else, members of corporate boards have had to innovate quickly due to Covid-19. A once-in-a-generation economic shock has put vital strategic decisions on the table without the luxury of in-person meetings. Boards have had to balance the unfamiliarity of going virtual with the pressures of protecting their organizations from catastrophe. While most boards...
“We weren’t even making hand sanitizers in the U.S. in early 2020. Leveraging our Suave brand, we went from idea to market in 6 weeks in 7 formats – amazingly we were out of stock in less than 1 day. While that is typically unheard of, our consumers are looking for us to respond to...
Competition among the most innovative companies is growing ever more heated for one of the most highly-coveted resources on the market: talented employees. But sadly, too many new hires slip away because of a poor initial experience with their new companies. Consider the following statistics, which represent broad data in the United States: Nearly 33%...
In a recent Unify survey of knowledge workers, 79% of respondents reported working always or frequently in virtual teams, but only 44% found virtual communication as productive as face-to-face communication. The vast majority connected via email, phone, or conference calls even though 72% said videowould make teamwork easier. Only 34% of people use video to...
Anyone who has sat in enough teleconferences has experienced a special kind of meeting hell. The discussion drifts and sags until, to try to get things back on track, the facilitator says, “John, what do you think about the proposed initiative?” Then, after an awkwardly long pause, John responds with:“Oh, sorry, what was the question...
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