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Linked: The Lonely, Pixelated Hell of Networking During the Pandemic
Most of these sound awful, and the ones that are “not so voluntary” attempts to make sure workers are engaged sound even worse.
Actually, I suspect they are doing a lot more harm to engagement than good.
There are ways to network during this time. They’re different, they’re a little more work, and they take some getting used to. But they don’t need to be ridiculous, and they definitely don’t need to be forced.
In fact, this is a great time to simply send someone a note asking for 15-30 minutes of their time. Most of us are pretty open to doing exactly that with coworkers or peers in our industry. I’d be happy to find some time to have a conversation with you about my industry, or mental health, or blogging. Or even to just have a coffee or beer with virtually. We don’t even need to be on our webcams if you don’t want.
See, isn’t that better than having 50 people on mute while the CEO talks, or getting randomly matched with coworkers?
Ugh, the introvert in me shudders to think about some of these. Please, don’t. Just ask someone to get a coffee like we used to.
Linked – Test Your Searches Before the Meet and Confer
If you’ve been in one of my classes, you’re familiar with some examples of why you want to run a search hit report early on, especially before you’ve agreed to the terms! I’ve shared my own experiences many times with students. What made that process difficult was the negotiation with opposing counsel. My client had…
Linked: The Future of Remote Workplaces: 3 Things You Must Have for Better Employee Mental Health
Look, I will 100% agree with the tips in the article, those three things are the base upon which everything your team does will grow. Get them wrong, and you won’t have much of a team left. But, don’t do them just because you want to run a team. You can say you want open communication, but that requires you to care about what they have to say, including things that are hard. It means caring about how decisions made by the organization are affecting their mental health, their work-life balance, and their home lives.
Too many people in management have not cared about that stuff for too long. Thankfully that is changing. It’s been a long time coming.
Linked – FAA Suggests Banning Laptops From Checked Luggage
This will make for some interesting logistics problems for highly technical businesses, and even for someone like a professional photographer with extra camera bodies/batteries in a checked bag. I didn’t often check a laptop, but I know plenty of people who had to, because they were carrying multiple machines to a work site, or doing…
Linked – It’s time to secure your Amazon account with two-factor authentication
Yes, you should probably do this. If you’ve stored a credit card with Amazon, now that they are supporting two factor authentication, you need to enable it. Just follow the directions in the link below to have Amazon verify your login with a text message to your phone. I will be! It’s time to secure…
ICYMI – What I’m Reading (weekly) http://t.co/Y8UngSFXbs #uncategorized