Hi!
We have an extra day! What are you doing with yours? My team and I are getting together for lunch and that will lead to all kinds of interesting conversations, I’m sure. I hope you invest yours in activities that bring good results your way.
Speaking of investing time wisely, how about joining my Monday Morning Intention Pod? It’s a simple concept to help use the power of community to get your week off to a good start. We join via Zoom (camera off if you want), I welcome everyone and share a thought or two, and then we privately set our own intentions to bring compassion, empathy, and confidence into our workplace. Attendees can share thoughts too, but it’s not a requirement. Then, off we go. Email me to learn more and get the link to the meeting.
And in the meantime, here are a few stories to help you make better, more informed decisions as you and your team co-create the workplace of the future:
- Whether you listen to or read this article on how technologically monitoring employees erodes the supervisor-employee relationship, I strongly suggest you take this one in. Even if your company isn’t using these technologies, consider this as a cautionary tale.
- Data breaches increased 20% in 2023 over 2022. Stuart Madnick tells us why and what to do about it in this article from Harvard Business Review.
- Uh-oh…54% of CEOs surveyed expect their jobs to get tougher in 2024. Kinda surprised it wasn’t higher, especially considering their POVs on the biggest challenges they’re facing.
- If the CEO’s job is getting tougher, what skills are in demand for their employees? FastCompany weighs in via this detailed yet short read by Lydia Dishman. Hint: we’ve talked about them here before; this is a super duper net/net.
- If layoffs for your people are unavoidable, here are tips from Sarah Lynch for Inc. on how to do them more humanely.
Do Good Spotlight
🌟 Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs 🌟
Pennsylvania has over 700,000 veterans, the fourth largest population in the U.S. DMVA connects veterans to programs and services available to them. Some of these services/programs include grants, benefits, special initiatives, and more. Learn more: DMVA.
Noteworthy 🖋
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
We’re spotlighting MIT for releasing a slew of free courses you won’t want to miss. Thanks to @ForGoodCode on Instagram for this and so many other smart shares. If you’re not following him, consider changing that.
I hope you make the most of February 29 and enjoy!
Niki
