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People Analytics & Future of Work Live Session

In this People Analytics & Future of Work Live Session recording, “Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to work smarter, get ahead, and restore your well being,” Rob Cross and Al Adamson cover work overload, the pros and cons of remote work, and how to restore well-being in this collaborative context.

Financial Times

Collaboration at work is full of pitfalls which can lead to team dysfunction and burnout. Leaders and teams can examine the six patterns of team dysfunction identified by Rob Cross and Inga Carboni that undermine team performance to diagnose their own challenges and help course correct.

MIT Sloan Management Review

The success of teams of all types and sizes is dependent on the ability of people to collaborate. Two decades of conducting organizational network analysis has revealed six patterns of collaborative dysfunction that undermine performance in 88% of the organizations studied. While one solution doesn’t fit all collaborative failures, leaders and groups can use this more nuanced guide to diagnosis and resolve six common patterns of collaborative dysfunction.

Wall Street Journal

As companies flatten hierarchy and preach collaboration among their ranks, a growing share of bosses’ time is spent coordinating, directing traffic and overseeing employees who may or may not report directly to them. Managers and executives complain that the push for teamwork, innovation and speed has left them little time to do real work. Rob Cross calls this collaborative overload. Often, top performers are put on high-value projects and sought by co-workers, and end up causing bottlenecks and risking burnout.

Harvard Business Review

Resilience is often described as the difference between successful and unsuccessful people, not to mention influences work satisfaction, and overall well-being. But resilience isn’t just a kind of solitary internal “grit” that allows us to bounce back. My research with Karen Dillon and Danna Greenberg shows that resilience is also heavily enabled by strong relationships and networks. Check out how in our latest Harvard Business Review article.

Harvard Business Review

With our connection to an ever-widening span of relationships at work and at home comes increased exposure to a steady stream of relationship-based micro-stressors. Through a program of research involving dozens of top tier companies and hundreds of people, we have identified 12 common “relational” drivers of stress that are likely taking a significant toll on your mental and physical well-being, without you necessarily being aware of their impact.

Harvard Business Review

Many successful, well-regarded leaders find themselves burning out or in crisis due to a gradual (and well-intentioned) over-focus on career. But a select group of people are top performers and they score high on measures of well-being by investing in critical social activities that create happiness.