Content by Gleb Tsipursky
What Quality Professionals Should Know When Employees Return to the OfficeA combination of mainly hybrid and some remote work is our future
Thu, 09/02/2021 - 12:03
Recent surveys show, and many managers are learning, that their employees are often not interested in working from the office full time. It’s easy to assume we know what they want due to a bias known as the false consensus effect, which causes us…
Why Do So Many Leaders Screw Up a Quality Return to the Office?The post-pandemic office will require a realignment of employer-employee expectations
Thu, 08/19/2021 - 12:03
Due to strong employee resistance and turnover, Google recently backtracked from its plan to force all employees to return to the office and allowed many to work remotely. Amazon also backtracked on its plans to have a fully office-centric culture…
Why Do Smart Leaders Deny Serious Risks in the Post-Covid World?When dealing with smart people who deny risks, focus on their emotions
Mon, 08/09/2021 - 12:03
When a threat seems clear to you, it’s hard to believe others will deny it. Yet smart people deny serious risks surprisingly often. A case-in-point example comes from my experience helping a midsize regional insurance company conduct a strategic…
Are You Falling for the Myth of ‘Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail?’Three tips to help you avoid the planning fallacy
Mon, 06/14/2021 - 12:03
Quality professionals are often told that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” You might be surprised to learn that this phrase is a misleading myth at best and actively dangerous at worst. Making plans is important, but our gut reaction is to…
14 Steps to to Defeat Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom FatigueTo survive and thrive, organizations must shift strategically to the best practices of working from home
Thu, 06/03/2021 - 12:02
When the Covid pandemic swept through the country last year, companies rapidly transitioned employees to working from home (WFH). However, this shift led to growing challenges of WFH burnout and Zoom fatigue. Unfortunately, organizations treat…
Recognize the 12 Problems Leading to Work-From-Home BurnoutThe problem is a lot more complex than you think
Mon, 04/19/2021 - 12:03
Have you or your employees been feeling work-from-home burnout (WFH) and Zoom fatigue these past months despite the supposed convenience of working from home and using video conferences to meet? Due to the computer-based nature of their work, many…
Eight Powerful Questions You Should Ask Before Stakeholder EngagementEffective engagement can foster productivity and stronger financials
Tue, 02/23/2021 - 12:02
Stakeholder engagement is one of the more critical aspects of leadership, whether you’re a team leader or a member of a cross-functional team trying to lead team members to focus on quality. Stakeholders can be anyone from your colleagues to…
Why Your Negotiations As a Quality Professional Are DoomedHere are some strategies on how to rescue them
Thu, 02/18/2021 - 12:03
Negotiators, even professional ones, make surprisingly many wrong decisions that doom negotiations that should have succeeded. Many of these mistakes relate to overestimating how well they can read the feelings and thoughts of other parties in the…
Should Quality Professionals Be Worried About the New Covid Strains?A vaccine is on the way, but so is a new strain of the virus
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 12:03
Should quality professionals be worried about the new Covid strains originating in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and elsewhere, and recently identified in the United States? Authorities have focused on downplaying concerns about vaccine…
Are You Anchoring Yourself to Poor Quality Data?Staying the course in the face of new information isn’t always smart
Wed, 12/16/2020 - 12:03
Have you changed your views about Covid-19 months into this pandemic? Or are you anchoring to the same views you held last spring? For example, many people still believe the false claim spread by many prominent leaders in March 2020 that Covid is…