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Ask the Question
ByMike McBride October 17, 2023October 17, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Here’s the challenge for those of you who want to lead. If someone in a meeting says something using jargon that you aren’t sure everyone in the meeting understands but is afraid to admit they don’t understand, ask the question on their behalf. Show them that asking questions is a good thing, and model the behavior that says learning is so important here that we ask questions without fear.

It also sends the message that we expect everyone to take the time and explain things to each other. That’s a big part of having a learning culture.

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Career | Mental Health

Linked – “Burnout is a relationship problem”: A conversation with Michael Leiter
ByMike McBride October 13, 2023October 12, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Trust is going to have to be hard-earned in the tech industry after the last year. That’s a shame because figuring out how to not burn out employees is going to take everyone working together.

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Career | Training

Good Way to Develop Those “Soft” Skills People Are Always on About – Train Others
ByMike McBride October 12, 2023October 11, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

If you want to challenge yourself to learn something deeply, start figuring out how you would train someone to do it. If your employer doesn’t have an opening for a full-time trainer, create some opportunities to cross-train with your team, to reach out across teams and help teach them some of your skills, or to introduce them to some new technology that is coming. The skills you develop with come in handy, and you’ll be showing off some serious leadership skills as well, something that is probably in short supply in your industry. It is in most, anyway.

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SocialNetworking

It Feels Like Facebook Punted on Pages
ByMike McBride October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 Reading Time: 5 minutes

So, when I saw that Facebook was going to start letting people create multiple profiles and that it was really targeted toward people with different interests, or small business owners and freelancers who wanted a Facebook presence for their work apart from their personal profile, I immediately thought, isn’t that what Pages were for? Isn’t that exactly what Pages were promoted as being, a place for the “brand” apart from your personal profile? And isn’t this just a tacit acknowledgment that, outside of huge corporate brands, Facebook broke Pages for everyone else?

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Security

Linked – With Increased Cybersecurity Awareness, Why Does Phishing Still Work?
ByMike McBride October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

You have to create a culture where everyone is expected to verify information before acting, even when it’s coming from the CEO or Managing Partner.

What are you doing to create an environment where your people feel free to take the time necessary to evaluate the difference between a scam and legitimate communication and the ability to question authority in order to get more information?

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Training

Linked – Tell Me Seven Times. No – Make that Three.
ByMike McBride October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

Sometimes communicating effectively feels a lot like over-communicating. Especially if your team is hybrid or remote, go ahead and over-communicate. There’s no telling how much better your team will understand what you were trying to tell them when they hear or see it a number of times.

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