Burnout

Mental Health

Building a Culture that Supports Mental Health By Creating Opportunities to be Kind
ByMike McBride November 6, 2023November 9, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

As I said, I’ve seen this same research. More than once. I’ve talked about it here and here, and probably a few other times as well. On the individual level, acts of kindness toward others are beneficial for not only the receiver but the giver. As a peer, I can do what I can to give to my coworkers, but what does it look like to have a culture that encourages, rewards, and maybe even expects that kind of behavior?

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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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Mental Health

The Mental Health Impacts of Being New to the Workplace
ByMike McBride September 15, 2023September 14, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

There should be no question about how to access resources. There should be an expectation that there are people you can reach out to who would help you navigate those resources and that managers are supportive of basic mental health activities that help avoid burnout.

Anything less just isn’t good enough.

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Mental Health

Linked – How to spot wellbeing washing at work
ByMike McBride September 5, 2023September 5, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

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.

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Career | Mental Health

Asking for Help is a Skill You Should Learn
ByMike McBride August 3, 2023August 2, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

What I am starting to learn, and Gary writes as well, is that asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness but it might very well be an opportunity. It’s an opportunity to connect with other human beings at a personal level, it’s an opportunity to learn from the expertise of others, and an opportunity for them to put that knowledge to good use. It’s an opportunity to use that combined skill to create a better solution than I would have created by myself.

Most of all hard problems are an opportunity to work as a team or a community, something that we all need as human beings. Whether you are anxious and need a friend to support you, or you can’t find the answer to a vexing technical issue, or you simply need some help learning a new skill, it helps to have people around.

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Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) July 30, 2023
ByMike McBride July 30, 2023July 29, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute
- Work Is a Contributor to Wellbeing– “Employees aren’t afraid of hard work. But they want to work someplace that acknowledges that work and puts programs in place to help when things do get tough.”
- The Future of Work– “Chief well-being officer Jen Fisher shares her vision of a new world of work where burnout doesn’t have to be the cost of a job well done and the three ways you can contribute to making this vision a reality. “
- The Surprising Secret to Working Better? Working Less.
- The Essentials of Information Governance for Law Firms – Part 2
- Work is harming young people’s mental health
- Why ‘Learning to Learn’ Is the Skill Every Leader Should Possess
- Five Great Reads on Cyber, Data, and Legal Discovery for July 2023
- The ROI of Training Your Employees
- Cl0p Increasing Extortion Pressure– Almost two months after the initial MOVEit breach, Cl0p is now leaking private data and threatening to release more on the regular (also known as “Clear”) web.
- Remote employees work longer and harder, studies show
- How to become a great workshop facilitator– being a trainer is often part public speaking and part learning how to facilitate.
- Your LinkedIn Goldmine: Top Tips and Tricks Unveiled!
- Unraveling the Powerhouse: How Large Language Models Work in eDiscovery Predictive Coding
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