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Outer Spaces: Building Company Culture for Remote Workers

Article | August 2, 2020

Your organization might not have a single remote employee to its name, but it’s likely that will change sooner than you think. Year after year, the remote workforce is increasing its share of the working population, and we need to be building company culture to support them. In the recently released State of the American Workplace 2017 report, Gallup estimates 43% of the US labor force works outside of the office at least some of the time. What’s more, nearly a third of all remote employees do more than 80% of their work off-site. That statistic in particular has seen a marked increase from 2012, where just 24% of telecommuting employees performed the majority of their work remotely.

Breath & Body Work as Anti-Racism Practice

Article | June 12, 2020

In reflecting on the power of breath work and body work as anti-racism practice, Living Cities staff member Lethy Liriano said, “I think that bringing meditation to white institutional cultures is a great step towards humanizing work spaces (which are microcosms of our society). Connecting to feelings and humanity is often considered unprofessional in the work environment, so modeling a connection to self during meetings begins to shift that belief and the culture of numbing staff (especially staff of color) emotions, experiences, and quite frankly, expertise. Breathing and meditation is a tangible manifestation of bringing the full person into the space. As folks are thinking about what actions they can take to support the Movement for Black Lives or the current racialized climate in our nation and globally, lifting up this practice in the work space can support those who historically have only experienced white institutional culture to reflect inwardly and deepen their own humanity, which can impact how they show up in the world, within and outside of the work space.

Performance management: how to get the best from your team

Article | April 8, 2020

Performance is about more than technical skills – teamwork, engagement and leadership have as much, if not more, influence on business outcomes. Saving managers time in the process of managing their team by automating basic tasks and helping them become better coaches has enabled one company we work with to improve their team’s performance by 22% in less than six months. Today I’ll take you through their journey.

How to Develop a Company Culture when Remote Working

Article | August 12, 2020

In the past, managers and leadership teams may have been reluctant to allow so many of their employees to work from home on an almost permanent basis. However, with Covid-19 we’ve had little choice in the matter. And, you know what? Employees adapted, productivity didn’t fall off a cliff and customers haven't been let down. Now, more of us are seeing the positive outcomes that this style of working has had on our work/life balance, and we may not want to go back to commuting into the office every workday. But what does this mean from a workplace culture perspective?