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Teams are the building blocks of any organization. And our working lives are more team-oriented than ever before.

Innovation thrives in environments where new ideas are valued, employees feel safe taking risks, and failures are seen as learning opportunities. Organizations that overvalue results over effort may squash employees' most innovative ideas before they even have a chance to take flight. This attitude doesn't shift overnight, but leaders can take steps to encourage innovation right now by building a feedback culture.

We’ve all been through an unprecedented experience that has forced us into working in ways we could not have even imagined just a short time ago. No doubt It has taken a toll. It has also opened up the possibility toemerge stronger than before.

Business is changing quickly these days, and with it, the job of managers. No longer just bosses who tell people what to do, managers today must build relationships, guide teams through uncertainty, coordinate virtual collaboration and connections, spark new ideas and lead impactful outcomes. Here are five key shifts managers must make to be effective today and in the future.

Working in a knowledge economy, it's all about the people — work gets done through people. Therefore, successful leaders must have effective practices and methods for helping people adapt to new ways of work. One fundamental in this domain of action is for leaders to understand the difference between change and transitions.

• Change is an external event — an action or decision either planned or unplanned — that impacts us as individuals.
• Transition, on the other hand, is the psychological internal reorientation that we go through in order to come to terms with change.