Avoiding Burnout: Design Your Work to 80%
Burned out? Design your work for 80% capacity! Boost well-being, creativity & productivity. Avoid overwhelm & conquer stress. Here's how
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make work better one tweak at a time
Michelle Wallace
- May 3
- 6 min
From Meh to Marvelous: Transforming Teams with Strengths
By focusing on strengths, promoting a sense of belonging, and ensuring a clear purpose, managers can create high-performing teams.
Michelle Wallace
- Mar 14
- 4 min
Why hybrid work isn’t hitting the mark and what you can do about it
Remote work success requires a thoughtful approach, along with intentionally designing ways of working
Michelle Wallace
- Mar 14
- 5 min
The Cost of Ignoring Outdated and Excessive Processes
These lengthy and outdated structures are often overlooked as 'how we do things around here'. We are challenging you to change your thinking
Michelle Wallace
- Mar 4
- 5 min
Intentionally Building Psychological Safety in Your Team: A ‘Twork’ for Leaders
This article explores how to cultivate psychological safety, especially in hybrid and remote teams. It highlights the benefits of psychologi
Michelle Wallace
- Jan 12
- 3 min
Small Experiments, Big Changes: Tworking Towards a Better Work Environment
Introducing the power of tiny experiments that make your organisation better. Start by identifying one experiment you can trial, here's how!
Michelle Wallace
- Dec 7, 2023
- 4 min
Navigating Hybrid Flexibility: Mastering Communication is Vital for Seamless Remote Working
If you're grappling with understanding when your team is available or how to contact them while respecting their flexibility, read this!
Michelle Wallace
- Nov 30, 2023
- 4 min
Boosting Team Engagement: The Circle Method for Remote and Hybrid Teams
The power dynamics in a workplace can make it challenging for some to speak up. Structures like the Circle Method can help with this.
Michelle Wallace
- Oct 19, 2023
- 4 min
Harnessing Your Leadership Voice for Positive Change
We explore the concept of a leader's voice and how powerful it can be in the workplace (even if it is not intended to always be this way).
Michelle Wallace
- Sep 19, 2023
- 4 min
Decision-making that works: move from consensus to consent
Lets dive into an approach to decision making that is all about inclusivity and efficiency that can also help make remote work more engaging
Michelle Wallace
- Sep 6, 2023
- 3 min
Boosting Remote Work Connections: Creating Water Cooler Moments
Remote work often lacks that personal connection we thrive on. Here's how to recreate those water cooler moments in the virtual world.
Michelle Wallace
- Aug 28, 2023
- 3 min
Making Feedback Better with One Teeny Tiny Word Change
When you give positive input or feedback and then say “but”, it counteracts the positive things. So how can we make it work better?
Michelle Wallace
- Aug 15, 2023
- 3 min
Mastering your schedule: the Power Hour to tame daily chaos
The Power Hour technique is your secret weapon to wrangle chaos, foster productivity, and strengthen your availability as a leader.
Michelle Wallace
- Aug 9, 2023
- 6 min
Embracing Summer Hours: A Personal Experiment in Productivity
I've decided to work reduced hours this summer and challenge the notion that more hours equals more productivity. This is how it's going...
Michelle Wallace
- Jul 13, 2023
- 3 min
Say no
In a world where busyness is rewarded it’s a challenge to say no. It's time to reclaim control over our work, impact, time and energy.
Michelle Wallace
- Jun 29, 2023
- 4 min
Embracing Balance: Redefining Your Work-Life Harmony
Learn to your own balance and ideal working schedule. Whether how or how much you work, it's about defining what works for you.
Michelle Wallace
- Jun 21, 2023
- 3 min
Take Control of Your Schedule: A Week of Meeting Detox
Explore how to disrupt the relentless flow of back-to-back meetings and learn to reclaim some control over your schedule
Michelle Wallace
- Jun 7, 2023
- 3 min
Are You Talking Too Much in Meetings? Here's Why You Should Care
Have you ever been to a meeting where one or two individuals have done all the talking? This can lead to a lack of diversity in perspectives
Michelle Wallace
- May 18, 2023
- 4 min
Mastering Communication in a Flexible Work Environment
Let's talk about asynchronous communication, a type of communication that you'll need to understand and embrace in a flexible workplace.
Michelle Wallace
- May 4, 2023
- 3 min
How to write your own instruction manual
Jotting down your personal user manual and understanding it yourself can be really powerful.
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