By Heidi Helfand

I almost called this post “Who moved my cheese?” That’s the name of a book that my coworkers and I were each given one day at our software company back in the days of Y2K. It was a story about change from the perspectives of mice and humans who one day discovered that their cheese was gone. And as such, they were forced to adapt. Seeing the book in the mailboxes was one way this company “prepared us” for the organizational changes we were experiencing. Maybe it was when our company got acquired. I don’t even remember. Time erases some of this as the years pass.

By Jenny Taitz

People are feeling more stressed than ever, and it’s affecting our well-being. Many of us dwell on stressful situations, which only serves to compound the uncomfortable feelings that stress brings. The good news is that you can exit the headspace of stress. By improving your ability to stay present, you can set aside stressful issues that you can’t immediately solve, whether that’s a nagging problem at work or a personal conflict. This article covers four behavioral-science-backed techniques to help you take a break from stress.

By Alex Liu and Abby Klanecky

In today’s world, business transformation has morphed from a one-time special project to a never-ending series of transformations — the majority of which will fail. With a future full of changes, challenges, and surprises, leaders need a new approach. Forward-thinking organizations are focusing on regeneration — developing a long-term vision and a series of unified actions to more harmoniously link business operations and performance and create lasting value.

By Bob Frisch and Cary Greene

Despite its critical importance, most executive teams are not in agreement around the foundational question: What does success look like in X years? The challenge lies in developing a clear collective understanding of what winning as a team looks like and then aligning efforts, resources, and strategies toward these common goals. In this article, the authors offer guidance on how to prepare for and lead a success-defining discussion with your team.

Stanford’s Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao on how to boost efficiency and satisfaction while also improving innovation and decision-making.

By Sabina Nawaz

Do you find meetings with your team disintegrate into dysfunction and chaos, resulting in ineffective decision-making, inadequate solutions, and team members — including yourself — with deflated morale? “Team” is a misnomer for these bodies; “group” is more accurate. Group members are accountable to the boss but not to each other; they often work in individual silos, oblivious to the bigger picture. At best, groups are inefficient and ungratifying; at their worst, they make consequential mistakes through poor communication and bad decisions. To turn your group into a team, you need curiosity. hbr.org/2024/01/how-curiosity-can-make-your-meetings-and-team-better

By Emily Webber

In my previous post Team exercise: Building empathy and understanding with the Capability Comb, I introduced an approach to help a team surface their capabilities and identify opportunities to collaborate. Since then, I have created a miroboard on the miroverse to use with the workshop.