by Julianne Wazny | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Some days it’s really draining to be a senior executive. You sit in meetings for hours on end, and every decision you need to make is difficult—all of the easy decisions have already been made at levels below you. On those days, you know you could be a much more...
by Julianne Wazny | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
The coming year of inventing our way toward whatever our workplaces will look like offers a marvelous opportunity to refresh and reinvent cross-functional relationships. Working to rebuild these bonds is especially important because most people won’t be returning to...
by Julianne Wazny | Nov 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Flexibility now dominates the way we speak about the future of work. And while a new hybrid working survey shows that employees do indeed want flexibility, it also shows that this flexibility is conditional upon their autonomy to exercise it in whichever way is best...
by Julianne Wazny | Nov 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
The marketplace for talent has shifted. You need to think of your employees like customers and put thoughtful attention into retaining them. This is the first step to slow attrition and regain your growth curve. And this does not happen when they feel ignored in the...
by Julianne Wazny | Oct 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Taichi Ohno, progenitor of the Toyota Production System, identified seven forms of waste, and lean insiders often add an eighth: the waste of human resources. I propose a ninth: the waste of overthinking. Rationality plays a starring role in our Western culture. Its...
by Julianne Wazny | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Just be yourself.” “Be real.” “Be authentic.” We have all heard one of these phrases at one point or another—maybe on the way to a blind date, a job interview, or an important talk or presentation. It’s a compelling notion, the idea that we can just be...
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