Work baby work ⛏️
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Work baby work ⛏️

The choice couldn’t be starker. Leaders are going to have to make decisions about the kind of work they want to create in either system. And then show it works for their teams.

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What's more damaging than burnout? Lessons from ‘The Bear’
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What's more damaging than burnout? Lessons from ‘The Bear’

The kids are back! Hope you’ve had a good summer (aside from anyone in the UK who needs to take this week off to absorb the only sunshine we seem to have had since June).

This week on the vlog, moving on from burnout to explore its opposite: Boreout—its impact on people, productivity, and retention, and what you can do about it.

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Conflict—don’t let it silence you!
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Conflict—don’t let it silence you!

Last week in Zurich I spoke to an international group of senior women at The Boardroom about power and presenting.

Their biggest unifying fear is being publicly challenged—many admit they’d rather avoid speaking than risk a battle.

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Failing for 15 years: habits that work
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Failing for 15 years: habits that work

At my girls’ boarding school, our running groups were sorted alphabetically by fruit: the Apples were the stars, Bananas were pretty good. My friend Emily and I were Ugli fruits, and fought hard to never get promoted for fear we might have to break a sweat in a race.

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The 6 models of work: choose very carefully!
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The 6 models of work: choose very carefully!

The team is eyebrow-deep in research interviews about what is going on in the world of work now: inflation, hardship funds, big office decisions, title escalation, budget cuts. There is so much for us to get into this autumn.

But let’s start with a picture of where things are now and the six working options.

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How we stop work from killing us
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How we stop work from killing us

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and the focus is on nature. Cue posts about going for another 🤬 walk in the park.

Research published this week by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found that premature aging and death were impacted by:

- battling industry downturns

- the threat of takeovers

- …and pandemics too?

(Based on 1,605 company bosses at large publicly listed US firms over the last 50 years)

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