This is true. If you’re struggling to find new hires, you need to grow the people you have to take on more, and you don’t grow them without a plan on how to do that.
It would help if you had a talent development plan. Without it, you’ll find increasingly essential roles in your organization with no one to do the work.
That doesn’t seem like a good situation.
Ultimately this is what will define your culture and your employee engagement. Do your actions match your words? It’s not enough to say you care about mental health, diversity, or developing the people who work for you. You had better put something behind that. If you’ve had layoffs recently, don’t expect anyone to believe that you care about these things on your words alone. Those layoffs told everyone in the organization that they were expendable. They could be next, and the only thing that truly matters is how much they make for you. If you care about their growth, wellbeing and being a diverse company, you had better show up with something other than words.
While I would love to end this with a condemnation of venture capitalists and hedge fund managers, I think it’s important to point out that many of us are complicit. Fund managers seeking the best short-term profits for their investments run funds whose shareholders include most of us. When we log in and look at our IRA or 401(k) accounts, we look for how much the value has increased, not what makes the most sense for society. Our account balance looks a little nicer when a company lays off 10,000 employees and the stock price increases.
It’s all entwined. To paraphrase Michael Corleone – “We’re all part of the same hypocrisy.”
Don’t Just Memorize Your Next Presentation — Know It Cold– I often hear people talking about not practicing their presentation for fear of sounding “too rehearsed.” The fix is to know it even better.
Rise of Collaboration Apps Could Make Data Custodians Irrelevant– I agree data is no longer about the person who created it.
You Need to Address Skills Gaps Before It’s Too Late. Here’s How.
Stop Passing the Buck on Cybersecurity: Why Companies Must Build Safety Into Tech Products – As Americans have integrated technology into nearly every facet of their lives, they have unwittingly come to accept that it is normal for new software and devices to be indefensible by design.
Google Should Fire Sundar Pichai– Ed makes the point that Big Tech companies don’t need to have these layoffs, but if they do, then the CEO is to blame and should be held accountable.
Great Leaders Are Facilitators: They Know How to Design Collaboration and Innovation
Pennsylvania on the ethics of using smartphones for client data storage
The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Two (Missing Data Sources)
One mentor isn’t enough. Here’s how I built a network of mentors
How technology supports the pursuit of justice by enabling small law firms to work at scale
Leading by Example: The Importance of Role Modeling for Lawyer Mental Health
This further emphasizes that living your life for work is not worth it in the end. How many similar stories are out there? How many people were mid-project or working late evenings on important deals and were let go the next day?
How important was that work, and the contribution they made to work? How important could it have been? Look at how it was considered so easily replaceabl
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