Description: Nano Tools for Leaders® — a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management — are fast, effective tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly impact your success. Source: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/ Date: Jan 12, 2023 Link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-to-use-neuroscience-to-build-team-chemistry/?utm_campaign=KatW2023&utm_medium=email&utm_source=kw_campaign_monitor&utm_term=1-25-2023&utm_content=How_to_Use_Neuroscience_to_Build_Team_Chemistry Questions for discussion: What is meant by “shared… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Control
Five Ways to Improve Communication in Virtual Teams
Description: As collaborative technologies proliferate, it is tempting to assume that more sophisticated tools will engender more effective virtual communication. However, our study of globally dispersed teams in a major multinational organization revealed that performance depends on how people use these technologies, not on the technologies themselves. Source: Sloanreview.mit.edu/ Date: Jun 13, 2018 Link: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/five-ways-to-improve-communication-in-virtual-teams/ Questions… Read more »
The Era of Happy Tech Workers Is Over
Description: Silicon Valley as we know it — with its radically transparent company cultures, empowered employees, flat hierarchies and rarefied perks like nap pods and free food — is quickly disappearing. And it’s unlikely to return. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Jan 19, 2023 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/opinion/tech-layoffs-meta-amazon-silicon-valley.html?smid=em-share Questions for discussion: Summarize the changes taking place in the tech-workplace, as described… Read more »
Home Depot didn’t get customer consent before sharing data with Facebook’s owner, privacy watchdog finds
Description: Home improvement retailer Home Depot didn’t get customer consent before sharing personal data with Meta, which operates social media giants Facebook and Instagram, according to a new report by Canada’s privacy watchdog. Source: CBC.ca Date: Jan 26, 2023 Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/home-depot-privacy-commissioner-meta-1.6726668 Questions for discussion: What are the ethical and privacy issues in this story? How… Read more »
Law Professor Urges FTC To Regulate Ad-Tech
Description: Many online ad practices are “unfair, deceptive, and privacy-invasive,” Brooklyn Law School professor Jonathan Askin says in a petition filed this month with the Federal Trade Commission. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Jan 19, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/381747/law-professor-urges-ftc-to-regulate-ad-tech.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline&utm_campaign=129023&hashid=xIhhTnG4Qdmubrqstxmgaw Questions for discussion: What is the goal of the petition? Do you think it is justified and regulations should be adopted?… Read more »
This New Year, Resolve Against Workaholism
Description: Leaders can help employees who prioritize their jobs at the expense of their personal lives to improve their work-life balance — to everyone’s benefit. Source: Sloan/MIT.edu Date: Jan 12, 2023 Link: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/this-new-year-resolve-against-workaholism/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the key ideas presented in this article. What are your thoughts on these ideas? What would you add… Read more »
SPOS #861 – Shawn Kanungo On Becoming A Bold One
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – The ThinkersOne Podcast – Episode #861. I first met Shawn Kanungo many years back (we share the same speaking bureau). He was also on the speaking circuit and making quite a ruckus (he still is). We became fast-friends. Shaw recently published his first book, The Bold Ones – Innovate And Disrupt… Read more »
Why Applying Constant Pressure on Yourself Can Significantly Improve Your Productivity and Success
Description: Though we try to avoid feeling under pressure, learning to utilize it effectively can turn it into your greatest weapon. Source: Entrepreneur.com Date: Jan 16, 2023 Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/why-you-should-apply-pressure-on-yourself-to-succeed/442223 Questions for discussion: Summarize the thinking presented in this article. Do you agree with it? How does this thinking jive with current attitudes toward work-lifestyle balance,… Read more »
What is ‘time theft’ and why are some employers so worked up about it?
Description: It may be a new year, but many employers are still relying on an old tool for evaluating productivity. That would be the clock — against which so much of work is measured, despite ongoing changes in how, where and when work gets done. Source: CBC.ca Date: Jan 20, 2023 Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/time-theft-tensions-workplaces-employers-1.6718610 Questions for… Read more »
A Toxic Former Employee Is Poisoning My Staff
Description: How do I stop him from undermining me? Source: INC.com Date: Jan 09, 2023 Link: https://www.inc.com/alison-green/a-toxic-former-employee-is-poisoning-my-staff.html?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IncThisMorning-Jan%2009,%202023&leadId=261346&mkt_tok=NjEwLUxFRS04NzIAAAGJOqPCz88IRRx9wsDFn8PbTGyjxtmbvPkePs3sSt_OFkpNqiEDj6LpY-IueaGCjsOgb0B2vv-rWutFBsxJ36twpjfunBP38CvIhGagZkg Questions for discussion: Summarize the problem and recommended solution. Do you agree with the recommendation? Do you think it will work? What are some recommendations you would give this manager?
