CHANCE
CHANCE FOR RAIN AND STORMS. I'LL SHOW YOU THOSE DETAILS+@ +@
CHANCE FOR RAIN AND STORMS. I'LL SHOW YOU THOSE DETAILS+@ COMING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT
+@VANESSA.
ALL RIGHT.
I SHOULD THANK YOU RIGHT NOW
LET'S GET TO OUR WHERE'S THE
MONEY REPORT AND TODAY WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT WORK FROM HOME.
YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
HAD TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION
WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND NOW
SOME FOLKS HAVE GOTTEN USED TO
IT.
BUT NOW THAT MANY COMPANIES SAY
THAT IT'S TIME+@ TO COME BACK TO
THE OFFICE, IT'S BRINGING ON A
WHOLE NEW WAVE OF ANXIETY AND
IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THAT ANXIETY TENDS TO
INCREASE WHEN WE ACTUALLY DON'T
DO THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE'RE
ANXIOUS ABOUT RIGHT.
SO WE WE REALLY WANT TO GET
OURSELVES OUT THERE.
SO SOME GREAT ADVICE FOR THOSE
HAVING TO MAKE THE TRANSITION
BACK.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO
JUST REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO?
SO JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT
NEGOTIATING A WORK FROM HOME OR
MAYBE EVEN JUST A HYBRID
+@SCHEDULE WE HAVE MANAGER
PARTNER AT SHAPIRO NEGOTIATIONS
AND CHRIS LAWRENCE, THANKS SO
MUCH FOR BEING WIT+@H US.
AND SO WE WANT TO ASK FIRST OF
ALL, OF COURSE EVERYONE'S
SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.
SOME MIGHT FIND WORKING+@ FROM
HOME MADE THEM HAPPIER AND MORE
EFFICIENT.
HOW DO YOU APPROACH THAT
CONVERSATION WITH YOUR
EMPLOY+@ER?
WELL, IT DEFINITELY HAS TO BE
DONE DELICATELY AND IT HAS T+@O
+@
WELL, IT DEFINITELY HAS TO BE DONE DELICATELY AND IT HAS T+@O BE+@ DONE DELICATELY BECAUSE
THERE'S REALLY THERE'S A LOT TO
THE DECISION.
RIGHT.
SO WHILE WE PERSONALLY OFTEN
IT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE THINKING
ABOUT OURSELVES, THE SENSE OF
IN MY ROLE, IT MAKES A LOT OF
SENSE FOR ME TO WORK FROM HOME.
I'VE PROVEN THAT+@ I'VE BEEN+@ E
TO WORK FROM HOME.
THERE'S A+@ LOT THAT GOES INTO
+@THE DECISION FOR THE EMPLOYER.
RIGHT.
SO ALLOW YOU TO WORK FOR MONTHS
AS A PRECEDENT FOR OTHERS AND
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY HAVE A LOT
OF INVESTMENT BELIEFS.
SO THE FIRST THING IS TO BE
EMPATHETIC ABOUT THE EMPLOYER
SITUATION AND THINK OF IT FROM
THEIR SHOES BEFORE YOU APPROACH
THEM BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
IT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE
YOUR CHANCES OF BEING
SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD ADVICE FOR
A LOT OF THINGS LIFE TRYING TO
APPROACH THAT KIND OF WITH AN
EMPATHETIC MINDSET.
SO LET'S JUST SAY FOR EXAMPLE,
THE EMPLOYER IS DEAD SET ON
HAVING EVERYONE RETURN.
IS THIS A CONVERSATION THAT
YOU WOULD THINK WOULD BE WORTH
PURSUING AGAIN OR LIKE
REVISITING AND A LIT+@TLE BIT
SHOULD+@ YOU FOR LACK OF A BETTR
WORD KEEP PESTERING YOUR
EMPLOYER UNTIL YOU GET WHAT
YOU WANT?
WELL, THERE'S A FINE LINE
BETWEEN WHEN YOU PASS BUT IF+@
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU ,
+@IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT
WE WOULDN'T SUGGEST THAT YOU DO
NOT SHARE THAT YOU NOT BRING UP
.
BUT THE TWO THINGS TO BRING UP
IF YOU ARE BEING EMPATHETIC AND
YOU'RE MAKING THE ASK THEN I
THINK THE TWO THINGS YOU WANT
TO CONSIDER IS HOW OFTEN DO
YOU DO IT AND YOU DEFINITELY
WANT TO BRING IT UP.
AND THE SECON+@D IS YOU WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT AT THE END OF
EVERY CONVERSATION THERE'S SOME
ACTION ITEM WHERE IT'S NOT SORT
OF LINGERING.
SO ONE OF THE ISSUES WHERE I
THINK IT ALSO FEELS LIKE IT'S
PESTERING IS YOU HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT AND THEN IT
ENDS A LITTLE BIT NEBULOUSLY
AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENS AND SO
WE MAKE SURE TO SAY OK, JUST
MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WE'RE
GOING TO REVISIT THIS IN A
COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO.
I MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND I'M
SUPPOSED TO GET BACK TO
YOU WITH A PROPOSAL ON HOW MANY
DAYS A WEEK I WOULD WORK FROM
HOME AND THE IDEA IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT HAPPENS AND SO THEN
IT CAN MOVE FOR PASTURING TO
SORT OF MOVING IT FORWARD.
THE PROGRESS MAY FEEL SLOW BUT
THERE IS AT LEAST A PROGRESS
+@
THE PROGRESS MAY FEEL SLOW BUT THERE IS AT LEAST A PROGRESS AND YOU MENTIONED RIGHT THEN IN
THERE LIKE I GUESS COMING WITH
SOME SORT OF LIKE WELL HERE'S
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO ET
CETERA, ET CETERA WOULD
+@YOU ALSO RECOMMEND MAYBE SOME
SOMEONE COMING WITH THIS WHY
I'M REALLY GREAT AT HOME LIKE
MAYBE A LIST WITH L+@IKE CONCREE
YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THE
EMPLOYER COULD EXPECT FROM
YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE
+@ STATIONED AT YOUR HOUSE GOING
FORWARD.
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WHEN YOU DO MAKE THAT LIST,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK OF ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE
INVOLVED.
FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY
YOU YOU'RE WORKING IN FINANCE
AND YOUR BOSS IS THE HEAD OF
FINANCE.
WELL,+@ THE HEAD OF FINANCE MIGT
BE INVOLVED IS HE OR SHE'S YOUR
DIRECT BOSS BUT THEN
POTENTIALLY H.R. GENERAL
MANAGER.
OTHER PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN
THE DECISION.
+@
OTHER PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THE DECISION. SO WHEN YOU MAKE THE LIST
AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK
ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE TO BE
INVOLVED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, I AM VERY
EFFECTIVE AT HOME IMPROVEMENT
OVER THE YEAR AND I'LL BE
AVAILABLE FOR A MONDAY MEETINGS
VIRTUALLY GREAT BUT ALSO SOME
OF THE OTHER ASPECTS LIKE FOR
EXAMPLE MAYBE NOT ASKING FOR
ALL FIVE DAYS A WEEK TO THAT
PRECEDENT, MAKING SURE WHATEVER
IT IS REALLY THINK ABOUT ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED
AND ALL THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO VET AND APPROVE THE
DECISION AND TRY TO COME UP
WITH A FEW THINGS THAT WILL
HELP EACH PERSON SORT OF
JUSTIFY AND APPROVE IT.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT IS A TEAM,
RIGHT?
IT'S NOT JUST+@ ABOUT ONE PERSO,
IT'S ABOUT A TEAM.
SOME GREAT SOME GREAT ADVICE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AS AS
WE E+@NTER THIS WHOLE NEW WOR+@D
OF WORKING WELL GOOD