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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The Best Way to Battle Burnout
The recent Vox Media/Watermark survey of professional women was full of nuggets about what women want from the future of work. Hybrid and remote work, more time off, more mentoring…
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Looking on the bright side in the new normal
Meetings at work have long been derided as not-really-work. A popular internet meme classifies meetings as “a practical alternative to work.” Now that meeting online has become the new normal,…
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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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Choosing the Right Collaboration Tools
In Part 1 of this series on collaboration, we discussed the history and evolution of collaboration. Now let’s turn to how to choose the right tools so that you can…
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Tropical Island Digital Nomads
The Wall Street Journal article Some People Worked From Home During Covid. These People Moved to a Tropical Island covers the growing number of Caribbean islands offering digital nomad visas and includes…
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