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Paid vacation days per year per country
Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research
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Financial autonomy
It's not about having so much money that you can buy anything you want. It's about having enough money to buy everything you need.
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The hybrid stategy: Stock and Flow
But I actually think stock and flow is a useful metaphor for media in the 21st century. Here’s what I mean: I’m not saying you should ignore flow! This is no time to hole up and work in isolation, emerging after years with your work in hand. Everybody
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Inclusion by any other name
I’m allergic to clichés and buzzwords. And this might be one of them. A research project reports this: The employees described inclusive leaders … as leaders who act in ways that demonstrate their values and communicate openly and honestly. They treat each employee as a unique individual, recognize each person’
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The strength of weak ties
Perhaps you do this already with your team: you take the first few minutes of a meeting to check in, sometimes as a group and sometimes in random pairs or trios in breakout rooms. Just a few minutes to chitchat - about anything but work, like what would happen randomly at
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The job candidate selection process is a fail. Try this.
The job candidate selection process does not work. Even Google has taken back their famed clever interview questions. There is just no data to support that the job candidate selection process is effective at screening for success or at predicting that candidates will remain with the company. A few years
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How should I react when an employee is not performing well or makes a mistake?
The traditional approach is to reprimand the employee in some way. The hope is that some form of punishment will be beneficial: it will teach the employee a lesson. However, some managers choose a different response when confronted by an underperforming employee: compassion and curiosity. Not that a part of
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Creativity: it's about exploration v. exploitation
Meta-analysis of the research on creativity by Francesca Gino in the Harvard Business Review. The whole three-article series is good. Here’s a sample: Five ways in which managers can bolster creativity: 1. Hire for curiosity; 2. Model inquisitiveness; 3. Emphasize learning goals; 4. Let employees explore and
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How do I know my people won’t watch Netflix all day?
I don't follow my newsletter's ((https://brisebois.substack.com)) stats. I put out what I think is useful information for my readers and they comment on what works and what doesn't. Also, I often post links to articles that readers themselves send me (keep
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Keep track of what really matters
I am a fan of keeping a journal. I keep one myself and I encourage the leaders I work with to do the same. The format does not really matter (what you thought, what you did, what you said, how you felt, etc.) as long as you record it. By
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Bailiwick
We are in the midst of much change. And, as I mentioned last week, it is way too early to call anything the "new normal".Our new circumstances are causing many to be anxious. Anxiety appears when we expect that what we hold dear might disappear or that
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Zoom alternatives with greater safety and privacy
FaceTime is a perfect alternative to Zoom, as long as everyone who’s part of the meeting or chat has access to an Apple device. FaceTime is stable and it allows you to add multiple people to your video chat. FaceTime uses end-to-end encryption, which means even Apple