7 personal challenges that can improve your leadership

How to be intentional with hybrid work | 7 personal challenges that can improve your leadership | Does your company have a "deep purpose"? Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( February 14, 2022 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [How to be intentional with hybrid work]( Hybrid work has a better prognosis when companies spend more time with onboarding, hold fewer and shorter meetings and trust employees to do their jobs, says Acceleration Partners founder and Chairman Robert Glazer. "I will posit that, if you are asking your managers to track mouse movements, and your employees are buying mouse movers, your company is losing in whatever industry it's in," Glazer says. 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It's an incredible visual and technological spectacle that's also fun to play and explore. The online version of Red Dead has not merited such praise, however. In fact, Red Dead Online's greatest success might be people using the setting for their own pursuits, such as [immersive work calls](. Today's Diversion looks at another such niche of a niche -- horse enthusiasts who play this game on PC and who have built community and meaning out of RDO's sterile environment. If this newsletter helps you, please tell your colleagues, friends or anyone who can benefit. Forward them this email, or [send this link](. Praise? Criticism? [Drop me a note.](mailto:jdasilva@smartbrief.com) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Most Read by CEOs The most-clicked stories of the past week by SmartBrief on Leadership readers [] - [How to build breaks into your workday]( SmartBrief/Leadership [] - [What's your purpose? 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