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The majority of workers in Iceland now look set to move to shorter hours for the same pay.
Sophie Wade's insight:
What new work models is your business considering or testing? 4-day work weeks are showing great results--eg the WHOLE COUNTRY of Iceland! How are you going to create competitive advantage for your business--increasing hiring potential AND productivity? 
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In this episode, Matthew Bishop—author of Philanthrocapitalism, visiting senior fellow of the Brookings Institution and a founder of the Social Progress Initiative—discusses how we can begin to rethink, and reform, capitalism and better value all workers’ contributions. As we plan to emerge from a period of extreme disruption, our economic framework needs to be reconfigured and the human capital of America assessed as to whether it’s well-suited for the Future of Work.
Click here to listen to this episode of 'Transforming Work with Sophie Wade.'
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People who feel like they are in limbo during the COVID-19 pandemic may experience a transformation in the years that follow.
Sophie Wade's insight:
Periods of change are challenging by nature but non-incremental shifts. COVID19 disruptions make transformations possible. Want to try something really NEW? Research/explore a new role? Learn new skills? Use these next months of 2021 to plan/prepare for what you want to do 2022+
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Four top thought leaders discuss how Covid has produced huge shifts in the workplace, focusing on technology as it shapes human interaction.
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Using Technology to Reimagine Work Post #Covid19 http://bit.ly/3sp7Ogs Great session with @Datamation's @JamesMaguire, @MylesSuer, Flexcel's @ASophieWade, @iangertler - how leaders can help #remotework/#hybridwork get better fast.
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Remote is proud to announce the 2021 Remote Influencer Report. These are 75 people every business, remote worker, and leader should follow for remote work insights and leadership this year.
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Are your work-from-home employees productive or suffering from burnout? Zoom fatigue? (Yes, we duplicated excess office meetings in virtual settings!) Get help! @Remote promotes the top 75 remote-work influencers. Flexcel's Sophie Wade is honored to be included.
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In this episode, Rob Tercek—author of Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World—discusses the reality of where we are, how to forecast appropriately, and plan strategically for 2021—understanding the opportunities and challenges. Rob poses questions to consider, identifies trends and advantages we can capture, as well as alerting us to dematerialization’s impact and how to work with it rather than be disrupted by it.
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We are nursing physical and mental hangovers from 2020. We are feeling unsettled as the New Year starts. We want to shake off the lingering effects and move on with our lives in 2021. We will, in…
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The pandemic has led to mental health declines, increased work demands, and feelings of loneliness. But the news isn’t all bad.
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Remote-working employees are fed-up and frustrated, but in parallel March to May is critical to get COVID19 under control and prevent new variants appearing and spreading. Support team members: limit meeting length and number, vary comms channels, promote healthy habits, forgive temp hiccups.
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Some workers are growing disillusioned at the length of COVID-19 restrictions and are becoming lax in their compliance with COVID-19-related protocols such as wearing masks. Their “pandemic fatigue” is creating challenges and legal risks for employers.
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Having a bad day or a bad week? Suffering from COVID19 burnout? Is a team member checking out and their productivity tanked? Tips to support employees starting with empathy and projecting confidence that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel!
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When it comes to mental health issues, employers can bear a disproportionate share of the costs, many of which are related to absenteeism in the workplace.
Sophie Wade's insight:
COVID19 restrictions and uncertainties on top of normal seasonal depression are burdening workers. Lean in, check in OFTEN to ensure your team, your colleagues are ok. Do they have access to the mental health support they need?
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The emergence of vaccines has taken the edge off the worst fears, but a meaningful economic recovery probably remains distant.
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There is NO ‘return to normal’...it’s time to craft something better: “What I’m allergic to at the moment is the notion of going back, bouncing back,” said Mr. Goldin, the Oxford economist. “It’s business as usual that got us to where we are.”
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The abrupt closure of many offices and workplaces this past spring ushered in a new era of remote work for millions of employed Americans and may portend a significant shift in the way a large segment of the workforce operates in the future.
Sophie Wade's insight:
Remote working is here to stay—some part of each week for most people. What new habits have your colleagues and teams embraced and resisted? What will enable them to be successful AND feel included and connected wherever they are working?
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A research-based case for why everyone should be in the office on the same days.
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What hybrid work model is right for your company? It is not easy or obvious to figure out. It takes surveys and discussion with employees as well as among management. This is a process that deserves time, attention, trials, and iterations to get right.
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March 15, 2021 9:27 PM
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The majority of employees say it’s difficult to find a good job or advance at their current position because of the pandemic.
Sophie Wade's insight:
COVID19 has created skills' gaps. (Re)hire and train people as well as focus on building/adding skills of existing employee. Leadership needs to plan and prepare your business for sustained growth H2 2021.
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March 15, 2021 9:25 PM
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CIOs have been in the hot seat regarding how well teams, including their own, connect while working remotely.
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CIO's—Do you know the top hobby/fav TV show/fav video game or character of EVERY one of your team? If not, schedule regular mandatory non-work team sessions and find out! Use virtual trivia/challenges/cooking lessons/whatever finds and builds connection.
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March 15, 2021 9:20 PM
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WorkTrends’ host Meghan M Biro and Dr. Gleb Tsipursky discussed avoiding disengagement disasters — by attending to employee emotions and bringing empathy into the workplace.
Sophie Wade's insight:
How to foster workplace empathy and learn how to create a work environment that enables people to deepen relationships, communicate and collaborate more effectively?! That’s how to build trust, improve feelings of belonging, increase creativity—WHO doesn’t want that?!
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March 15, 2021 9:12 PM
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Risks can be intimidating. Instead of letting fear rule us, however, we can learn from others, make a plan, and work towards creating new possibilities.
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Volatility is high, customer behavior is changing, businesses are focused on innovation, in flux as the Future of Work gets rolling. We are rethinking/reinventing strategy and operations. Barriers are lower for shifting careers. Are you planning to apply your skills differently?
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March 15, 2021 9:10 PM
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Col. Mark Anarumo, the president of Norwich University, had been through suicides of students during in-room lockdown. He thought he could help by moving into the dorm.
Sophie Wade's insight:
Empathy helps us understand coworkers and direct reports' experiences. Let's not underestimate the toll of isolation on employees. Check in and listen actively. Here's a College President who worried about dorm isolation risks so he moved in.
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December 27, 2020 4:34 PM
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Musing on 2020: A Year of Reckoning--Exposure,
UNDENIABLE UNDERSTATEMENT – “It’s been a challenging year!” Whatever our opinions of COVID19 and associated social/business restrictions—which differ greatly—we are united in wanting 2020’s disruptions of our lives and freedoms to be OVER. We are in complete accord as we look for page-turning relief—physical, mental, and economic.
HABITS & HIGHLIGHTS. We have seen our routines thrown into disarray: significantly sped up on frontlines, as well as pivoted or crushingly stalled as we have been dramatically dispersed. The pandemic has affected lives differently, exposing the varied effects of local, regional, and national political, economic, workplace, and social controls, structures, and policies, as well as our particular cultural and personal responses.
DYNAMICS OF DISCOMFORT. At the same time, the world over, all of us have experiences ranging across grief, isolation, overwhelm, frustration, stress, unease, confusion, anger, despair and more. Raw emotions have been connecting us, allowing deep-rooted difficult issues to surface and be expressed and pain shared. Reactions have been separating us too, as we cope differently and struggle to emerge.
LEANING INTO LEARNING. During 2020, the veneers of our lives has been stripped away, leaving us more vulnerable…and human. We have learned much about ourselves and each other. Personally, we better recognize our need of and sensitivity to time and interaction with family and friends.
Professionally, we better understand: how, where, and when we and others work well; the impact of distance, boundaries, and connections for management and teams; how and where technology can help us; how interpersonal skills and relationships affect communication and collaboration; and how essential inclusive leadership is during times of change.
Leaders who embrace their teams’ diversity, emotions and situations are better-equipped to bring everyone along together, navigate uncertainties and convert challenges into opportunities. With a focus on how to transition from transactional to inclusive leadership, please click here to listen to the new episode of Transforming Work with Sophie Wade in her interview with Simone Sloan.
A RECKONING WRAP. In these last days of 2020, we can all benefit by taking time to reflect and identify critical learnings exposed over the past months and use them to craft sustainable ways to grow and emerge successfully as we look forward to putting the pandemic behind us—at last!
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December 27, 2020 4:01 PM
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We're transitioning from transactional to experiential leadership faster because of COVID19. Listen to my interview with Simone Sloan - @AimInspireGrow - Diversity & Inclusion specialist, business strategist - about how to become an inclusive leader. The new episode of Transforming Work with Sophie Wade podcast.
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December 27, 2020 4:12 PM
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The highest-performing teams have one thing in common: psychological safety — the belief that you won’t be punished when you make a mistake. Studies show that psychological safety allows for moderate risk-taking, speaking your mind, creativity, and sticking your neck out without fear of having it cut off — just the types of behavior that lead to market breakthroughs. So how can you increase psychological safety on your own team?
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Empathy is at the heart of trust and psychological safety. These are essential to create the foundation for great teamwork and especially important for all teams during COVID19 times of uncertainty and stress.
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December 27, 2020 4:17 PM
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Benefits are undergoing transformational change under the COVID-19 era, and what used to be a standard package 20 years ago may now be inadequate.
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Are you updating benefits for 2021 to support employee well-being as a priority? They will achieve more if you do as uncertainty distracts and continues to undermine confidence and normal progress. Note managers' and teams' increased strain.
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December 27, 2020 4:09 PM
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The exchange operator aims to require listed companies to include women and people of diverse racial identities or sexual orientations on their boards. More than three-quarters of those firms would fall short, a review found.
Sophie Wade's insight:
Nasdaq is taking steps to make companies be more inclusive. More diverse boards help leaders and organizations shift to more empathy-infused inclusive cultures where everyone can be welcomed and feel safe. How diverse is YOUR company's board?
What is happening at YOUR company as employees rethink their lives? Have you got new plans? People are 'epiphany-quitting' their jobs. Can your company flex to keep them? Now THAT would be a competitive advantage!