4 lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life, and balance.

4 lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life, and balance

by Waine Evans

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I've spent the last couple __ years traveling around the world giving talks __ big corporations and little bitty start-ups and lots __ leadership teams and women's groups, and what I've been talking __ people about, I've been trying really hard __ convince people that we can change the way we work.

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But every time I do a __________, somebody comes backstage or follows me offstage and says, "You know, I'm so inspired by what you say. It's so great, it makes so much sense.

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But we can't." "We can't because we're regulated." "We can't because our CFO ____ we can't do it." "We can't because we're in Europe." “We can’t because we’re a service industry.” "We can't because we're a non-profit."

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And then __________ year came the pandemic. And the pandemic changed everything all over the world.

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Service people started realizing that they had to suit up and wear masks and take temperatures and wash their hands. We had to start standing six feet apart in lines. We started working _ home.

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We started working virtually. And we started _______ all kinds of things because we had to. All that muscle around innovation and flexibility and creativity that we didn't think we had, we had all along. And we now have realized that we can.

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So, what have we ________? I mean, what did we _______ right away? First of all, we ________ we're not family. The family is the toddler walking around behind you in the Zoom call with the pet. The family is somebody needing their diaper changed. The family is making sure you're taking care of your mom. That's your family.

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__________, in order to be able to do all that, we have to recognize that we're all adults. And here's the deal about adults. Adults have responsibilities, adults have obligations. Adults have things that they have to commit to. And do you know that every single person that works for you, from the shop floor to the executive suite, is a grown-up? But we have been operating as if they aren't. We operate as if only the smart adults are the people who are at the C Suite.

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