How overthinkers can manage the challenge of remote work | Is your workforce ready for a recession? | Advice for avoiding the data waterfall in presentations
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How overthinkers can manage the challenge of remote work People who tend to overthink events and require reassurance may face challenges with remote work due to the lack of face-to-face communication. However, overthinkers can take certain steps to short circuit problematic thought patterns, and managers can focus on better communication to put workers at ease. Full Story: BBC (8/9)
Is your workforce ready for a recession? Part of preparing a company for a recession should be creating a culture that can survive slower times, writes Denise Lee Yohn, a brand leadership expert. "[Y]ou can make your priorities and decision-making criteria clear by locking in a single organizational purpose and a single set of core values that guide your brand and your culture," Yohn writes. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (8/9)
An accounting professor and author with a background in corporate America shares considerations and key questions when it comes to parsing and presenting data. Full Story: Journal of Accountancy (8/9)
Making the Connection
4 reasons to use cover letters when recruiting Cover letters can provide valuable insight into candidates' writing ability, attention to detail and enthusiasm for the position when making hiring decisions for a firm, writes Matt Sonnen, founder and CEO of PFI Advisors. Given that email is a crucial method for connecting with today's clients, financial professionals must show an aptitude for communicating via text, Sonnen writes. Full Story: WealthManagement (8/9)
The Landscape
T-Mobile program helps women re-enter tech workforce T-Mobile has used a six-month program beginning in 2019 that has helped 50 women re-enter the tech industry. The reacHIRE program uses the Aurora professional development platform, which allows users to access training and skills videos as well as career advice and networking information. Full Story: Human Resource Executive (8/5)
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5 problem-solving styles to help make better decisions Knowing your problem-solving style -- whether you trust your gut, do research or seek advice from others -- can help you break out of old patterns and try new ways to approach decision-making, writes Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, founder and CEO of Decisive. Einhorn outlines five styles as well as their strengths and weaknesses and how leaders can choose between them to make better decisions. Full Story: Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model) (8/9)
Many news outlets reported today that Serena Williams is retiring from tennis or has "hinted" at waiting until after the US Open to walk away. In this WYWW editor's humble opinion, anyone reporting Williams' decision that way has either not read her essay in Vogue, didn't understand it or simply dismissed it. I say this because Williams makes a point in the essay of saying she dislikes the word retirement, as she feels "evolution" is more apropos and modern. Before you write that off as a mere matter of semantics, look at what she is really trying to say in this piece. Here's an excerpt: "Believe me, I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don't think it's fair. If I were a guy, I wouldn't be writing this because I'd be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family." Full Story: Vogue (8/9)
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