Framework for Having Transformational Conversations
Relationships are messy. Our clients often ask us for help having difficult or courageous conversations. We challenge them to have transformational conversations instead. Here are a couple of recent examples: A high performing employee asked…
Ten Tips for Strengthening Your Virtual Culture
Now that we’re all working from home, we’re seeing a complete erosion of organizational culture. The problem with culture is that it is a group phenomenon. Social distancing is, by definition, separating individuals from their…
Return on Specific Anxiety (ROSA)
Our inability to quickly and effectively manage COVID-19 forced us to create a new measure of organizational success. In the Before Times (2019 and before), profitability was a key metric of economic success for businesses….
An Experiment in Virtual Team Building
I had what I thought was a really good, fun idea. I organized a virtual cooking class for the CultureSync team. I had multiple agendas—mostly driven by our values. As with any good team building…
Mitigating Bias in the Age of Remote Working
I am taking an uncomfortable look at how my biases show up and I am actively working on noticing and changing my own biased behavior by following a process. Pre-Covid, I was the captain of…