“Managers turn to surveillance software, always-on webcams to ensure employees are (really) working from home” That’s the headline from Drew Harwell’s article last week in The Washington Post.* According to a study by researchers at MIT, nearly half the U.S. labor force is working remotely in response to COVID-19. In the weeks since social-distancing, sheltering in […]
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Persuasion – moving people through influence, not authority – is a hallmark of servant leadership behavior.* The opposite of persuasion is coercion. In the workplace, coercion fosters an environment of fear, mistrust and hostility. Simply stated, people follow servant-leaders because they are persuaded to do so, not because they are coerced to do so. So,
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We can’t control the COVID-19 pandemic or its impact on our personal and professional lives. Sure, we can take individual actions to reduce the chance of contracting the virus, to slow its spread and to treat those who have it. But, overall, COVID-19 is a force beyond our control. However, there is something we can
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