On my first day back at work after covid leave, my manager called me into his office and said that my absence was “very bad timing” and my leadership role within the team had “come to an end.” I have over 15 years of leadership experience and an MBA from a top university.
If a colleague takes offense at something you've said, it's understandable to want to set the record straight. But once you've apologized, it may be best to let the matter lie.
Schools, businesses and hospitals are calling in substitutes to deal with labor shortages. But a lasting fix requires safer working conditions and better pay.
With the coronavirus pandemic entering its third year, it's time for a moment of reckoning. If we want to continue to depend on the Luisas who have kept our schools, hospitals, homes and businesses running, we are going to need to do more to support them.
Resentments are growing as the divide deepens between pro- and anti-vaccination colleagues. All you can control are the lengths you're willing to go to for your own and others' protection.