When you want to ask for a raise, there are many things you should think about and have in order before you request a meeting with your boss. The more you have prepared the more successful the meeting will be.

Asking for more money can feel scary, and it’s one of those questions where the answer may well be no. But, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t ask for it! Today, I wanted to walk you through Leadology’s top tips for asking for a raise.

Leadership skills are more important than ever in our constantly changing workplaces. Being able to keep and flourish great employees today has become a tricky balance.

As many companies navigate returning to the office in some shape or form, there are a number of new challenges for leaders.

Confronting your boss can instill fear in anyone. It is never an easy task to talk to a superior about their behavior, but when there is a problem it can affect your work environment and how you are perceived.

This week, I wanted to try something new and deep dive into a recent DM I received.

You can read the full question, below.

Lately, there seems to be a pattern of people expressing how they don’t feel joy at work. Previously, you might have always been happy with your job, but sometimes that joy doesn’t quite stick. When you lose that joy in your work, it makes it incredibly hard to do more than just go through the paces. The question now is, “how to find joy at work again?”

Leaders across a range of industries - leaders who have always loved their jobs - have recently been describing feeling a sort of blandness, or lack of emotion when it comes to their work.

The term pandemic flux syndrome describes what a lot of us are feeling at this stage in the pandemic. It has not been an easy 18 months, and we still don’t know how long this “flux” is going to last, which makes this uncertainty even more challenging as a leader.

Recently, social psychologist, best-selling author, and award-winning Harvard lecturer, Amy Cuddy wrote a piece in the Washington Post about the psychology of “pandemic flux syndrome.” In it, she describes pandemic flux syndrome as the chaotic mix of hope, fear, blunted emotions, and spikes in anxiety we’re experiencing during this bizarre transitional stage of the pandemic.

Self-compassion is one of those things that most of us tend to keep moving to the bottom of our list of things to do. It is easy to put it aside and view it as frivolous or “a luxury if I have time.” If there is one thing this pandemic has shown us, it is how important self-compassion is in both our personal and work lives so we can grow and become better people and leaders.

I recently spent time learning about self-compassion from the best in the game, Dr. Kristin Neff. During the two-day training, Dr. Neff and her team offered up expert advice on how to limit self-criticism and achieve your highest potential by moving toward self-compassion. I wanted to share more about a personal breakthrough I had around this concept as well as highlight the power of practicing self-compassion in our personal and professional lives.

If you or anyone on your team has felt they needed better communication strategies to navigate the “new normal” and hybrid workplace, then this is for you. Recently, I’ve heard from managers that when they ask their direct report “How are you?” they are getting short, surface level, responses something along the lines of…

“Hangin’ in there…”

Between the ongoing pandemic, a chaotic return to work situation, and everyday stressors, it’s fair to say that “hangin’ in there” is quite the understatement. So how can we check in on one another in more meaningful ways?

These are unprecedented times for leaders. The workplace and workforce are changing at a rapid pace with uncertainty for both businesses and leaders alike. We have sought out information on how others are handling everything and found these are the best articles for leadership out there right now.

I think we can all agree there’s no one playbook for what we’re experiencing. With the fast-spreading Delta variant revamping back-to-office schedules, leaders need to be more nimble than ever as they once again adjust to sudden shifts.

Have you thought about self-compassion in leadership? Is this something you’ve thought about in regards to being a leader? There have been incredible strides in unraveling the benefits in practicing self-compassion as a leader to better support ourselves and our employees in a healthy way.

Lately, we’ve talked about the importance of self-compassion in the workplace, and especially the role of managers and other leaders. Focusing on Dr. Kristin Neff’s groundbreaking work on the compelling benefits of self-compassion to increase motivation, resilience, and perspective amidst the uncertainty and stress of the pandemic.

The pandemic has exposed many cracks in the traditional workplace, resulting in “The Great Resignation.” Now, more than ever, people are re-evaluating both their present-day lives as well as how they want to live in the future. As a leader, you can hold on to your employees through The Great Resignation more successfully when you dig deeper into what your team members and/or employees need, so you understand what matters most to them.

Did you know that 79% of US employees who leave their job do so because of feeling under-appreciated? After working with organizations around the world, one of the most powerful things I’ve seen positively transform company culture is learning to celebrate successes, both big and small. Today, we’re talking about the power of recognition during re-entry, as well as some celebratory practices to lift your team’s spirit asap!

Over the past few weeks, as we near re-entry, we’ve discussed the challenges and opportunities of a hybrid work model.

Perhaps most excitingly, hybrid work is an opportunity to not only switch up where people work, but how work gets done, teams collaborate, and the experience of the entire workforce.

Remember that grief that you and your employees felt at the beginning of the pandemic, when everything was turned upside down so suddenly?

While the pandemic initially (and continues to) bring many moments of grief, for others it has also brought a lot of monotony, boredom, low motivation, and lack of focus​