Email shouldn't be a way to fill time during the day, and you're better off designating "two to three sessions to do nothing except process email," writes Justin Hale of VitalSmarts. Email should be viewed as a chance to make decisions and take action, not as endless "grazing," Hale writes.
There are two types of confidence: social confidence and epistemic confidence, writes Minda Zetlin, co-author of The Geek Gap. Workers who are comfortable communicating with anyone they meet tend to be more successful, while those who aren't welcoming of other opinions may be heading toward failure, Zetlin says.
Leaders who have avoided chances to fail, or eschewed feedback, are creating blind spots in their skills that may undermine their effectiveness, writes Alaina Love, CEO of Purpose Linked Consulting. "As a leader, your ability to help your team develop the self-knowledge required for future success often depends upon the degree to which you've already done your own work," Love writes.
Employers can help alleviate talent shortages and boost diversity by looking internally at their low-wage employees and providing up-skilling opportunities, Aman Kidwai writes. "Employee mobility, for workers, is the difference between the dignity of a career, compared to simply having a job," says Rachel Romer Carlson, founder and CEO of Guild Education.
US airlines including United, Southwest and American are looking to attract new employees in an effort to rebuild their workforce amid the pandemic. United is offering a signing bonus and Southwest will increase starting pay as they anticipate a rebound in air travel as COVID-19 infections decline.
Some people have been leaving their jobs because their employers aren't scheduling them for enough hours. A fall survey by Harvard University's Shift Project found 24% of hourly employees received fewer hours than they wanted, while 2021 Gusto data indicated an average of 17% of employees experienced at least a 10% reduction in hours from the previous month.
French photographer Anouk Krantz spent two years road tripping around the US to take a deeper look into the American West and cowboy culture. The result is an incredible collection of images, including one of the cowboys at a Starbucks.
