Leadership, clarified.

Leadership, clarified.

June 2021

Hello!
Do your summer plans include a return to the office? More organizations are moving ahead with a return to in-office work this month with additional office re-openings planned for over the coming months. July 6 after the Independence Day holiday weekend and Sept. 7 after the Labor Day holiday weekend (and when many kids are scheduled to return to school!) are popular choices for re-opening dates.

As a leader, what are you doing to prepare your employees for this next round of change? Working with your team to anticipate and adjust for barriers to returning to the office is a great place to start. If you are weeks or months away from being back on-site, start having these conversations now. If you already back in the office after a period of remote work, check in with your team to see how they are doing. Thinking about reintegration goes right along with resilience. For more tips on building a resilient workplace that works for your team, check out the resiliency article in the "Recent articles" section.
 
With so many of my clients and colleagues going through variations on a return to the office, please reach out if this is something you are struggling with. I will share what I am hearing and working on with clients to bring together the latest thinking on development and culture for employees who have been working elsewhere for months and hybrid teams.
 
Thanks for reading!
~Jill

What I caught my attention this month

Adam Grant on LinkedIn: To the leaders trying to cancel all remote work: did you forget when | 1874 commentsTo the leaders trying to cancel all remote work: did you forget when we made it work during a pandemic? Productivity is about purpose and process, not ... 1874 comments on LinkedIn

Bloomberg: Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From HomeThe drive to get people back into offices is clashing with workers who’ve embraced remote work as the new normal.

The Next Great Disruption Is Hybrid Work-Are We Ready?Exclusive research and expert insights into a year of work like no other reveal urgent lessons for leaders as hybrid work unfolds.

The pandemic taught us many lessons - the need for flexibility being a primary one. How will you champion continued flexibility for your team and within your organization as we move into the next phase?

Recent articles from Leadership Refinery

Council Post: Show You Care: A Guide To Empathetic Leadership For Leaders Of HumansOwner and Principal Consultant at Leadership Refinery , High Potential Leadership Coach. Start with the basics. Languishing and flourishing - these terms have entered the mainstream consciousness as ways to describe our current state of being and where we might rather be, courtesy of recent articles in the New York Times.

Take the lead: Find out what matters to your team when it comes to resiliencyOrganizations focused on healthy workplace cultures consistently develop and implement programs and offer resources to support employee engagement. The current trend is to offer additional wellbeing and resilience resources to help employees process the stress and changes of the past year.

Council Post: Peer Coaching Can Be A Win For Organizations When Everyone Plays Their PartOwner and Principal Consultant at Leadership Refinery , High Potential Leadership Coach. What if a leadership development program could help your high-potential talent improve their emotional intelligence while addressing critical organizational problems and strengthening cross-functional relationships and perspective?

Leadership Refinery Success Story - Peer Coaching

After designing a peer coaching program for the senior leadership team of a family-owned, multinational manufacturing company and facilitating the initial training during an offsite meeting, Leadership Refinery was invited back to support the team as they practiced coaching skills to address real-world problems facing their business.

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