Hi there,

Good morning! It's another beautiful day to stay inside. The bad news? We're going through global crisis, and it doesn't look like it's stopping anytime soon. The good news? You're not alone.

There are hundreds of millions of people out there, doing the exact same thing — working from home, and only going out if they have a critical job. If you still need to physically go to work every day, thank you for keeping the world running. If you can work from home, please continue to do so.

In the meantime, make sure to take care of yourself. Remember that it's alright if you're not as productive as you normally are — it's only normal with everything that's going on. And while it's important to disconnect from the current never-ending stream of news, we'd still like to share four articles that caught our attention.

Wash your hands, stay home, and hang in there.

All good things,
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Four recommendations

WELL-BEING

Morale, Mental Health, and Burnout in Remote Teams

— Holloway

Managing a team that's working from home is a unique challenge. As a manager, it's much harder to know how your employees are doing in terms of their mental health. Meanwhile, it's a rather stressful time to be alive — between the crisis and the complications of working from home, there's a lot to deal with. It's more important than ever to keep your finger on the pulse of your team — and this overview can help to navigate the situation.

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COMMUNICATION

Virtual Meetings Don’t Have to Be a Bore

— Harvard Business Review

There's one thing that virtual meetings have in common with real-life meetings — it's easy to drift off. As a host, it can be hard to grab everyone's attention — and it's even harder when you're not all in the same room. Fortunately there are some easy ways to get everyone on the same page. In this article, a professor shares some great ways to make sure your virtual get-togethers are just as productive as the real thing.

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ORGANIZATION

7 Tips for Working From Home With Kids

— The Muse

Working from home — it's just like working from the office! Except that everything's different — especially when you have kids at home now that the schools are closed. Whether you have a baby demanding attention or teenagers running around the house, it's a lot harder to focus on the task at hand when you're also juggling parenthood. The Muse shares a bunch of practical tips that could come in handy during these busy days.

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WELL-BEING

How to Be Together Apart In the Time of Coronavirus

— The New York Times

It's not just our work that's been impacted by the Coronavirus, it's our entire life. Because we can't see our friends and family face-to-face anymore, people around the world are reinventing what it means to get together. Socializing happens on Zoom, birthday parties are celebrated on FaceTime, and book clubs are now WhatsApp groups. This piece by the New York Times dives into how people are coping, and sometimes even thriving, with maintaining their social connections these days.

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