Shared Links (weekly) Aug 18, 2024
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Linked: Should I tell colleagues about my mental health problem?
That’s the damage of stigma. People who need a little support, a listening ear, a proverbially shoulder to cry on, don’t get it for fear of being judged.
And then, things escalate and just get worse, until they are forced to leave their profession.
Why should this be the case when we are all dealing with a pandemic and having struggles? Why do we still judge people who actually talk about it?
Nothing will change until we can eliminate the stigma that causes so many to not even talk about their struggles.
Linked – Why Your FOIA Request Might Not Get Text Messages
This is mostly because it’s too difficult and/or expensive to retain SMS messages, but I have another takeaway. “In other words, only 22 percent of FOIA requestors got everything they asked for. 22 percent!” The demand for the Federal government to move this percentage higher is going to result in a lot more scrutiny of…
Linked: Addressing employee burnout: Are you solving the right problem?
Kudos to McKinsey for the research, but really just for the first line of this paragraph:
“As an employer, you can’t “yoga” your way out of these challenges. Employers who try to improve burnout without addressing toxic behavior are likely to fail. Our survey shows that improving all other organization factors assessed (without addressing toxic behavior) does not meaningfully improve reported levels of burnout symptoms. Yet, when toxic behavior levels are low, each additional intervention contributes to reducing negative outcomes and increasing positive ones.”
Linked: 1 in 4 workers is considering quitting their job after the pandemic
Can your business afford to lose talent? I don’t know many who can.
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Linked: Companies hope new benefits will solve your mental health issues. Don’t fall for it.
It’s cool if your company wants to provide an assistance program or pay for access to an app that will help with meditation, etc. Good for them. But, if the source of your mental health issues is the day-to-day stress of working in an understaffed, toxic, environment, for far less money than you’re worth, and they won’t address that? How much do they really care?
Fixing that is going to require a lot more, as the article below points out. How many organizations are willing to make those kinds of changes?
