How to Bring Your Human to Work When You Can't Go to Work

Adults · Learning
The Coronavirus crisis is happening to all of us, but it’s happening to each of us in different ways. Some of us are alone, isolated, while others of us are surrounded by people 24-7. Some of us are working around the clock and for others, things have slowed down. One thing we all share is enormous, unprecedented stress, and an urgent need to take care of our colleagues, our families and ourselves.

In my book Bring Your Human to Work (McGraw-Hill 2018), I looked at ten ways to make every workplace more human—things like meetings, professional development, etc.—but “being human” boils down to one thing: honoring relationships.

Below are three ways to honor relationships, which is even more important when we can’t physically go to work.

1. Prioritize Relationships: This is the time to be extra intentional about how we are prioritizing our relationships. Pause, take a deep breath, and ask yourself: Does your calendar reflect your values? Check in with your family, friends, colleagues, spouse, and especially—yourself. We've got to put our oxygen masks on first before we can help anyone else.
2. Position Technology: Be aware of which forms of communication can help you better cultivate your relationships at home and at work, especially now. Look at technology along a spectrum from Slack/text on one end to video calls on the other end. Lean toward the end that cultivates more connection (aka, video) when it’s needed, but at the same time know when to put it in its place (out of sight).
3. Develop Protocols: We are in uncharted territory and need some rules of the road to guide us. I will share protocols, tips, tricks and ideas of how to connect employees to each other and the organization.
Audience: Adults

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June 4, 11 AM EDT
For Adults · 45 mins


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Meet Our Instructor

Erica Keswin
Erica Keswin is a bestselling author, internationally sought-after speaker, and founder of the Spaghetti Project, a roving ritual devoted to sharing the science and stories of relationships at work. She helps top-of-the-class businesses, organizations, and individuals improve their performance by honoring relationships in every context, always with an eye toward high-tech for human touch. Her book, Bring Your Human to Work: 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Design a Workplace That’s Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World was published in 2018 by McGraw-Hill. Her next book, Rituals Roadmap: The Human Way to Transform Everyday Routines Into Workplace Magic will be published by McGraw-Hill in January, 2021.