You're not alone if you’ve been gravitating toward articles and podcasts about emotional well-being lately.

We’ve all been navigating a long season of anxiety and stress. The global pandemic, ongoing social unrest, and day-to-day uncertainty have created a cocktail of emotional strain that’s taking its toll.

For many, remote and hybrid work has brought about an unprecedented mix of uncertainty, isolation, and emotional struggle. These conditions are ripe for stress, burnout, and disconnection—emotional states that can sap energy, motivation, and well-being.

There’s a curious paradox we keep seeing: while many leaders are anxious about sustainable productivity in today’s remote and hybrid workplaces, many people on their teams feel like they’re working harder than ever.

I’ve been following a piece of advice my son gave me from the backseat on a sunny spring morning over eight years ago, when he was just three years old.

Whether we’re in person or on screens, it can be surprisingly difficult to accurately “read” how others are feeling. Fortunately, new findings in neuroscience are giving us fresh insight into why that is—and how we can respond with more clarity and empathy.

The pandemic forced us to rethink nearly every aspect of our work. Our workplaces look different now—and for many, gathering in large groups remains a challenge.

The weather is turning cooler, leaves are changing color, and the end of the year is in sight. It must be retreat season! This is when teams and organizations come together to set priorities, learn, reconnect, and revisit the question, “Who are we?”

We spend a lot of time talking with leaders and teams about culture. What’s interesting is how often these turn out to be new conversations for them.

Among the most important conversations happening in workplaces today are those about how we treat one another. These discussions focus on new expressions of respect—and at the heart of respect is compassion.

Many leaders and teams we talk to are still feeling the weight of burnout—and honestly, it’s no surprise given everything that’s happened over the past year.

Executives, mid-level managers, and front-line leaders across every industry we serve — professional services, healthcare, corporate, nonprofit — are experimenting with new ways to grow leadership skills and capacities.

Most of us get up and go to work every day because we want to do something that helps. If we’re spending 8 to 12+ hours of our day at work, we want that time to matter — to make people’s lives easier, better, healthier in some way.

We've been hearing about the power of purpose for some time now, but in this evolving world of work, leaders are realizing that tapping into personal purpose is becoming a key ingredient in creating meaningful employee experiences.

This is the first of our seven-part series exploring the essential lenses leaders need to adopt to navigate the changing world of work. As we (hopefully) move through a post-pandemic “next normal,” we’ll explore shifts in the way we approach.

We’ve been talking a lot about the hybrid workplace and what it’s going to take to create environments where people actually want to show up, be their best, and grow—whether they’re at home, in the office, or somewhere in between.

Today we’re talking about wellbeing—specifically, why it matters and how our understanding of it is shifting as leaders.

Post-pandemic, it’s clear: there is no universal hybrid model. Every workplace—because every person is unique—needs to craft its own plan.

Ask any leader what one of the most effective habits they've learned recently is, and you might hear this: "the huddle." Especially during chaos, remote work, or hybrid shifts, team huddles keep people aligned and connected.

If you're like most people, learning and self-development keep getting pushed to the bottom of your task list. In the past couple of years, we've all discovered new ways to do our work differently and better.