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Linked: How to Survive Constant Change at Work
The interesting thing to think about is not just in regards to your own managers. This extends out to clients, partners, customers, etc. When they are allowed to constantly shift the goalposts and your response to your employees on the front lines of those relationships is “eh, you know how they are”, consider the fact that you are not keeping them safe. It’s not just an irritation, it’s creating an environment that is not psychologically safe for them. It is doing harm.
This gets old, and as the quote above says, it contributes to a loss of trust and cynicism. It might also lead to a ton of burnout too.
Linked: Actually, Now Is A Great Time For Networking If You Do It Right
You know what, I hadn’t thought about this, but it is true. How differently we view a request for a call or quick online chat than we did just a few months ago?
“If you think now is a bad time to network it’s because you think networking is about events. It’s not. It’s about connection and conversation. And so, while now is a terrible time for events, it’s a great time for connection and conversation. All the more so because you can more easily expand your geographic reach. Asking for a Zoom call or even a phone call would have seemed awkward with some folks just a few months ago. Now it’s just how we do things. Which instantly expands the pool of potential connections. “
Linked: Only Your Boss Can Cure Your Burnout
I think the headline really speaks for the entire article. We can get all the self-care tips in the world, do yoga on the regular, eat well, and everything else, but if we work in a place that regularly requires 60 hour work weeks, ridiculous deadlines, and doesn’t really give us some control over work that we enjoy, that’s still going to be a recipe for burnout.
If you have any employees that report to you, go read the article and consider what it is that you are doing with your own workplace. Are they headed for burnout? Do you care enough to make changes to avoid that? Or is that “just the way it is” in your industry? If it is, ask yourself why it’s that way? Is there actually a legitimate reason for it? Or are you just so engrained in it that you can’t imagine rethinking the way your industry works?
Linked – Privacy Laws will likely cause conflicts with Big Data in 2017
Big data and privacy rights have always been in conflict, with the growth in data collection, this conflict will be central to our relationship as individuals with employers, commercial and governmental organizations, and maybe even each other. Add in a little artificial intelligence to create predictive models, and soon those organizations will know exactly how…
Linked: You Need to Negotiate Your Lifestyle
Scott’s post is something I’ve tried to explain to people about some of my own career choices over the years, because sometimes it’s not about climbing the ladder, it’s about something completely outside of work: “For a lot of people, they never step back and really ask themselves what kind of career they want. Instead,…
