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Episode 4: Overcoming Return-to-Work Resistance

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With COVID restrictions loosening and organizations asking their staff to return to the office, we ask the question, What’s the best way to manage employee resistance? Listen to Randy, Wendy, and Eric discuss the HBR article, How to Overcome Return-to-Office Resistance, and talk about how to say goodbye to an employee who has chosen to leave for other opportunities. Also highlighted are the following books: Leading Change, Our Iceberg Is Melting, and Small Giants.

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