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Linked: 5 Simple Ways to Do More for Your Employees’ Mental Health This Week
The reason I wanted to focus on this is that it can also be very easy to underestimate how much time people are spending on their work when the work is being done remotely, or in a hybrid situation. Even in the legal or consulting worlds where many of us are billing our time, or at least tracking time worked on projects, it’s not telling you the whole story. There is a lot of time spent on miscellaneous tasks that are getting lost in whatever tool you’re using to track the amount of time worked.
It’s the 15 minutes I logged in to check my schedule before accepting a handful of meeting requests before heading to bed. The time spent clearing out the inbox over my first cup of coffee, or answering questions for a newer coworker, it’s all very likely to not show up in the “official” time because it happens, and then we forget about it.
Do you know how much time your people work without considering it time worth tracking? Do you know how much those little interruptions add to the overall stress levels?
The Gap Between What Management Thinks about Mental Health and what Employees Experience
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.
Shared Links (weekly) Nov. 1, 2020
Bar Mental Health Questions Deter Treatment, Advocates Say How to Get Better at Remote Small Talk INSIDER THREAT PREVENTION: ONGOING, NOT STATIC 5 ways to design a better mental health future for workers Ghislaine Maxwell deposition redactions: How to crack them. – This is legitimately stupid. Who included the index with the deposition transcript and…
Linked: This World Password Day Diligently Review your Passwords
I’m a day late on this, but didn’t want to let it go without mentioning the day, and the importance of better password management. Several times people choose easy-to-remember passwords rather than focusing on security. With the rising concerns over data breaches and troves of usernames and passwords being dumped on the dark web every…
Linked – Looking for a Job While the World is Falling Apart
The advice in the article below might seem familiar. I’ve seen plenty of advice on the topic of how to keep moving in life during difficult times over the last few years. Things like turning off the news, keeping to a normal routine, etc. What I like about this article is that it acknowledges the elephant in the room that typical advice doesn’t when you’re not working.
“Many people are in a job search and have to keep the quest moving regardless of world events.”
Therein lies the rub. The difference between being informed and being overwhelmed often comes down to being able to turn the news off, set boundaries around our social media use, and so on. But it can be especially difficult to do that when your day isn’t filled with things you have to do.
