Energizing your team: boundaries, balance, and identity, with Blake Ashforth

As millions have shifted to working from home, organizations need to shift their mindsets and policies as well to better support and motivate their people. In this episode of Connected & Ready, host Gemma Milne talks with Blake Ashforth, a professor of management and entrepreneurship at Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business. They discuss how employees have traditionally built a sense of identity around their work and how that has changed in the last year. They also delve into the challenges of balancing work and nonwork roles when working from home, his insights on burnout and disengagement, and what companies should be doing now to understand how best to support employees. Dynamics 365 is helping businesses of all sizes unify their data and create a digital-first culture. With next generation ERP and CRM business applications, employees at every level can reason over data, predict trends and make proactive, more-informed decisions. Request a live demo of Dynamics 365 today: https://aka.ms/AA8vns5 Thank you for listening to Connected & Ready! Do you have ideas of how we can improve the show? Want to recommend a guest for us to interview? We value your partnership and participation. Please drop us a note at connectedandready@microsoft.com. We would love to hear from you.

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Business is experiencing extraordinary change. Supply chains are shifting, customer needs are evolving, and businesses must adapt to survive. Join us on Connected & Ready as author and tech journalist Gemma Milne explores trends in how companies are adapting to a disrupted world, and preparing for tomorrow. Brought to you by Microsoft, Connected & Ready is a weekly conversation with business leaders about innovation, resilience, and our capacity to succeed.