workplace culture
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Vulnerability is a key ingredient in what makes a great leader. Here are 10 reasons being vulnerable is important for a leader. https://t.co/Cb8extUSKr
10 visuals that will change how you see personal development. What is your favorite? 🎨 1. Manage your energy, not your time. https://t.co/XOdlHZ4Ta6
One of the most unpleasant pieces of advice I give sometimes to students is to remember that the institution will not love you back. This is true of the school, the company, even...
The Office in 1872 A thread 🧵
Being a critical thinker is about more than challenging other people's assumptions. It also requires you to rethink your own views. The top 22 ideas about life, work, and well-bei...
I started my first postdoc position in the US in early January 2004, the date was on the scholarship letter that came from a German agency. Alas, the Americans thought 01/09 would...
Climbing the corporate ladder is painful. 95% of the time you feel like your boss is out to get you and he's handing out promotions to people who don't deserve it. I wish someone...
as a rough estimate i would say about 60% of all employees are pointless makework just to keep people busy, there's 10% really efficient people running the world, and 30% are thiev...
Our bosses don’t care about us, no matter what they say. Even if you have sick leave, the idea of leisure has become so stigmatized in this country that most of us don’t take it....
I basically can't believe that BigCos let their employees just publicly rant & ridicule colleagues at competitors on here, & don't have a comms policy about this. It's just wild. W...
I’ve been thinking about a work component that could never be concealed. No flashy words or shiny titles could play a trick on it. And I think it’s *maturity*. Maturity at work...
I'll add to that unfortunate food delivery story. Guys, we're still very much a budding economy. Many things are new to us, werent there before and we're experiencing them for the...
Being Black in a predominantly white work environment makes you hypervisible. In my eval, the comment “I don’t see you very much,” was made. Another colleague said, “We don’t want...
There are two kinds of programmer and three types of tech employees. Hacker- The best programmers. The kind of person who laments that Brendan Eich wasn’t allowed to put Scheme i...
People spend so much time discussing tiny, minor problems ("A colleague once referred to me and an attractive female co-worker as 'the girls'") because they don't have major ones....
How you will actually get work done... https://t.co/ZR0HbH2Pe6
My mother worked in a typical easy-going white-collar socialist job. Then, one summer they receive a foreign student through university exchange. They have no idea what to do w/ hi...
I've been hiring people almost every day now for my new startup that I’m building in stealth. 9 things that I looked at before hiring them. A thread🧵
Your new hire just accepted your offer. Now the real work begins. Here's how to make that new hire productive as quickly as possible:
Four-day work weeks destroy productivity. Here's how to fix it:
60% of your people want to leave their job. And, nobody teaches you how to deal with it. Here's a simple framework to captivate hearts and deliver results as a Compassionate Lead...
Endorse! Also works if you work at a company. Send a shipped email or memo about what you did, what you learned, and what interested parties should take a look at next. https://t....
The best employee retention tactic that doesn't get enough attention: New Hire Preboarding. Here's what is and how to do it:
30 Unwritten Nursing Rules You would never be taught in class. #Thread