Meaningful Partnership at Work

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Covenants in Times of Crisis (and During Virtual Work)

The test of someone's character is how they handle things they don’t like.

Silver Bullet

In our highly interconnected world, global crises can happen. September 11/2001 and its aftermath, the recession of 2007–2008, and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic of 2020 come to mind. National and regional chaos seems to occur more often. Weather and environmental disasters now feel routine. The point is that crises, large and small, are inevitable. They increasingly affect the way we live and the way we work. So, this raises two important and related questions: first, is the Workplace Covenant process relevant during a crisis or difficult period? Second, as more teams operate “together ...