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An Example of M365 Constantly Changing and an Offer For Those Impacted by Layoffs
You can sign up for a 7-day trial and see all of the paywalled content to see what you’d be getting for your $7 per month subscription. If you’ve been impacted by layoffs, I want to make an offer to you, as someone who’s right there with you. Sign up for a free subscription, and send me an email with your LinkedIn Profile link so I can verify that you have been impacted by layoffs, and I’ll comp you 90 days of a paid subscription.
Shared Links (weekly) Feb. 26, 2023
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Rather Than Making The Internet Safe For Kids, Make Your Kids Safe For The Real World– as a child abuse survivor, I’ve long advocated for the reality that if you don’t educate your kids so they can “stay innocent” someone else will, and you won’t like the results.
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NSA Releases Best Practices For Securing Your Home Network Security Service > Article
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4 ways HR can support and develop managers– It beats what we’ve done for years, promoting each team’s best member to management with no training at all.
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Increasing supervisor savvy around culture, race, and identity
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We Asked, They Answered: What Women Leaders Really Want at Work
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When you want to help ease stress in the workplace: 3 main areas of focus– Training your people is number 1. Just saying. 😉
Linked – This Australian AI Aims to Be a ‘Law Firm Without Lawyers’
This is an obvious use of AI in law, allowing clients the ability to respond to questions and get legal documents like a will without the much higher expense of a lawyer’s time. This, is the part that jumped out at me though: “Much of the work these bots, and AI technology in general, do…
Linked: 16% of workers think their mental health is supported
Because if my value to my team is only a factor of productivity versus cost, and not as a human being, why should I put my own mental wellbeing at risk for you?
That makes no sense, and we are seeing more and more people recognize this fact. Either figure out how to support the human beings who work for you, or stop hiring them.
At least that way you aren’t actively harming anyone with your job.
Network Now, Because It’s Likely You Will Be Laid Off Eventually
Greg offers up some great networking advice, but maybe the best thing he offers is a reality check. It’s better to be prepared. It’s better to have a plan, and it’s always better to have more connections when you find yourself looking for your next gig. Don’t wait to be without a job before forming connections with people in your industry. Prepare to be laid off because sooner or later, it might be you getting the call from HR, and as many of us can tell you, how you performed as an individual in your job won’t matter in the end. This isn’t about getting rid of poor performers, it’s all about the finances. You do not matter as much as that balance sheet and stock price do, so be prepared to not just potentially be let go but to leave when a better opportunity comes up.Â
Linked – How to spot wellbeing washing at work
As pointed out in the link below, these types of behaviors break trust. I can’t trust leadership who doesn’t act in a way that matches the talk, and in too many cases the talk about well-being is just talk. You could say the same about diversity and inclusion and other efforts that exist mostly to appeal to customers and potential employees instead of demonstrating a true commitment to those things.
