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Linked: How to build a culture of cybersecurity
ByMike McBride March 31, 2022April 2, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

This is the one thing I’ve talked about before when it comes to where we might fall short on our cybersecurity training, we don’t really hold anyone accountable.

Make cybersecurity part of formal employee evaluation. Give people a reason to care. Much like I talked a couple of weeks ago about creating a training culture, provide a way for people to learn more and to learn from others. Give them space and time to talk about security. Recommend they read some security blogs, meet to share stories about the latest phishing information out there, etc.

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Career | Links

Linked: The remote work revolution hasn’t happened yet
ByMike McBride March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

What they argue for instead is a decentralization of our work. That rather than being the center of our lives and our time, work is simply a transaction. We give you output, you pay us. That’s it. It’s all there is.

That’s the revolution they are looking for. It might seem like a simple change, but it’s actually quite a different way to look at the world of work. Go read more and listen to the episode. It’s interesting to consider.

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Links | Mental Health

Linked: Nearly half of employees received no wellbeing check-in last year, research reveals
ByMike McBride March 24, 2022March 23, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

You cannot claim to care about the people who work for you, and not even check in on their well-being. Those two things do not go together at all. We have to get to that very minimum level before we can do more, and if we can’t even be bothered to get there, I see no reason why anyone with a choice would want to continue working for you.

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Links | LitigationSupport

Linked: Google routinely hides emails from litigation by CCing attorneys, DOJ alleges
ByMike McBride March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I mean, it seems so simple, and yet so genius. But also so very unethical:

“In a program called ‘Communicate with Care,’ Google trains and directs employees to add an attorney, a privileged label, and a generic ‘request’ for counsel’s advice to shield sensitive business communications, regardless of whether any legal advice is actually needed or sought. Often, knowing the game, the in-house counsel included in these Communicate-with-Care emails does not respond at all,” the DOJ told the court. The fact that attorneys often don’t reply to the emails “underscor[es] that these communications are not genuine requests for legal advice but rather an effort to hide potential evidence,” the DOJ said.”

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Links | Training

Linked: Skills Gap Is Top-of-Mind for Employers
ByMike McBride March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Training to meet the skills gap in your workforce is a never-ending challenge. This is not a one-time set it and forget it type of task. It is an ongoing task that will always need updating and tweaking. Have you planned for keeping everyone on your team up to date and continuing to develop the new skills you’ll need year after year?

A gap doesn’t get created overnight, and it won’t get fixed overnight. Even if it did, a few days later you’ll have another gap. The world changes every day. Don’t assume your people can change with it without any assistance from you.

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Career

Linked: Microsoft asked 31,000 people what’s changed about work. One result was startling
ByMike McBride March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

There is more at the link that you may want to read and consider, but the big point is that what workers want is sort of all over the place. As we all stop and consider what role or work should play in our lives, we are making a number of different choices. Leaders who simply assume they can make everyone do the same thing are going to appear out of touch, and that is also exactly what we are seeing. Flexibility sells when it comes to hiring and retaining talent, lack of it just makes you look callous and distant.

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