The metaverse is coming. According to Gartner, by 2026, 25% of people will spend one hour per day or more in virtual reality, and nearly one-third of businesses will offer products or…
My company, Centric Consulting, has been remote since it was founded in 1999. Like all leaders of all organizations, I’ve made my share of mistakes. It’s impossible to avoid — leaders…
According to LinkedIn’s 2022 Workplace Learning Report, 49% of learning and development programs in 2022 focused on leadership and management training. And no wonder. With the widespread shift to remote or…
A recent Gallup poll found that employee engagement is at its lowest in nearly a decade. One contributor to this crisis is that many organizations haven’t yet upskilled their leaders…
It’s no coincidence that “quiet quitting” is making waves while worker engagement is the lowest in nearly a decade. One factor leading to low employee engagement? Companies halfheartedly accepting remote work,…
A recent Gallup study found that at least half of the U.S. workforce are “quiet quitters.” The problem goes deeper than workers doing the bare minimum to meet expectations: Worker engagement is…
Before 2020, B2B sales of complex solutions and services were conducted almost entirely in person. All that changed with the pandemic. Now, much of the process from lead identification to…
Futurist Chris Herd recently tweeted “Remote work should be the best DEI initiative in history. Single parents, people caring for others, health conditions or impairments = office impossible. Everyone should be able…
The leadership playbook has changed. The most effective leaders of the reimagined workplace are vulnerable. They show up as their true selves, openly admitting flaws, knowledge gaps, fears and mistakes….
In 2019, I wrote a book on remote work. The result, Office Optional: How To Build a Connected Culture With Virtual Teams, came out in early 2020, during the early days of…