How can organizations increase connection, collaboration, and performance while offering the flexibility employees desire?

Why do leaders hold the key to making hybrid work more effective and impactful?

My guests on this episode are Peter Cappelli and Ranya Nehmeh, co-authors of "In Praise of the Office: The Limits to Hybrid and Remote Work"

During our conversation Peter, Ranya, and I discuss:

• Why hybrid work isn’t delivering on its promise for employees or organizations.
• What’s been lost in remote and hybrid workplaces - mentorship, culture, and career growth.
• What their research - contrary to popular belief - reveals about hybrid work and its real-world implementation.
• How leadership accountability is the key to making hybrid work.
• Clear rules and simple fixes HR can use to strengthen hybrid work.

Connecting with Peter and Ranya

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How can you spot a bad boss before it’s too late?

What can good leaders learn from bad bosses?

My guest on this episode is Mita Mallick, WSJ and USA Today bestselling author of “Reimagine Inclusion and now “The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn from Bad Bosses”

During our conversation Mita and I discuss:

• What inspired Mita to write “The Devil Emails at Midnight,” and why bad bosses are such a universal concern.
• The empathy Mita has developed for bad bosses, and why anyone can fall into toxic leadership behaviors.
• How to spot early warning signs of a bad boss or toxic culture during the interview process—and why many candidates ignore them.
• Mita’s advice on surviving a bad boss
• HR’s role in addressing bad bosses and building an inclusive culture.

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How can HR leaders embrace disruption to drive innovation?

Why should your organization disrupt itself?

My guest on this episode is Scott Anthony, Professor at Tuck, Senior Advisor at Innosight and author of “Epic Disruptions - 11 Innovations that Shaped the Modern World”

During our conversation Scott and I discuss:

• The four critical questions every leader must answer about disruption:
• Why disruption casts three dangerous shadows: shifting power dynamics, status quo bias, and employee identity crisis - and how HR can address each one.
• Why organizations unintentionally accelerate technologies that threaten their own existence.
• Why the right strategic choices during disruption often look completely wrong at first
• What HR leaders can learn from Florence Nightingale

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Succession Planning Playbook: In this focused 1-page resource, I cut through the noise to give you the vital elements that define what “great” succession planning looks like.

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