My father-in-law turned 99 last month. He marked the day with his first-ever video call, a Zoom celebration with 15 family members spread over three time zones. Within minutes, he’d adjusted to the unfamiliar technology and enthusiastically resumed his patriarch…

So, in the age of COVID-19 and working from home, you have lined up a digital interview… now what? As we’ve adjusted to life in quarantine, we’ve seen almost all interactions go digital. Happy hours, hangouts, work meetings and more,…

This coronavirus experience is giving each of us the opportunity to rethink our connections to others.  Let’s commit to come out of the experience with a renewed understanding of our shared fate.  I’m still going to the grocery store: I…

As days and weeks go by, the “new normal” is starting to feel less “new” and more “normal.” Although, that didn’t come without the expected highs and lows of adjusting to this unprecedented life. Some of these new changes can…

When this whole “work from home” thing was first implemented in March, I knew it would have its challenges, but I also had grand visions of what it would be like: “think of all the time I’ll save not getting…

Recalling an idiom that clearly signals my age (OK, Boomer), I awoke suddenly this morning with the thought: “the cavalry is NOT coming.” It was a deeply foreboding recognition that one of the foundational notions of my experience as an…

Here are some tips and tricks to success and well-being as you work from home. During the pandemic, home has become our sanctuary for work, downtime, exercise, social interaction and everything in between. During these unprecedented times, it’s crucial to…

On April 10, 45 leading economists said a recession has begun. Further, the group polled by the National Association for Business Economics said the U.S. is likely to remain in recession through the first half of this year. The expectation…

I’ve learned through decades of working at the intersection of business and government that there is nothing valued more than predictability as those two sectors co-exist. It is worth focusing at this extraordinary time in our lives on alignment about…