“Feedback is a gift”. We’ve all heard that expression. It took me years to embrace it. When working at big corporations, the dreaded annual review would occupy my mind for weeks.

People are struggling with endless Zoom or video calls. I have clients that are on 10+ video calls a day. One sales client said that she is pretty much doing the same sales pitch virtually six or seven times a day.

Communication, real communication, is much more difficult than we realize. When coaching a group the other day, we were talking about managing remote teams and that poor communication showed up as a gap throughout the organization.

The new year has begun. Covid vaccines are being distributed and we are all settling in to the reality that 2021 will feel a lot like 2020, especially for the next few months as cases continue to be high.

It’s finally here. Happy 2021 to you and your families!

I am excited to start a new year (I always am), and especially excited to put 2020 in the rear view mirror.

Before we wrap up 2020, I want to thank you for reading The Shift every other week, for being open to learning new things and/or thinking about them differently.