Meet the experts answering some of the most important questions about future workplaces:
- How do you avoid a two-class system between those employees returning to the office and those remaining at home?
- What will the post-pandemic remote workplace look like for women?
- How can you give spontaneous feedback to employees in a virtual world?
- How can you find an end-of-day ritual when there is no commute?
Priya Parker
Facilitator, strategic advisor, and author of The Art of Gathering
THE NEW ERA OF (RE)GATHERING
Companies and organizations are looking back at a year of cancelled in-person retreats, holiday parties, and Bring-Your-Kid-To-Work-Days, among many others. As we enter the next normal, how do we re-gather? How do we ease the apprehension? How can companies develop a hybrid meeting and event culture that equally engages those back in the office, and those employees permanently working from home? How can we build connection among colleagues that have never met in real life? In insightful conversations with companies and groups from across all industries, Priya Parker answers important questions on how to rethink and rebuild a post-pandemic approach to gathering.
Eve Rodsky
New York Times-bestselling author of Fair Play
PREDICTABLE FLEXIBILITY: THE POST-PANDEMIC WORKPLACE FOR WOMEN
Working from home has become synonymous with flexible work, but as speaker Eve Rodsky recently outlined in an interview with Forbes: “Choosing where you work is not the same thing as flexibility over how you work, and when you work.” Rodsky is championing and outlining the concept of predictable flexibility which recognizes work-life integration and ensures boundaries—both crucial for women who are more likely carrying the additional weight of the “invisible work” needed to keep a home and family running smoothly.
Therese Huston
Author of Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower
REIMAGINING FEEDBACK IN A VIRTUAL WORKPLACE
Telling someone they are not meeting expectations without crushing their spirit has always been difficult, let alone having that conversation remotely. As we continue to navigate the challenges of motivating and managing teams remotely, cognitive scientist and feedback guru Therese Huston gives valuable insights into making feedback feel natural and connected and using regular feedback to compensate for in-person interaction.
Laura Vanderkam
Productivity expert and author of 168 Hours, I Know How She Does It, and The New Corner Office
TURNING REMOTE WORK INTO A CAREER ADVANTAGE
While many people got their first glimpse of working from home in March 2020, Laura Vanderkam draws on 18 years of experience working remotely to share strategies for getting more done and feeling better about time in general. How do you do great work while sitting near household distractions? Laura Vanderkam teaches audiences how to manage their days by task, not by time, how to find an end-of-day ritual when there is no commute, and how to have more energy left over to achieve personal goals or fuel bigger professional ambitions.
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