The article discusses the challenges of team cohesion following recent changes like layoffs and a shift back to office-based work. Jennifer Moss highlights that many employees feel a loss of agency which leads to resistance and can affect morale. She emphasizes the importance of having conversations with teams, exploring flexibility in the workplace, and considering job crafting to enhance employee engagement. Moss also addresses the detrimental effects of return-to-office mandates and meeting fatigue on productivity and connection, suggesting ways to create a more supportive work environment.
When we have been given agency to do things in a certain way and then it is clawed back, our instinct as humans is to hold on to that sense of freedom, even at personal cost.
It's important for leaders to understand and validate that resistance. I think that we need to have more conversations about it with our teams.
Return to office mandates can actually reduce team cohesion and reduce community. Everyone is saying remote work is creating this loneliness epidemic.
Let's think about how we can increase time wealth. Figure out how to cut down on meeting fatigue and how to create intentional serendipity.
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