Month: December 2023

Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) Dec 31, 2023
ByMike McBride December 31, 2023December 30, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

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Career

Did We See Holiday Layoffs Because the Vibes Are Off?
ByMike McBride December 28, 2023December 27, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Reading this BBC article, it appears that we saw some of the holiday layoffs earlier in December because leaders feel like the vibes are there for a recession next year, even though the underlying economic data don’t point in that direction. This year, at least, rocky economic headwinds may play a role, says Nicholas Bloom, an…

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Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) Dec 24, 2023
ByMike McBride December 24, 2023December 30, 2023 Reading Time: < 1 minutes

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Mental Health

Would Retiring Induce “Relevance Deprivation Syndrome” For You?
ByMike McBride December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

I think another way to understand this is our cultural obsession with “what you do” being the defacto representation of “who we are,” meaning that when we stop working, it can be detrimental to our mental health. After all, if you’ve spent 35-40 years identifying yourself as a lawyer, what will you be when you stop working as a lawyer?

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Career

Linked – HR leaders report waning optimism around retention, engagement
ByMike McBride December 19, 2023December 19, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

It’s not about creating a great product for customers, and it’s not about creating a sustainable, profitable company. It’s about jacking the stock price and getting out with your profits.

Is it any wonder employees don’t give AF?

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Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) Dec. 17, 2023
ByMike McBride December 17, 2023December 16, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute
- Admins in Google Vault Can Now Export Hyperlinked Google Drive Content from Gmails
- Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads
- Generative AI and the Evidence it Creates
- How to talk to older people in your life about scams
- The End of Retirement– “Want to keep your house? Support your kids? Stay alive? Never stop working.”
- Career Management Involves Both the Manager and the Employee
- Don’t Just Check the Box, Again: Authentic Approaches to Mental Health at Work in 2024
- When Designing Employee Learning Programs, Less Is More
- Most HR pros say RTO is creating a retention problem
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