The pandemic-driven seismic shift to remote led to continued strong growth in the number of American digital nomads in 2021. The 2021 State of Independence research study found that 15.5…
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Change & Transformation
Time to consider job crafting
In my last article, I wrote about career skeptics and the changing way we are interacting with our jobs during the pandemic. Today I want to talk about job crafting and how it…
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Embracing Emotional Intelligence on a Large Scale
There has been a lot of talk about emotional intelligence as an important leadership trait recently, but it’s important to dig into what emotional intelligence really means and why cultivating…
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Understanding career skeptics and the role of employee monitoring
We all know that the pandemic has had a major impact on employment patterns: not just more people working from home, but fewer people returning to their pre-Covid jobs. This…
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The Pandemic Accelerated Independent Worker Use of Online Marketplaces
One of the most significant shifts we’ve seen over the 11 years of the ongoing MBO Partners State of Independence study series is the increased use of online marketplaces to…
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What Women Want to Thrive at Work
After 20 months of working through the pandemic, women are exhausted, overwhelmed, sick of school closings, ready to burn our masks in a giant bonfire. Millions of us have left…
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The Evolution of Collaboration
The goal of improved collaboration is top of mind for many leaders today. In this article I want to set a historical context and show you how collaboration has evolved…
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Discovering Your Breakout Career Moment
In my work as a mentor for startups and as an informal career coach for others, I often tell people about the moment in time when I made a major…
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The Road to 2022
It’s September and, at the risk of sounding cynical, that means that before we know it the holiday season is in full swing, and then BOOM! it’s 2022. Sorry to…
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Keys to Improving Strategic Adaptability
In nature, every action has its equal and opposite reaction. Physics demands that we adjust to stimuli. We either adapt or we fail. In business, things don’t play out in…
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