Lit Support Links (weekly)
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Follow these topics: LSLInks
Similar Posts
Linked – The First Rule of Microsoft Excel—Don’t Tell Anyone You’re Good at It
Are you great with Excel? Do you feel this way about it? “If someone tells you that they ‘just have a few Excel sheets’ that they want help with, run the other way,” tweeted 32-year-old statistician Andrew Althouse. “Also, you may want to give them a fake phone number, possibly a fake name. It may…
Linked – How to repair a trust problem
She mentions a round of layoffs as an example of breaking trust, and I’m glad she included that. All too often, when a round of layoffs occurs, senior management will return to talking about the culture or set of core values they expect all employees to follow without ever acknowledging that it’s different now. You can’t just return to talking about the importance of teamwork and diversity when you just canned 10% of the team as if nothing happened.
Linked – Managers not trained to spot mental health issues
This doesn’t surprise me, and I’m sure the numbers in the US would be similar, maybe even lower. Just 17 percent of UK managers feel “very confident” in ability to support colleagues experiencing mental health issues. A shocking proportion of managers in the UK workforce have never received training to equip them with the skills needed to spot mental…
What I’m Sharing (weekly)
why cool offices do nothing to mental health “Job-induced anxiety is on the rise as technology blurs the lines between work and home life. The idea of work-life balance has all but disappeared.” eDiscovery Sanctions: Don’t Lose the War For Lack of a Nail Please Use a Password to Lock Your Phone Searching and Filtering,…
Quick Thought – Staffing Idea You Can Steal
There have been over 30 million people in the US who’ve lost their jobs in that last couple of months. I know more than a few. I’m sure you do too, if you aren’t one yourself.
I’m sure many of them live in towns where it’s going to be difficult to find anything equivalent, small cities like where I live in Baton Rouge, or even larger cities where the worked in a smaller industry.
I’m sure we are all becoming more and more aware of how much of our “work” can get done even if we aren’t in the same office space very often.
Some smart company is going to put that together and be able to pick a veritable All-Star lineup of talented professionals just by offering them the opportunity to stay where they are.
If you are a hiring manager, go ahead and steal that idea. It’s not a new one, but it’s maybe even more powerful right at this time.