Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue #81

Happy belated #InternationalWomensDay

I won’t write anything better here than I did on LinkedIn so just go there.

Mike McBride @mikemac29

I composed a post for #InternaltionalWomensDay on LinkedIn early this morning, trying to tag some of the many kick-ass women that I know and started to realize that I know a ton of them, and my personal and professional life is so much better for it! -

buff.lyMike McBride on LinkedIn: #internationalwomensday #embraceequity | 36 commentsAs we approached #internationalwomensday someone I work with mentioned an idea that guys take a moment to write a thank you letter to a woman who has inspired… | 36 comments on LinkedIn

After you’ve done that, take a minute to thank the many women who have been a part of your success and supported you when you didn’t have success. As I said in the post, it’s a LOOOOOOONG list, and I didn’t even come close to naming them all.

If you don’t know exactly what to say, send them that post or this newsletter with a simple thank you. You’d be doing me a favor and saying thank you to them at the same time. 😉

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Careers and Workplace Culture

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

Historically, we took our highest performers, made them a manager, and gave them no training in how to be a manager. Then when we flipped to remote and/or hybrid working, they couldn’t figure out how to adjust. No kidding.

Speaking of remote and hybrid, make a note of this - The tech workforce isn’t budging on remote work.

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Mental Health in the Workplace

More younger employees use workplace mental wellness benefits, say they are “very important” - These young people are smart. They know what's up.

TIN #032 - How Networking Improves Your Mental Health

Child Abuse Survivor @CA_Survivor

What you should be asking yourself is whether you are a safe space. Are you someone others can feel comfortable talking to about their mental health? #MentalHealth #Support #Love #SafeSpace #mentalhealthawareness #depression #Anxiety instagr.am/p/Cpc3F1vuxt9/

Psychological Safety: What is it and why you should care

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Training and Development

Wednesday was International Women’s Day. In light of that, let’s talk about how to develop woman leaders - Creating Learning Communities to Increase and Retain Women in Leadership.

Also, this-

lep.digital

A post shared by LEP Digital (@lep.digital)

It will come as no surprise that I agree with this - Why Businesses Should Invest In Employee Learning Opportunities.

Filling the Recruiting Gap With Growth and Development

If you're struggling to find new hires, you need to grow the people you have to take on more, and you don't grow them without a plan on how to do that.

This might seem harsh, but it’s worth thinking about:

adamgrant

A post shared by Adam Grant (@adamgrant)

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eDiscovery and Cybersecurity

Just Once I'd Like To See a Tech Company Not Release New Toys Before Realizing the Obvious Risks

It shouldn't be up to us to protect ourselves from tools created by tech companies with zero concern for the potential for bad actors to do bad things with them.

Maybe the Biden Administration agrees with me - Biden's national cyber strategy wants to redirect responsibility from users to manufacturers.

Hackers Attack Employees from Six Law Firms

I’ve always said that law firms are juicy targets. They have a lot of other people’s data and don’t always know exactly what they have or the seriousness with which it needs to be protected.

Speaking of law firms, some eDiscovery news this week too:

• European Court clarifies conflicts between eDiscovery and GDPR

• Compounded E-Discovery Mistakes Result in Seven-Figure Sanctions

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