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Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) June 11, 2023
ByMike McBride June 11, 2023June 10, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute
- Modern Attachments in M365 eDiscovery: How Much Do They Really Matter?
- Why Storytelling Matters in the Workplace–and How to Welcome It
- DeSantis attack ad uses fake AI images of Trump embracing Fauci– we as a society are so completely unprepared for what is happening with AI and deepfakes. This is going to make social media election influence look like nothing in comparison.
- Mentorship Opportunities Shouldn’t Depend on Proximity– I’m quoted in the article saying some of the same things I’ve been writing about proximity bias on my blog. Always good to contribute to quality reporting.
- Let’s Talk About Effective Meetings
- Ediscovery Best Practices for Slack and MS Teams from Information Governance Through Litigation
- Our Search for Meaning – the Song of Significance with Seth Godin– “Humans aren’t resources, they are the point”
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Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) June 4, 2023
ByMike McBride June 4, 2023June 23, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute
- The Microsoft Teams public preview adds zoom button support for screenshare in meetings– This has been such a needed feature for Teams meetings. Anyone who’s ever had to work with spreadsheets over a Teams screen-share knows what I’m talking about.
- Five Organizational Data Privacy Risks Caused by Digital Illiteracy
- Want a Great Example of How to Plan for Hyperlinks as Attachments in Your Protocol? Read On.
- New Email Rules, MFA Bypass Are Top Hacking Tactics So Far in 2023
- 4 Ways on How Flexibility Attracts Top Talent
- #72: Mental Health & Finding Meaning at Work – with Kara Hardin (CEO, The Practice Lab)
- Combating Stress and Burnout in the Workplace: A Comprehensive Approach
- Juliet Schor: The case for a 4-day work week
- Managing stress and maintaining mental health during your job search
- ATD ’23 Recap: Talent Development and The Future of Work
- 7 Questions Tough Job Candidates Will Ask. Be Prepared– on the flip side, if you’re interviewing, get answers to these questions.
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Career

It’s About Being Intentional
ByMike McBride May 18, 2023July 17, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes

As I said, it’s not that being a remote worker means we won’t have any friends. We just have to be more intentional about it. We have to find ways to interact socially with our current friends and be in spaces, physical and virtual, where we can meet new people.

You’ll read plenty of hot takes about remote work. Whether it be how difficult it is to build any culture or connect with your team, you’ll get lonely, you won’t get promoted, or mentored, etc. It’s not that the authors of these posts are lying to you, but they are also unlikely to point out that none of these things have to be the way they are. They can all be overcome when someone decides to act with intention.

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Career

Do You Know Why Employees Leave? Do You Know Why They Stay?
ByMike McBride May 9, 2023May 10, 2023 Reading Time: 4 minutes

My point isn’t to toot my own horn. It’s to give you a concrete example of what a difference sitting and talking to your employees can make in terms of understanding what works for them, or doesn’t work for them in the workplace. A survey has a purpose, especially when you realize that meeting one on one with all of your employees doesn’t scale very far. If you really want to know what’s going on, though, don’t wait for someone to leave so you conduct an exit interview. A stay interview might prevent them from leaving in the first place.

And for god’s sake, conduct exit interviews too, and be willing to act on them. These people are telling you what went wrong, why wouldn’t you want to know that?

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Linked – Research: Asynchronous Work Can Fuel Creativity
ByMike McBride May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Have you ever been in a brainstorming meeting, in person or on Zoom, and walked away thinking it was great? The ideas were flowing, and people were expanding on each other’s ideas, professionally disagreeing constructively, and bringing energy to the discussion. It was great, all of our meetings should look like that.

Except that’s not really what happened. At least it’s not the whole picture. Yes, perhaps there was a good exchange of ideas, and perhaps some of the folks on the call brought their energy and passion to the discussion. The key word there is “some”. The important thing to remember is that those people who did bring that energy also probably made it really difficult for other voices to be heard. The science would tell you that the straight white men on the team probably spoke up, while others did not speak up. (In the experiment that is detailed in the article, it was men and women singers who were compared.) In my experience, it’s a little more complicated than that. Yes, a small group of white guys can absolutely drown out all of the other voices, but so can a small group of extroverts.

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Career

Linked – One on One Meetings Help Employee Engagement and Retention
ByMike McBride April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

This, of course, is the rub. The value of a one-on-one meeting is subject to the ability of the manager and the direct report to conduct a quality meeting. While that sounds pretty simple, let me ask you a question.

Have you ever been taught how to have a quality one-on-one meeting with your boss or with a direct report?

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