If you feel your workplace seems different than before the pandemic, you aren’t alone. It’s because we are different and still under significant stress. Here are a few highlights from a recent study that help shine a light on what’s happening and WHY leaders should pay close attention to employee well-being.

We may have turned a corner with the virus, but we aren’t feeling relieved and stress-free. There has been one crisis after another, and the world seems to be heading in the wrong direction. Even the most hopeful of us are having trouble seeing a positive future. What does this new era mean for the workplace and work relations?

As humans, we often think in binary terms such as “black and white” or “all or nothing”, rather than shades of gray. This tendency is called dichotomous thinking. When we are embarking on making behavior changes, we often fall into this trap. Here’s how to avoid it…

On our favorite Sunday drive, we drove past a very small convenience store that caters to the hiking and camping crowd. The owners decided that they would capture what little traffic there was by posting a handwritten sign that said, “Yes, we have hand sanitizer.” The sign prompted me to think about just how much change we’ve adapted to over the past few weeks. Our adaptation seems to have no limit and we are just now discovering what we are all truly capable of…