Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, a firm

specializing in retaining, engaging, and developing talent. And one of the greatest drivers of

talent engagement is trust. But in this new world of work, the world where work is no longer

confined to a time or a place, trust is feeling in short supply,

and some bad behaviors are starting to crop up. Today, I'd love to talk about how we might get back

to basics, how to build trust in the new world of work. But first, if you're a regular modern

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Okay, pop quiz.

I hope you're ready. It's only one question and it's

totally fine if you haven't studied for it. Here goes. How much of your day have you spent

working today? If you rolled your eyes, I forgive you. It sounds like a ridiculous question,

but it's actually gotten kind of dicey lately. Work used to be a thing

that happened during fixed hours in a fixed place. But for many of us, all boundaries are off.

We're working remotely. We're engaging with team members and clients across the globe,

which means we're kind of always both working and not working. I bet that pop quiz doesn't seem so ridiculous now.

Elon Musk famously, or infamously, tweeted not so long ago that Tesla employees not comfortable

returning to an office should go pretend to work somewhere else, the implication being, of course,

that remote work is pretend work.

Musk doesn't really beat around the bush, but he also doesn't seem to be the only one

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