Growing up, I moved around a lot, including several stints living overseas. I was the new kid in school almost every year (sometimes twice in a single year) between third and ninth grades. I’ve often said that this experience taught me early that the world was much bigger than me and that there was no “right way” to do most of the things that humans care most about.
I expected it to be an opportunity to learn some business skills, network a bit, and return to work from The Conscious Entrepreneur Summit. I did not expect, however, for it to be sort of life changing. It even caused me to make some drastic changes to the way I was living my life and in turn my work.
It’s one thing to equip teams and organizations with stress management and coping skills through training, workshops, and other resources. It’s another to provide and create a kind and inclusive environment where stress reduction is part of an organization’s strategy and not an afterthought. At Integrated Work, we reduce workplace stress through kind, open, and adaptive networks.
Author, speaker, and organizer, Seth Godin demonstrates how harnessing the power of collaboration can help overtake climate change in a soon to be published collective work, The Carbon Almanac.
We follow-up the Reimagining Professionalism article published in November 2021 with this piece to provide a facilitation guide for leading conversations that honor the unique needs and dreams of our colleagues and ourselves.
New beginnings offer us the opportunity to reflect, and we explore a strategy to help us successfully engage with intentionality as we meet the unexpected.
In this article, we draw from early American history, contemporary social movements, and the Coronavirus global pandemic to showcase the concept of a Personal Work Standard (PWS) as a liberated notion of professionalism where all employees can belong, matter, and be safe in their work.
When employees are more connected and engaged, they are more productive, collaborative, and innovative. This article highlights the ways in which human resource processes can be developed through a combined Human-First and JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) lens, fostering a stronger organizational culture and healthier work environment.
The beauty of building an appreciation for evolution into organizational DNA is a celebrated part of our work together at Integrated Work. We see dismantling approaches, structures, and teams in favor of others that better fit our intentions as a sign of progress in the direction of our dreams. In this article, we invite you to explore the dimensions of successful organizational change.
