by Noal McDonald | Collaboration, Communication, Employee Engagement
Let’s Talk! 5 Ways to Have Better Remote Conversations Once upon a time… it was easy to have a conversation with a co-worker, direct report or manager. Now we have to work at it – scheduling, planning to be spontaneous, seeing each other in the video-teleconferencing...
by Noal McDonald | Comfort Zone
Meditation has long been recommended for dealing with stress, anxiety, health issues. I think we have all of that and more rolled up into one with the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes in work, school, and family life. So we all should be meditating by now, right?...
by Noal McDonald | Employee Engagement, HR, Work From Home
All of us are struggling with feelings of burnout at some level. Please read our most recent post ‘Burnout – There Is An Escape Route‘ where we talk about this very thing. A study by Forbes found that 75% of us are experiencing burnout and 40% of us...
by Noal McDonald | Work From Home
COVID! Pandemic! Lock Down! Enough already! We’ve been at this for over a year. We’re all tired! We’re all burnt out! We know the feelings – No energy or feeling exhausted all the time – getting to nap time is a highlight of the day. Unmotivated to do even simple...
by Noal McDonald | Collaboration, HR
As a year comes to an end, we often take stock of where we’ve been and where we want to go. After the experiences of 2020, we have a lot to think about. One bright spot on the horizon is the potential to get the COVID-19 virus under control. It will be a blessing in...