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This International Women's Day, we're celebrating the incredible women who are shaping the future of work. At Keep Company, we're especially proud to have two exceptional women, Adrienne and Claudia, as our co-founders. Their vision and leadership are at the heart of our mission: to make work ???????? for more people. >They've felt the loneliness of having a big job at work and a big job at home. >They know what it’s like to bill time in 6-minute increments. >They know what it’s like to get pulled into a last-minute investor call at 11pm with a sick child. >They understand the challenges of strategically integrating the demands of work and home, because they've lived it. Turns out, they weren't alone. And this problem? It's much bigger than they imagined. Today, we honor all the women who are striving to create a more equitable and fulfilling working world. Happy International Women's Day! Let's continue to champion women's leadership and create workplaces where everyone can thrive both at work and in life. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2024 #WomenInLeadership #FutureOfWork #KeepCompany #WorkLifeBalance #Equality #Inclusion #WomenEmpowerment

Just released! Adrienne joined Abby Read, host of The Legal Landscape, to discuss wellbeing in law and to explore why burnout rates are so high in the legal profession. In this clip, Adrienne shares how firms need to zoom out to see the big picture because up to 73% of their workforce identify as parents or caregivers. Watch the clip below. Link to full episode in comments.? #caregivers #burnout #workplacewellbeing

"Without a doubt, it’s the best money spent." Bee Chaffers, Senior Manager of the Women’s Initiative at Morrison Foerster, shares why Keep Company is more than just a program - it’s a game-changer. It helps people dig deeper, supporting them not just as professionals, but as parents, too.

Holy moly - this piece on Gen Z at work tells a fascinating story. "About 95% of staffers between the ages of 18 and 34 said some type of “workplace cheating” is to be expected... This can entail anything from turning up late to work, using AI on the job, or “quiet vacationing.” The young professionals think some wiggle-room in following the rules is normal." ?? Meanwhile, their boss's boss has *wildly* different expectations. And I do think the word expectations is the key here. This example is powerful: "A majority of boomers, about 70%, said they have zero tolerance for any degree of workplace tardiness. They’re a lot less lax about it compared to their younger counterparts, as only 22% of Gen Z feel the same way about running late. In fact, nearly half believe being five to 10 minutes late is still technically “on-time.” 10 minutes feels like nothing, right? Wrong! Misaligned expectations lead to people on the same team playing the same game with different rules. From a productivity perspective misaligned expectations is death by a thousand cuts. Expectations end up informing how we work, and how we view both ourselves and others at work - relationally, from a performance perspective, who we trust and on. What we're seeing at Keep Company is that when it's not named, the distance between GenZ and Boomer expectations and the lack of explicit guidance around working norms is leading to not just tension, but huge gaps in productivity. Oh and I didn't forget about my fellow millenials, trying to bridge these enormous expectation gaps and feeling like a stretched out Gumby character (remember him?). The story that often emerges from frustrated senior leaders right now about their youngest colleagues is one of laziness and entitlement. But it's actually about expectations and the lack of explicit communication. *We're expecting them to know things we never told them.* It's also about a generation making practical adaptations to a radically different reality.?They're managing their careers pragmatically in an uncertain economy. They're using tools we didn't have. What some call "breaking the rules," I call "rewriting them for a world that needs new ones." Spoiler for managers: how you train your team today is going to look different than how you were trained, and require much more explicit communication. And that makes it really hard. But pretending otherwise is not doing any of us any favors.

"Our generation [GenZ] is so depressed because we don't have a third place," Bonnier said in the video with over 600,000 views. He said that previous generations had three key places in their lives: work, home, and social gatherings. Whether it was a local pub, a golf course, or a weekly darts league, these spaces provided a sense of community and belonging that has now disappeared.? (Link to full article in comments) Speaking our language! At Keep Company we see every day how folks of all generations are hungry for a third place. Offered through employers, we give employees that third space, between work and home, between a purely work space and a fully social space. Whether you are a parent of young kids, a sandwich generation caregiver to elderly family members, or a GenZ young professional trying to find your way at a new workplace, a third space builds connection, and a sense of purpose we all need. #thirdspace #mentalhealthawareness #genZ

From Fortune this week: 79% of employees are disengaged at work. Headlines are calling it "The Great Detachment." I would call it a relational crisis. The usual suspects are in the data around the why - low pay (33%), misaligned values (23%), unclear expectations (14%). What I am not seeing in there is something we all know, but is hard to quantify: many employees are having a hard time right now. A ruthless news cycle, divisiveness every time you open your phone, fires burning, wars raging - and for those of us in DC, constant news of job losses. People haven't simply chosen to disengage. And these are dynamics we're not exactly taught how to navigate. So, it's worth asking: How are we equipping people to move through this unprecedented number of unprecedented crises? And in a work context, how do we equip managers to navigate difficult conversations they were never taught to have? Disconnection is a major hidden driver of this disengagement crisis. It's not that we're not always connected. Of course, we are. It's that many of us have *forgotten* how to effectively connect to others. The pandemic didn't just change where we work, it fundamentally disrupted how we build and maintain and leverage work relationships. Here's what's missing from the articles around The Great Detachment: People are struggling to rebuild meaningful (productive!) workplace connections. The skills that drive connection, collaboration, and creativity need to be *actively* rebuilt. They also happen to be the skills we need more than ever. Article below. Lmk what you think!

We’ve all been there—forcing a smile in meetings, nodding along, pretending to be pumped about something that, honestly, feels meh. But fake enthusiasm isn’t just tiring—it’s a fast track to burnout. So, what’s the alternative? Selective engagement. Finding small tasks that you are authentically excited about making it easier to stay motivated. Maybe it’s a specific project, mentoring a colleague, or simply being the go-to problem solver. When you engage with enthusiasm (even in small ways), your energy shifts—and people notice. At Keep Company, we work with organizations that want to empower their employees with the human skills they need to succeed at work and in life. With burnout being a top cause for attrition, and the high cost of lowered productivity, often an employee’s ‘not-to-do’ list is just as important as what gets their focus. What’s one part of your job that keeps you engaged? It could be a person, task, project or cause that brings you joy. Share below! #KeepCompany #Leadership #ProfessionalGrowth #AuthenticityAtWork #FutureOfWork

Today is National Caregivers Day. It’s a day to recognize caregivers and their essential contributions to our families, communities and healthcare system. But for those of us in the throes of caregiving, having a day to recognize, our efforts isn’t exactly what we need… It doesn’t help when we have a huge presentation due at work and our child’s daycare calls saying they just threw up and we need to come get them. It doesn’t help us in moments where we have a sick child at home and our elderly parent needs to be driven to the doctor. It doesn’t help when we have caregiving responsibilities for our own children, and also our elderly parents and grandchildren. The list goes on and on. So what does help caregivers?? Caregivers need to be supported daily. They need space to talk about their issues and they need flexibility and trust from employers. The impact of being a caregiver on our own mental health and on a family’s well-being is finally being acknowledged in wider and wider circles. Here are two of my favorite people/companies who are doing amazing work in this space. Denise Brown does this through her work at the Caring Years Training Academy. Keep Company provides small group coaching across companies of any size with professional coaches. Employees who are supported in this way are much more likely to stay in the workforce. To all of you caregivers out there, your patience, kindness and strength are truly admirable. #caregivers #sandwichgeneration #nationalcaregiversday

Today is a BIG day: It’s National Caregivers Day! Did you know? 73% of employees are caregivers. That’s right—your team is made up of parents, spouses, and family members balancing big jobs at work and at home. And yet… ?? 64% of working caregivers are thinking about quitting. ?? 66% of parents meet the criteria for burnout. ?? 50%+ of families have had a caregiver cut back or leave work entirely. ?? Translation? If you’re not supporting caregivers, you’re losing them. ?? At Keep Company, we believe National Caregivers Day isn’t just a day—it’s a wake-up call. We work with companies to go beyond appreciation posts and build workplaces where caregivers are seen, valued, and supported every single day. How is your company really showing up for caregivers? We can help!

Are you listening? It sounds like such a basic skill. One we tell our kids to do on an hourly basis, but active listening is a skill, and essential for advancing your career, and deepening your relationships. Keep Company Co-Founder & CEO, Adrienne, will present “How To Listen” at the Georgetown University Law Center Women’s Forum on Friday February 21st open to all Georgetown Law Alumni.