Linked: When a Team Member Doesn’t Want to Come Back to the Office
The article below advises managers at financial advisories to take a slow, thoughtful approach, but to also be prepared to manage some turnover if having everyone in the office is the goal. I think they are underselling that point. I … Continued
Linked: How Racism in HR Practices Hides in Plain Sight
Ah yes, the old “degree requirement” for a job that really doesn’t require one. I see this play out on the technology sector all the time, as that degree you earned even a handful of years ago is completely outdated … Continued
Linked: The Chances of Many of You Returning to the Office is Becoming More Remote
A lot of the stats Doug lists in his article, including the ones I’ve quoted below, are not surprising to me. Some have even applied to me: “More than half (54 percent) of office workers would be willing to quit … Continued
What I’m Sharing (weekly) Aug 2, 2020
Flexibility and transparency: The keys to good remote leadership
Three Key Tips to Keep in Mind When Leveraging Corporate G Suite for eDiscovery
Five Strategies for Building Relationships Remotely
Mothers Are Paying the Price at Work for Coronavirus
-“Preventing a mass exodus of mothers from the workforce must be a priority.”
What Does Private Browsing Do? Less Than You Probably Think
Face masks are breaking facial recognition algorithms, says new government study
– Aww that’s a shame. Not.
The Biggest Lesson from the Twitter Breach
– “Focus on the vulnerability of humans”
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Law Firm Data Security Released
The End of Life Hacking
– If you were around in the early days of blogging, this may make you laugh, or cringe. Maybe both.
Microsoft told employees to work from home. One consequence was brutal
– The lesson, management and employees need to create boundaries around when you’re working, and when you’re NOT.
WORK from home or don’t work at all: telecommuting in the age of COVID-19
Business as Unusual? Eighteen Observations on eDiscovery Business Confidence in the Summer of 2020
How Laughing Could Help Your Career
I saw this recent article and even though it’s really about mental health, I felt like there are some really important career and management things to consider as well.
The Benefits of Laughter For Your Health and Mental Health
Linked: Want People to Listen to You in Zoom Meetings? Follow These 3 Rules
Two things that I want to say about this:
1. Getting there early is an opportunity to have small talk, and maybe even a laugh or two, something the we are all lacking in the work from home world, and which science is now telling us is making us feel more alone, even as we sit on video conferences on and off all day long. When we go from call to call talking business only and getting off as quickly as possible, that is Zoom fatigue. If you have a few laughs together? Totally different.
2. Also, don’t sleep on being the one to send the follow up notes, and meeting wrap ups. Yeah it’s a pain, it means you have to take notes and pay attention. You know what else it means? When the next meeting starts, you are now the keeper of the notes, and probably running the meeting to kick it off. Now you don’t have to find a way to interject politely, you have the floor. Additionally, if you are running the meeting, be aware of who is talking, and who isn’t. Who looks like they want to say something, and isn’t getting a chance. Don’t setup your screen to show you the large image of who is talking and small screens of everyone else. That only drags your attention away from the group, and the people not talking. Don’t leave them behind.
Linked: Always (and Never) Out of Office: Why Two-Thirds of Professionals Aren’t Taking Time Off in 2020, But Should
I know the travel options are limited for us this year, and maybe some families don’t have the financial wherewithal to travel anyway, but this is not going to to end well: “Most of us are putting vacation on the … Continued