COLUMNIST
LEADERSHIP KATHLEEN PROVOST
The Opportunity of a Lifetime
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BY KATHLEEN PROVOST
s a professional fundraiser, I always question myself to make sure I explore all possible options to do my best work. I ask myself: am I just repeating something I know that I am comfortable doing, or is what I am doing an innovative way of trying something new? Well in 2020, we were all given a unique opportunity to react to what we have always done, and explore new ways of doing our work, in a number of areas. This global pandemic is an unprecedented event that allows us to look at our environment, our activities, and even our relationships. We are given a chance to question our priorities and to look at our lives in a manner that was never possible before. I believe it is an opportunity of a lifetime.
COURTESY KATHLEEN PROVOST
Kathleen A. Provost
Picture taken on December 31, 2020 in Cape Breton at Cabot Shores, a special moment when we said goodbye to 2020. 10
FOUNDATION Magazine
January/February 2021
Building new work environments Salesforce’s Chief People Officer, Brent Hyder said: “We’re not going back to the way things were.” Salesforce expects more than 65 percent of its workforce to come into the office only one to three days a week in the future versus 40 percent before the pandemic. Changes will include revamping office layouts to increase collaboration space instead of having a “sea of desks.” New offices will feature cafe-style seating, open-air conference areas and private nooks, with an emphasis on clean desks and social distancing. 2020 has forced us to go away from our “known working environment” and redefined the workspace we occupy. We have been able to delineate different work environments and new working conditions. After months of adjustments to working remote and virtual, individuals are reinventing what work-life balance is. We are developing new affinity groups that were previously challenged by physical distance; and, we are building new physical distances foundationmag.ca
