When it comes to starting a business, many entrepreneurs are drawn to the freedom of earning money on their terms. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t come without its challenges. One of the most common struggles we face is finding an adequate work-life balance. Anyone who is an entrepreneur knows and understands the many hats you have to wear and the tasks you have to juggle each day, especially when you’re starting out.
The past year has been a year of adversity. From the pandemic to racial injustice, many people have been faced with multiple types of adversity. And while there are societal changes that need to happen to overcome these challenges, there’s a lot we can do as individuals to fight adversity within an imperfect system. We recently had the privilege of learning from Laura Huang, who joined us for a virtual talk at Asana focused on how to turn adversity into advantage.
Extreme stress is now an all too familiar component of work. Last year, 71% of workers felt burnt out at least once. Additionally, the number of workers assessing their mental health as poor, or very poor, rose from 5% to 18%, with 42% rating their stress levels as high or very high. This elevated stress and pressure is a clear sign of the times.
A discussion from Zendesk, Zip, Ecosystm and Slack about the importance of flexibility, culture and employee experience.
Working in the office was a blessing. Traveling, and having water cooler conversations was fun for office-going people worldwide. And then the pandemic hit and forced everyone to work from home. After working in the office for years, can you even imagine running a business virtually without any concept of a physical office space? We’re going to talk exactly about that in this article, and more so, how to do it effectively! Running a virtual company is not a foreign concept.
What makes a team successful? And how can we learn from the best and learn from the groups that simply couldn’t connect? Great teams are often successful because they achieved their goals by overcoming adversity and obstacles. And managing high-performance teams takes a lot of trust and innovation to encourage everyone to do their best work. In fact, the 2019 Global Human Capital Trends survey found only 41% of respondents believe their company successfully leads.
It’s Women’s History Month, and we’re celebrating women in leadership all month long here at Asana. And strong leadership is critical to successfully managing a team—whether it’s one person, 10, or an entire company. Especially over the past year, which has been challenging in many ways, but also created unexpected opportunities.
4 lessons from corporate-responsibility standout Patagonia to help you weather any storm.
