July 2023 - Mike McBride Online

Career

Linked – Managers Need a Toolbox for the “Post-Everything” Era

ByMike McBride July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Continue to be great at what you do and hope for an opening in management is not a career plan. That is what appears to be on offer at many companies though. They aren’t preparing anyone to be a manager in the future, and they aren’t increasing headcount that might require more team leads and managers, so how long do we expect people to wait? Add in the number of “senior” folks with higher salaries who find themselves part of a reduction in force, or the number of people who’ve watched their current job change over and over until they find themselves doing work they never signed up for in the first place, and it’s no wonder that workers are taking responsibility for their own growth, by choosing workplaces that give them better opportunities.

No one has to stay and work for you for the next 20-25 years. They can, and will, go elsewhere if there’s no clear path forward. I don’t blame them.

Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) July 30, 2023

ByMike McBride July 30, 2023July 29, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

Work Is a Contributor to Wellbeing– “Employees aren’t afraid of hard work. But they want to work someplace that acknowledges that work and puts programs in place to help when things do get tough.”
The Future of Work– “Chief well-being officer Jen Fisher shares her vision of a new world of work where burnout doesn’t have to be the cost of a job well done and the three ways you can contribute to making this vision a reality. “
The Surprising Secret to Working Better? Working Less.
The Essentials of Information Governance for Law Firms – Part 2
Work is harming young people’s mental health
Why ‘Learning to Learn’ Is the Skill Every Leader Should Possess
Five Great Reads on Cyber, Data, and Legal Discovery for July 2023
The ROI of Training Your Employees
Cl0p Increasing Extortion Pressure– Almost two months after the initial MOVEit breach, Cl0p is now leaking private data and threatening to release more on the regular (also known as “Clear”) web.
Remote employees work longer and harder, studies show
How to become a great workshop facilitator– being a trainer is often part public speaking and part learning how to facilitate.
Your LinkedIn Goldmine: Top Tips and Tricks Unveiled!
Unraveling the Powerhouse: How Large Language Models Work in eDiscovery Predictive Coding

Links | SocialNetworking

Linked – What If the Next Big Social Media App Is … Nothing?

ByMike McBride July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

At some point, everyone who wants to have an Instagram account has an Instagram account and is using it as often as they want to. You can’t have huge growth spurts. You can only play around the edges and manipulate users to stay online to grow and that’s not a winning strategy. Yet it’s what shareholders and venture funds require. They’ve created a world where growing less than 20% per year might as well be failing. It’s sure going to look like failing when you start cutting jobs and doing stock buybacks. Those used to be desperate measures, but now they’re just a Tuesday at the office.

Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) July 23, 2023

ByMike McBride July 23, 2023July 22, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

Storytelling And Informal Learning For A Winning L&D Strategy
Want to learn a new skill set? Here’s how, with no classroom required.
Microsoft Bows to Pressure to Free Up Cloud Security Logs
Gen Z Career Crisis: Bad Managers Replacing Young Workers Jobs With AI
Microsoft 365 Copilot Cost Revealed at $30/user per Month– That’s a pretty big budget item for most orgs,
CISA shares free tools to help secure data in the cloud
The Ultimate Layoff Survival Guide: How To Rebound From A Job Loss
Does The Office Facilitate Mentoring?– implicit in the argument for RTO due to training is the expectation that you actually offer training, which you probably don’t
To Control Your Life, Control What You Pay Attention To
HubSpot says remote employees are more engaged, just as productive

Mental Health

The Gap Between What Management Thinks about Mental Health and what Employees Experience

ByMike McBride July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Leaders often throw benefits out to solve the problem, when work might actually be the problem. A great employee assistance program, health insurance that fairly covers mental healthcare, heck maybe they even threw in a few meditation app subscriptions for free. “See, we care!”

But the employee is quietly suffering from a lack of any connection to coworkers, poor communication with their boss, workplace stress, or even bullying and harassment, with no one in leadership to talk to. That’s not going to make them feel like you care.

Career | Mental Health

The Important Question – What is all this Productivity For Anyway?

ByMike McBride July 19, 2023July 18, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Which got me thinking, if we are taking vacation time, sick time, or even going with a four-day workweek because it will help us come back and be more productive workers, then why bother? Is that all we are? Does everything we do, including what we do outside of work, have to revolve around our jobs?

Month: July 2023