Petroleum Equipment Institute

Wearing masks and standing 6 feet apart make it harder to communicate. Here are some tips:

• Have your communication partner’s attention.  
• Face your partner directly. Ensure nothing is blocking your view. 
• Talk a little louder.
• Talk a little slower. 
• Use your hands and body language. 
• Ask your partner if he or she understood you. If not, say it differently or write it down. 
• Move to a quieter place. 
• Ask if you can do anything to make communication easier for you both. 

Execs tend to give nonanswers when asked about two things: company performance (especially when it’s been poor) and proprietary information (particularly when competition is fierce).

Nearly 90% of HR leaders feel their organization has been ineffective or neutral at increasing diversity representation. To overcome that:

1. Go beyond mentoring.
2. Increase representation.
3. Reframe talent processes. 

To build organizational resilience and generate value, HR leaders must do four things:

• Engage more directly and deeply with employees.
• Let employees bring their "whole person" to work.
• Spread decision-making across the organization.
• Expand their view of "talent" across the whole ecosystem.