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Learning to ask for help is a powerful way to lighten your load and strengthen your relationships — both at work and at home. But ... it's often hard to make the ask. Here are several strategies to help get you started: ⏸️ Pause ➡ Take a moment to reflect on why you’re hesitating to ask for help. ✅ Permission ➡ Give yourself permission not to do it all. 🎯 Get Specific ➡ Consider exactly what it is that you need. 💬 Make the Ask ➡ Think about framing your request in simple, clear terms — like, "I am (emotion) with (challenge). Can you (specific action)?" Be explicit. 🚫 When It's a No ➡ Fearing the "no" often holds us back from asking in the first place. To move on from a "no," just remember to breathe, show yourself some compassion, and keep the problem-solving moving! Consider following up with a question like, "Who would you ask for help with this?" Remember, asking for help isn't a sign of weakness; it's a step toward maintaining your strength.

What's it like to experience Keep Company firsthand? We prefer to let our members — and our results — speak for themselves. Here is Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP partner Paul Casas on how his Keep Company experience impacted his work and life. 🔗 Interested in bringing this kind of support to your team? Let’s chat. #EmployeeWellBeing #KeepThe73

With forward-thinking partners like Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and our unique data-driven, human-centered approach to caregiver support, our team has been able to help others make incredible strides in employee well-being: ✅ At Pillsbury, the attorneys who participated in Keep Company had a significantly reduced turnover rate — 2x lower than the industry average — saving the firm millions of dollars in potential attrition costs. ✅ Since partnering with us, another global law firm has seen 3x less attrition than the industry average. Our latest case studies are available to download and filled with actionable insights into how we're improving wellbeing, boosting retention rates, and helping leading organizations create lasting cultures of productivity — one employee at a time. 🔗 Are you a law firm manager or a people leader? Dive into our case studies to start unlocking new strategies for your own team TODAY: https://bit.ly/4c0Eunv #LawFirm #EmployeeWellbeing #KeepThe73

🔑 Creating a thriving workplace culture is one of the keys to attracting and retaining top talent. And as The Legal Intelligencer reported recently, there are specific cultural investments that midsize law firms, in particular, can make today to set themselves apart from the competition: ✅ Adopt Flexible Work Arrangements: Offer attorneys and staff flexible or hybrid work options to accommodate their diverse lifestyles and needs. ✅ Maintain Meaningful Channels of Communication: Beyond annual reviews, partners should hold regular check-ins with their team members to let them know what they are doing well and that they are valued. ✅ Adapt to New Mindsets: Recognize that lawyers across generations have different mindsets, and many young attorneys are less concerned with making partner than they are with maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Our add: Don't assume you know what your team wants or needs. Come with curiosity and learn what is important to your team. You may be surprised. With these investments, people leaders and law firm managers can successfully create a more engaged and committed workforce while also giving their talent acquisition and retention efforts a much-needed boost. 🔗 Check out the link to The Legal Intelligencer's full article in the comments below — or DM us to connect with our team! #LawFirm #WorkplaceCulture #EmployeeWellbeing

Since the pandemic, there's been an increasing focus on the "loneliness epidemic" in the United States, and given the seriousness of this problem, it can be very easy to lose sight of the silver lining. What's the good news then? There are simple steps that we all can take to reduce loneliness in both our professional and personal lives. As TheLi.st CEO Ann Shoket recently explained to HR Brew: "If everyone spends 10 minutes a day intentionally nurturing their communities, we can decrease that loneliness gap by 50%.... Check in on a colleague who has been on your mind. Drop a meaningful LinkedIn message to say, ‘That seems great, what you’re working on. How can I help?’” 🔗 Interested in learning what else you can do to support your team and foster meaningful connections? Keep reading ⏩ https://zurl.co/88iC 💡 Are you a people leader or manager? Have any tips of your own? Share them in the comments below! #EmployeeWellnessMonth #MentalHealth

Struggling to understand what effective boundaries might look like for YOU? You're not alone ... and we have a few suggestions. Setting effective boundaries is one of the most important (and overlooked) keys to long-term, sustainable success in both your professional and personal life. As we tell our members, successful boundary-setting is about more than just having a tough conversation or learning to occasionally say "No." Boundaries are the limits and rules that we set for ourselves with other people. For starters, there are six types of boundaries: 👉 Physical 🎁 Material 🕚 Time 💡 Values ❤️ Emotional 💬 Conversational What do effective boundaries (of all kinds) look like in practice? Scripts can bring them to life, and we're giving a few away to get you started. Questions about how to apply this to you or how to bring these skills to your team? DM our team or email us at hello@keep-company.com. #Boundaries #EmployeeWellnessMonth #WorkLifeBalance

"Why are we so focused on quality connections? Why do they matter? The reason is because the impact of loneliness is enormous at the individual and at the organizational level.... In fact, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has stated that social disconnection is as harmful to our health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day." As our CEO, Adrienne Prentice, explained during our webinar last week, social disconnection has far-reaching consequences for employees, and the organizations working hard to keep them. 💡 Interested in learning more about what the data says we can do TODAY to combat this problem? 🔗 Watch our webinar for free online ⏩ https://zurl.co/PNx9

A little Keep Company member pick-me-up for your Monday! Sometimes, it's showing up for ourselves in the smallest ways that hits the hardest. What's your version of the organic raspberries? #KeepAtIt

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the landscape of work has drastically changed. Remote and hybrid work models have become the norm, and there's a new emphasis on rethinking our ways of working. If everything is on the table, then what works best for your team? Your industry? What works best for YOU? As Keep Company Co-Founder and COO Claudia Naim-Burt recently shared with The Wall Street Journal, the "binary" stay-or-leave approach to jobs might soon be a thing of the past. And moving forward, more employees will likely begin seeing new kinds of working arrangements as part of the solution. Successfully navigating conversations about how we work can be challenging. How are you equipping your team to have these conversations? Keep reading to learn more ➡ https://zurl.co/BsZE #EmployeeWellnessMonth #KeepThe73

⏰ FINAL REMINDER: Just a few hours left to register for today's research-packed webinar on the science of combating burnout at work! Sign up now to take part in this discussion led by Keep Company Co-Founder and CEO Adrienne Belyea Prentice and Fractional Insights Chief Science Officer Erin Eatough, PhD, and learn what science says beats burnout and attrition today. 📅 DATE: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 🕑 TIME: 2:00 pm (ET) 🔗 REGISTER NOW: https://zurl.co/56Bh #EmployeeWellnessMonth #KeepThe73