This whole experience with the coronavirus continues to be bizarre, challenging, fascinating, scary, and more. The paradox of this moment is that while we are all physically separated from one another, we're also together in this experience. For those of us who are able to work from home, we're both fortunate and we're also probably dealing with lots of practical challenges in this regard. In this episode, I talk about some specific things we can do to stay connected to our teams so that we can not only get our work done effectively, but grow, develop, and deepen our relationships and our culture in the process. Remembering and operating from the perspective that we're all in this together, which we are, is essential right now.

Here are the specific suggestions I make in this episode:

1. Address the moment, your feelings, and other people's feelings

2. Over-communicate

3. Double down on authenticity - do the "if you really knew me" exercise

4. Appreciate people - use the "appreciation seat" exercise

5. Have enough self-awareness and humility to admit you have no idea what's going on right now and how it will all play out

Resources:

We're All in This Together - virtual program

Mike Robbins Website

Mike Robbins Blog

Mike Robbins Podcast

Mike Robbins on Facebook

Mike Robbins on Twitter

Mike Robbins on Instagram

Mike Robbins on YouTube

Bring Your Whole Self to Work (book), by Mike Robbins

We're All in This Together (book), by Mike Robbins

Leading in the Midst of Uncertainty (Forbes article)

Glennon Doyle

Untamed (book), by Glennon Doyle

Shareables:

"The paradox of this moment is that we're all physically separated, yet we're all connected through this common experience." — @MikeDRobbins

"Anyone who says they know how this is all going to play out is either lying or crazy." — @MikeDRobbins

"Now more than ever - we're all in this together." — @MikeDRobbins