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Did We Need Someone to Tell Us That Employees Don’t Care About Shareholder Profits?
ByMike McBride March 4, 2024March 3, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

It really shouldn’t be newsworthy that someone thinks employees don’t care about shareholders, and for those of us in the legal space, it should also not come as a shock that your staff doesn’t care about “profits per partner.” It’s irrelevant. I spent years assuming that if profits and shareholder value were up, that would result in better pay and raises for everyone. That was naïve. We were likely talking about the difference between a 2% and a 3% raise. It’s not nothing but not worth all the long hours and life-wrecking commitments we are often asked to give to work.

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Mental Health

Linked – People in 20s more likely to be out of work because of poor mental health than those in early 40s
ByMike McBride March 1, 2024February 29, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes

When you’re young and not on the standard education/career path due to mental health, there’s no career history or learned skills to fall back on. I think many employers would view you as unemployable in our current environment. I’m not saying that should be how it is, but it is likely the way it is. My story illustrates the path out of that, but it also contains some privilege. I was able to go to therapy. My family gave me a place to live while I wasn’t working. I had access to learning tools. I had to work hard to create opportunities to learn new skills, but I also found myself in places where I could do that. I had help.

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Security

Linked – Surveyed drivers prefer low-tech cars over data-sharing ones
ByMike McBride January 13, 2024January 12, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

It’s nearly impossible to know how much data is being collected. The obvious answer is to assume everything you do is being tracked somewhere. Online, you bet. In an internet-connected vehicle? Clearly. In a public space that has any surveillance? Probably.

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Career

It’s Almost As If Remote Work Keeps Getting Better While Office Work Keeps Getting Worse
ByMike McBride January 9, 2024January 11, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Now, I’m not going to even argue that remote work is better and helps people be more productive and innovative because you already know where I stand on that issue. Let me just throw this out there instead. When your workforce is remote you widen the pool of people who can work for you and want to work for you. That wider candidate pool invites more talented people to come work for you and talented people will find their own ways to be productive and innovative.

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Career

Did We See Holiday Layoffs Because the Vibes Are Off?
ByMike McBride December 28, 2023December 27, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Reading this BBC article, it appears that we saw some of the holiday layoffs earlier in December because leaders feel like the vibes are there for a recession next year, even though the underlying economic data don’t point in that direction. This year, at least, rocky economic headwinds may play a role, says Nicholas Bloom, an…

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Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) Dec. 10 2023
ByMike McBride December 10, 2023December 10, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute
- The Root of Over-Meeting Culture
- Building the Neurodiversity Talent Pipeline for the Future of Work
- Bookmark This! Wellbeing in the Workplace Edition
- Want to Instantly Become a Better Leader? Science Says Meetings That Don’t Start on Time Are a Third Less Effective
- Five Great Reads on Cyber, Data, and Legal Discovery for November 2023
- Managers fail at communication in hybrid and remote work– Unclear communication and managers who aren’t available to respond to remote employees will kill team engagement.
- What Is Lifelong Learning? (And How to Do it Yourself)
- Tell Me a Picture– Good storytelling matters at work.
- Oregon Passes State Privacy Law
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