By Louis Bury — 2020
Collaboration, I’ve learned, means working slowly and embracing an organic sense of time to make room for everyone’s rhythms and capacities.
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Figuring out what to say—or what not to say—can feel daunting.
We create meaning in our workplace through creating policies and practices that build a sense of belonging, tap into individual passions, provide avenues of purpose, and establish practices that allow for learning and growth through loss.
“For your husband, your illness may have made him acutely aware of not just your mortality, but also his own.”
You not calling, as a friend, can actually compound the grief and loss they are feeling. Just pick up the phone, even if you get it wrong, just have a conversation and do your best. Your friend with cancer is still the same person they were before.
Although society has made many strides in queer acceptance and visibility, coming out at work is still a monumental—and sometimes risky—task for many LGBTQ workers.
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All managers know that they need to help their employees through challenging times. But almost no manager is prepared for when one of their direct reports announces that he or she has cancer, despite the fact that more than 1.6 million people will be diagnosed this year.
When a coworker is diagnosed with cancer, most people simply don’t know what to say. Speechless is the usual reaction.
Some tips to help you nourish each other's hearts.
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How Pamela Abalu got out of the cubicle hamster wheel with a single mantra: “Work is love made visible.”