I’ve been saying this for years, stop making your employee management problems an issue for IT to fix: Turning personnel management over to tech solutions seldom results in better management or better employees As the Techdirt article below details, what you’re likely to get is more of whatever it is you decide to measure. Just…
This is an interesting finding, seemingly contrary to what we’ve seen before: “There’s a fine line between taking time out and feeling left out. Not checking work emails after hours may sound like a welcome relief from the 24/7 work culture where managers expect their subordinates to be hooked up to their smartphone at all…
I find this approach to building awareness around security refreshing, because I’m betting the answers to these questions may not be what you’d expect: “Go ahead — survey a few co-workers with this question,” says Gamblin, a principal security engineer with Kenna Security, as he plants his tongue firmly in his cheek. “Were you satisfied…
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I think this might apply to much of Silicon Valley, but is there a little bit of this within law firms as well? “What characterizes corporate cult is the degree of control management exercises over employees’ thinking and behavior. This starts with recruitment, where employees are screened for their “fit.” Once in, they then see…
Since it is May, and that means it is Mental Health Awareness Month, I wanted to share a number of links, and bits, from around the web to help us all talk about the impact of mental health issues in the workplace, as well as ways to improve the situation we find ourselves in. First,…