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Linked – 6 Problems L&D Can’t “Out-train”

ByMike McBride March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I’ve also spoken to some in-house trainers who see this up close. People come to them because they lack some knowledge and hope the training will help them because their manager hasn’t given them clear direction. They don’t realize that they haven’t been getting a clear direction. They assume there is some skill or knowledge they are missing. Where do you go when there’s a skill you need? To Training and Development!

But the trainer can’t give you that clear direction about your job. That has to come from your manager.

Career

Linked – Why is managing in the hybrid world so hard?

ByMike McBride March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

I completely agree with this assessment of how we’ve defined “management” in the past:

“Historically, corporate America’s approach to management has been:

Push management as the only track for career growth
Promote top individual contributors to manage
Provide little to no training

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Shared Links (weekly) Feb. 26, 2023

ByMike McBride February 26, 2023February 25, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

Redesigning How We Work
Rather Than Making The Internet Safe For Kids, Make Your Kids Safe For The Real World– as a child abuse survivor, I’ve long advocated for the reality that if you don’t educate your kids so they can “stay innocent” someone else will, and you won’t like the results.
Practice Empathy as a Team
NSA Releases Best Practices For Securing Your Home Network Security Service > Article
4 ways HR can support and develop managers– It beats what we’ve done for years, promoting each team’s best member to management with no training at all.
What To Read To Be A Better Networker
Increasing supervisor savvy around culture, race, and identity
We Asked, They Answered: What Women Leaders Really Want at Work
When you want to help ease stress in the workplace: 3 main areas of focus– Training your people is number 1. Just saying. 😉

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Trust is Easily Broken

ByMike McBride February 18, 2023February 18, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Consider the message this sends to employees. This decision was made at a level above the person who is left to explain it to you. No one from that level wants to explain it or answer your questions. That’s not a trustworthy organization. That’s a leader hiding from people being impacted by their decisions.

That’s not a leader I’d want to work for. Some might even argue that they aren’t a leader at all.

When you lose that trust, you’ll lose the retention battle.

Career

Linked – Resignations Can Become Contagious

ByMike McBride February 11, 2023February 14, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Humans don’t handle uncertainty well. They will seek out the path that has more certainty. You’re either providing that, or you’re not. If you’re not, you’re losing one of the important factors that impact retention. There’s a reason resignations are contagious. There’s a reason they go up right after layoffs or significant managerial change. We don’t like feeling uncertain.

Career

Quick Thought – Your Employees Are Individuals not Statistics

ByMike McBride January 26, 2023January 25, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Apply the same logic to the preference of where to work. If a survey says 51% of people think hybrid is a good idea, then it is true that hybrid is the option that would be preferable to most people. Are your employees in that 51% or the other 49%? How about you talk to them instead of relying on some study that tells you what most employees want? Your team might not be “most” people. They each have individual values and priorities. Do you know what they are?

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