Who you are and what you stand for matters to people who work at your company and buy your products. Employees care about intangible benefits such as meaningful work, alignment to core values, and work-life balance–even more than salary–when evaluating a new place to work. This is especially true of Millennials and Generation Z, who together make up about 65 percent of the workforce
Source: Communications in the Workplace: Do Your Words Fit Your Culture and Values?
What do you think of this research?
It certainly makes for a compelling title, yet when I read on, what I hear is that people responded poorly to a woman making a “joke” that essentially reiterated that same old thinking that women are not as smart or capable as men and that married women have to “ask their husbands” about everything they do.
To me, that’s not at all surprising. I’d have to see the rest of the questions and more detail about the research design to believe that this headline is really accurate.
What are your thoughts?
Source: Making Jokes During a Presentation Helps Men But Hurts Women
This is tomorrow. Watch it if you can.
Source: Why Is the US Death Rate Rising? Dr. Sanjay Gupta Looks at the Deadly Effects of Despair
Sometimes, people move on. It’s a fact of life, but when an integral and well-liked member of the team moves on, it can create a lot of conflicting emotions. In this Harvard Business Review article, Liane Davey discusses how to handle this situation in a way that helps both you and your team members, as well as making the transition process easier for your departing employee.
Source: How to Manage Morale When a Well-Liked Employee Leaves
Do you love your work? Is it an adventure?
Here’s a guy who spent eight years measuring brain activity while people worked in order to identify the components of workplace culture that make work an adventure. This was preceded by a decade of doing laboratory studies to understand the brain basis for effective teamwork. Find out the two things that most make a difference here:
Source: How Oxytocin Can Make Your Job More Meaningful | Greater Good Magazine
What’s the best way for a new hire to start making connections in an organization?
Research on 40,000 people shows that the most effective strategy is not broad outreach or relying on a mentor to make introductions but instead a more selective, less superficial initial approach, followed by diversification beyond the two-year mark.
Take a look at this Harvard Business Review article for more detail:
One of the best articles about leadership I’ve read in a long time.
The authors state, “To truly engage other human beings and create meaningful connections, we need to silence our inner voices and be fully present — and being more mindful can help.” This requires discipline to stay on task and skill.
Read on for some great food for thought:
There’s very little more soul-crushing than when you don’t feel respected and valued at work. I’d venture to say that over the portfolio of our career, we all will experience, at a minimum, pockets of lack of respect.
University of Michigan Professor Jane Dutton says that an astounding 90 percent of workers polled say lack of basic respect in the workplace is a big issue.
Want More Respect at Work? Try This 1 Simple Framework | Inc.com
In my experience,
it’s all too easy for those working in healthcare IT to lose sight of their connection to the critical role they play in patient’s lives on a daily basis.
Here are some thoughts on on how to bring that back and keep it present on an ongoing basis.
Source: 7 thoughts on bringing ‘heart’ into IT from Cleveland Clinic CIO Edward Marx
A ten year longitudinal study on executive transitions found that more than 50% of executives who inherit a mess fail within their first 18 months on the job. Also uncovered by the study were the numerous landmines for leaders in this situation. Based on this research and my experience, here are six things the most effective leaders do to avoid failing in a new role.
