WorkTies

Have you considered a previous fork in the road and wondered, “if I had taken that other path, what would my life have been like?” Do you...

It is critical that organizations integrate opportunities for casual interaction into their remote working ecosystem.

with Douglas Lepisto, Western Michigan University This is a tragic and challenging time as our society reckons with race. The speed of...

With the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the increasing need for individuals to stay at home , teleworking has become the go-to option for...

She asked if there was anything she could for me. To make my day better...I stood there stumped. I told her she already did it.

(co-authored with Monica Worline) The surge in cases of Coronavirus around the world is disrupting the daily lives of students, teachers,...

These are trying times for connections! Here in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with the federal...

Co-authored with Arne Carlsen and Sally Maitlis Many of us are teachers and professors. Our classrooms are rife with possibilities for...

I was working with a small company last week on leadership training for their middle managers. This company desperately needs their...

How could we as employees, workers, students, families and friends unleash our creative powers to imagine new ways of creating human...

Some of the most compelling evidence for the importance of caring and compassion comes from the field of healthcare. (In some ways, it's...

Dr. Brené Brown explains the difference between empathy and sympathy: “Empathy fuels connection; sympathy drives disconnection.”

There is a lot of talk about power and status coming out of top business schools. Classes with names such as “ Paths to Power ” abound....

Chris Peterson , my wonderful former U of Michigan colleague was known for his phrase “other people matter.” Psychologists studying...

Need a way to build high quality relationships at work? Cultivate the expression of gratitude in your social network. Thanks to a series...

Feeling Ambivalent About Your Boss Hurts Your Performance Even More Than Disliking Them.

Acquaintances play a vital supporting role in our social networks. They anchor us in the social landscape and generate novel experiences.

In To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus tells Scout: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...

A few weeks back, upon picking up my first-grader son from his after school program, he shared a story with me: while playing outside, he...

On a website about high quality connections, it’s easy to forget that finding compassion and empathy from others is sometimes not as...