Hold my calls. It's Monday morning Instead of blocking off time on Friday afternoon for learning new skills or deep thinking, Hannah Herman--Zapier moved that block of two hours to first thing Monday morning. The switch staved off Sunday evening work anxiety and created a time that didn't get overrun with Friday loose ends. Full Story: Fast Company (tiered subscription model) (6/26)
Parenting during the pandemic has taught many leaders the value of relying on others for advice, managing multiple events under pressure and being patient, write executive coaches Sanyin Siang and Ron Carucci. "[I]nterrogate any 'one-size-fits-all' approaches to leadership you may have thought worked in the past, upgrading to more-nuanced methods to maximize individual needs while keeping your team whole," they write. Full Story: Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model) (6/25)
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4 advantages small companies have in hiring Lack of bureaucracy paves the way for small-business creativity amid the labor shortage, says C. Nicole Orr, co-owner of a shipping store in Baltimore. Here are four ideas, including salary incentives funded by government programs, profit-sharing or tuition reimbursement, and competitions for bonuses. Full Story: Technically (6/24)
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Fed officials: Employment still below pre-pandemic levels Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic have both praised the strength of the US economic recovery but note that employment figures are still significantly lower than pre-pandemic levels. Bostic contends the shortfall could be partly due to ongoing uncertainty over the next stages of recovery, which may make employers reluctant to commit to new hires. Full Story: Reuters (6/24)
With pet adoptions up during the pandemic, companies are considering whether to open the office to more than service dogs. There are legal considerations, including what constitutes an emotional support animal, if co-workers have pet allergies and if the animal will be in a communal office area. Full Story: The National Law Review (6/21)
POLL QUESTION: Would you like to have pets in your office?
Back when in middle school orchestra, you never thought about the aerosols being expelled by the brass and woodwind players in the orchestra. But during the pandemic, those compounds became a big problem for professional orchestras, which had to cancel concerts and rehearsals for safety reasons. Now a new study finds that the spread of aerosols can be greatly reduced by rearranging where musicians sit and putting the wind players out on the edges. The researchers don't say how this would affect an orchestra's sound, but I bet many classical music fans will welcome the news anyway. Full Story: PhysOrg (6/24)
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