Men have a place in eliminating Equal Pay Day Today is Equal Pay Day -- the day that women have to work to in 2021 to equal what men made in 2020 -- as women still make 82 cents on the dollar compared to men. "There are a lot of things that my women mentors taught me that I would not have learned from men, but from men I've learned to step into my power differently," says Tiffany Aliche, founder of The Budgetnista. Full Story: Good Morning America (3/24)
How to spot the right career-enhancing extra work RainmakerThinking CEO Bruce Tulgan explains how to spot the additional responsibilities or projects that can enhance your career and those that can turn into the "wild goose chase." Be discerning about tasks that might turn you into the "office gofer" but take on tasks that earn relationship brownie points, Tulgan advises. Full Story: Training magazine (3/15)
When participating in a remote job interview, use the real or virtual background as a conversation starter. "Whatever is there has been curated for viewing, so a compliment or respectful question can facilitate a conversation," writes Lynda Spiegel, founder of Rising Star Resumes. Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (3/23)
The Landscape
Fewer CEOs now planning to cut office space The portion of major global company CEOs planning to cut back on office space after the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to 17% from 69% in August, according to a KPMG survey. Full Story: Reuters (3/22)
Yellen: Full employment may return next year Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the House Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday that 10 million people are still out of work, but full employment may return next year. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who also spoke to the committee, cited improvements in the housing market, business investments and manufacturing. Full Story: NBC News (3/23)
Your Next Challenge
Use this system to rank executive effectiveness Use a survey and a ranking system to see if your executive-level leaders are communicating effectively, providing direction and being positive role models, says S. Chris Edmonds in this video. "Just as you measure progress towards desired results regularly, you must measure the effectiveness of your executive team regularly," Edmonds says. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (3/23)
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Insights for HR and workforce leaders from SmartBrief Originals
Google Translate dictates who should do the dishes Google Translate appears to think humanities lecturer Dona Vargha should wash the dishes while her male colleagues build stuff. The Hungarian language is gender-neutral, and Vargha was curious to see what the program would do when translating it to a language that has gender pronouns (English, in this case). The result? "She washes the dishes. He builds." Maybe Google is just parsing the data it has learned from. Google could have -- but didn't -- choose the singular "they." Full Story: Comic Sands (3/23)
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