• Linked: How to Toot Your Own Horn At Work

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    have often been on record as saying that leading a remote team requires over-communication. You simply cannot assume information is being shared or understood if you don’t actively communicate it yourself.

    The same goes for tooting your own horn. You simply cannot assume that people you haven’t communicated with directly about your contributions are going to know about them. We like to think that compliments and acknowledgments go beyond the immediate conversations we are having but we can’t assume that.

  • LinkedIn Cringe and Getting More of What You Measure

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 3 minutes

    It can be very easy to lose sight of this on Social Media but it can also be easy to lose sight of this in the workplace or in our own careers as well. When we reward certain measurements people respond by doing more of that thing. This makes sense if your goal is to simply attract more attention to yourself. For social media maybe that is your goal. If you are representing a brand on social media, yeah that is probably what you want. However, as an individual, I think you have to ask yourself if getting more eyeballs this way causes you to actually undermine your own goals.

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    Linked: Remote working jobs: 5 problems we need to solve in 2022

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Sadly, most managers just don’t know how to do this. We’ve lived in a world where hard work = hours worked for so long that we don’t know how to do anything else, even though it was also never really true. There have always been people who “work” long hours just to look good without ever really getting anything done, and others who get work done very efficiently and see no reason to sit at their desk longer and play that game. (And everything in between these two extremes!)

    What we haven’t done in many cases is figure out better ways to measure who is getting actual work done, because sometimes that’s hard to do.

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    Linked: Remote work, innovation, and the Great Resignation

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

    I love this because there are so many companies, SO. MANY. COMPANIES. who think that creative and innovative ideas simply spring to life from people being in the same place, and completely miss that it’s not the proximity, it’s the time.

    How many time has someone said to you that they would like to work on an idea with you, and you should book some time on their calendar when you’re both available.

    And you look. And maybe in 3-4 months, you can both be available.

  • Some Employers Have Not Figured Out The Job Market Changed

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Sadly, I’ve seen and heard many stories like this too. I’ve seen some of those job listings myself. You know the ones, where they want to pay entry-level wages but also require 5 years experience or the list of requirements sound like you’re really looking for multiple people, but only paying for one. In my industry, it’s usually the laundry list of experience and certifications that give it away. Really, you are going to require multiple certifications on half a dozen different platforms and tools, as well as years of recent experience? Who even has access to that many different tools at the same time? 

    Also, if you’re hiring process involves multiple interviews and weeks of delays, you’re going to see a lot of your candidates swept up with an offer before you even get through the process.

    You need to be better. If you’re not, someone else will be.