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Would Retiring Induce “Relevance Deprivation Syndrome” For You?
I think another way to understand this is our cultural obsession with “what you do” being the defacto representation of “who we are,” meaning that when we stop working, it can be detrimental to our mental health. After all, if you’ve spent 35-40 years identifying yourself as a lawyer, what will you be when you stop working as a lawyer?
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Shared Links (weekly) Dec. 17, 2023
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Admins in Google Vault Can Now Export Hyperlinked Google Drive Content from Gmails
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The End of Retirement– “Want to keep your house? Support your kids? Stay alive? Never stop working.”
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Career Management Involves Both the Manager and the Employee
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Don’t Just Check the Box, Again: Authentic Approaches to Mental Health at Work in 2024
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Linked – The ripple effects of layoffs
It’s December, and the number of organizations conducting layoffs keeps growing. It’s been a never-ending cycle of layoffs. Let’s not kid ourselves and assume that everyone is feeling OK about that. Let’s not ignore the mental health elephant in the room, let alone the damage to workplace culture. And let’s also acknowledge that leaders who have conducted any layoffs do not get the benefit of the doubt regarding trust. There’s simply no reason to trust you.
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Stories Can Help Eliminate Mental Health Stigma, But Is The Workplace A Safe Place to Share Yours?
Bosses, ask yourself the question. Is this a safe place for people to talk about their mental health? If it’s not, what can you do to change that? The article above has some advice for you. Maybe it all comes down to the kind of people who work for you and the behavior that you tolerate. If someone is honest about their mental health struggles and then you allow them to be stigmatized by others, it’s not a safe place.
And if it’s not a safe place, your wellbeing program doesn’t matter.
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Shared Links (weekly) Nov. 26, 2023
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Navigating The Workplace: How To Manage Depression At Your Job– much of this advice assumes your workplace is interested in helping. If they aren’t, don’t be afraid to find a different one.
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Financial crises damage people’s mental health – our global review shows who is worst affected– Layoffs, poverty, medical debt, etc. are risks that aren’t solved with exercise.
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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024– Maybe using a browser created by the internet’s biggest ad seller isn’t the ideal way to go?
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Job Hopping: Navigating Toxic Workplaces– Job hopping isn’t as much of a negative as staying in some workplaces is.
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Debunking the Myth of Hard Work– “Luck plays a far more significant role in life outcomes than successful people like to admit.”
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The Good, The Bad And The Reality: The Impact Of AI On Cybersecurity
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6 Worrying Workplace Numbers — And What You Can Do About Them
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Workers want L&D job perks, bosses say they’re a waste of time
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EU faces privacy complaint over CSAM microtargeting ads it ran on X– You would think the EU could follow its own data privacy rules.
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Want to Improve Career Development? Start With Your Managers
