Co-founders' letter
We’re building Charter to transform every workplace
We hope to equip every employee and leader with the best practices to make high-value decisions and resist the gravitational pull of how things have always been done.
Thanks for visiting Charter. Read the letter from our co-founders, our charter, and an article in Axios about us. There's also a new interview with Humu's Laszlo Bock about the risks of botching the return to the office, a briefing on a new book about why we trust companies and their leaders, this interview with Priya Parker, and an ebook with takeaways from our Return to Workplace Summit. Check out Peter Kafka's Media Recode podcast interview featuring us, and my piece in the latest issue of TIME.
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Interview
The real risk that companies botch the return to the workplace, and how to avoid that
Humu CEO Laszlo Bock on how the return is a rare 'imprintable' moment and his concerns that companies will abandon hybrid work, and see a surge in employee turnover.
Book Briefing
'The Power of Trust' by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta: Why do we trust organizations and leaders?
'The Power of Trust' shines light on the question of how organizations and leaders can cultivate the trust of employees and other stakeholders. It’s likely especially useful for managers as a reference in times of crisis.
Interview
How the spread of the Delta variant should factor into return-to-workplace planning
"It's going to be harder to bring people back in," predicts epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm.
Interview
How to get your 'digital body language' right
Erica Dhawan says that the digital cues that we give off and receive, consciously or not, in each email, text, or Slack message have become much more important.
Book Briefing
'Did That Just Happen?!' by Dr. Stephanie Pinder-Amaker and Dr. Lauren Wadsworth: How to get inclusion right
A new book by two clinical psychologists excels in providing constructive, tactical ways of creating workplace cultures that are more inclusive.
Download - The Return to the Workplace: Research and case studies for making the return successful
Download key takeaways from the Return to Workplace Summit to prepare for making the return successful.
Interview
Priya Parker on how we should properly gather and return to the workplace
The author of 'The Art of Gathering' on how we should return to the workplace, and how to best approach the complicated, needed conversations as we do so.
The ‘American in Europe’ approach to meetings, paternity-leave pros, jackets optional
Top advice from the Return to Workplace Summit, the LTSE gets its first listings with Twilio and Asana, new research on paternity leave, and more.
How to redesign offices for hybrid work with NYU's Fayard and Gensler's Lisimachio
Video of the session with Anne-Laure Fayard, associate professor of Innovation, Design, and Organizational Studies at NYU, and Laurent Lisimachio, design director and Principal, Gensler, during our Return to Workplace Summit.
The employee experience of hybrid work, with Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey and Massella Dukuly
Video of the session with Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey, head of Inclusion for Women of Color at Google, and Massella Dukuly, L&D lead and leadership trainer at LifeLabs, during our Return to Workplace Summit.
