Change Notes #45 December 22nd, 2021

This week’s Change Notes Newsletter! This week’s newsletter focuses on leadership skills, rewarding employees, the importance of a mentor, mental health for employees, and the great resignation. All of these articles have valuable information everyone can take away.

Thanks for reading!   

Love is the Next Leadership Skill

Leaders must have a bunch of different skills, but love is not usually part of the list. In a corporate setting especially, leaders are looked at as intense, emotionless, and almost not human. This new idea of love being a leadership skill is not only about loving your work, but mostly about creating authentic bonds and connections with your team. The function of a leader is to help grow and develop their team so what better way to start than having a personal relationship with each team member.

Love is the next leadership skill - Leadership & Change Magazine (leadershipandchangemagazine.com)

10 Ways to Reward Remote Employees and Why You Should Do It

People are working in a remote setting now more than ever before. While during the post pandemic workplace people might be choosing to work remotely, they should still feel as valuable as any other employee who might be working in person. You could do this in a number of ways, but this article gives ten different suggestions on how you can show your appreciation for your remote employees.

10 Ways to Reward Remote Employees And Why You Should Do It (talentculture.com)

9 Mentor Traits to Look For and Why They Matter

Every professional should have a trusted mentor that they can go to for advice and guidance. Mentors are important because it is always helpful to have a second opinion or outside view on a situation. This article gives nine different qualities one might consider when searching for their perfect mentor match.

9 Mentor Traits To Look For and Why They Matter (hubspot.com)

Re-designing Employee Experience Around Well-Being

Well-being and mental health are topics that have become increasingly popular over the last few years, but especially since the workplace changed drastically during the pandemic. This article makes suggestions on how to prioritize the health of your employees going forward.

Re-designing Employee Experience Around Well-Being (talentculture.com)

Three Lessons For Thriving During The Great Resignation

The Great Resignation is something that has been talked about for a while now. Since the pandemic, more and more people have decided to leave their current positions. Job openings have increased by 15% since this past September, which is six months after the large increase of resignations.

Three Lessons For Thriving During The Great Resignation (forbes.com)