Discussing mental health at work with Prince Harry: https://lnkd.in/eeE6Tuni
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For the evidence, check out our WorkLife podcast on the do’s and don’ts of returning to the office: https://lnkd.in/evNgMZ3
Exit interviews are too late to start the conversation about why people are leaving. We should do entry to interviews to find out why they joined—and stay interviews to figure out how to keep them.
When you burn people out, you push them out. Stars are the first to leave—they have the most opportunities.
The solution is not to pile on the perks. It’s to pinpoint the root causes of overload and design more manageable jobs.
If you want to keep people, stop exhausting them.
Illustration: Marissa Solomon Shandell
The solution is not to pile on the perks. It’s to pinpoint the root causes of overload and design more manageable jobs.
If you want to keep people, stop exhausting them.
Illustration: Marissa Solomon Shandell
Difficult conversations are rarely as unpleasant as we expect.
7 studies: we're too pessimistic about leveling with friends & partners. We fixate on what could go wrong, overlooking what might go right.
Relationships stagnate in silence. Candor opens the door to growth.
7 studies: we're too pessimistic about leveling with friends & partners. We fixate on what could go wrong, overlooking what might go right.
Relationships stagnate in silence. Candor opens the door to growth.
A persistent enemy of excellence: fragmented attention.
On average, we check email 74x/day and switch tasks every 10min.
Computers are made for parallel processing. Humans are better at serial processing.
2021 resolution: focus on one task at a time.
https://lnkd.in/e7HdMqs
On average, we check email 74x/day and switch tasks every 10min.
Computers are made for parallel processing. Humans are better at serial processing.
2021 resolution: focus on one task at a time.
https://lnkd.in/e7HdMqs
People are more open to constructive criticism when it’s clear that you believe in their potential and care about their growth. This event with Jennifer Garner was filled with surprise and delight—listen here: link.chtbl.com/RTAdam
How to be a better critical thinker:
1. Be 10% more skeptical of people you agree with—and 10% more charitable to people you disagree with
2. Look for flaws in ideas you like—and strengths in arguments you dislike
3. Learn from sources that engage with competing ideas
1. Be 10% more skeptical of people you agree with—and 10% more charitable to people you disagree with
2. Look for flaws in ideas you like—and strengths in arguments you dislike
3. Learn from sources that engage with competing ideas
In the past, people were hired and promoted based on ability. In the future, the more valuable currency will be agility. We should bet on people with the motivation to learn and the flexibility to change.
From my Q&A at the Oslo Business Forum
From my Q&A at the Oslo Business Forum
Leaders are judged by what their followers achieve. The higher you climb, the more your success depends on making other people successful.
Leadership is elevating individuals to do more than they thought possible and groups to do more than their members could separately.
Leadership is elevating individuals to do more than they thought possible and groups to do more than their members could separately.
In grad school, on my first major paper, I wanted to include 2 undergrads as coauthors. An advisor told me it was a mistake.
I agreed... and coauthored the paper with 5 undergrads instead.
Sharing credit with others takes nothing away from you.
I agreed... and coauthored the paper with 5 undergrads instead.
Sharing credit with others takes nothing away from you.
Powerful conversation with Satya Nadella about building a culture of care and the future of hybrid work: https://lnkd.in/evNgMZ3
You don’t have to agree with every idea in a book, article, talk, or podcast to recommend it. Sometimes the perspectives that challenge our thinking are the ones that teach us the most. The point of learning is not to affirm our beliefs. It's to evolve our beliefs.
We can't control what people say, but we do have a say in how we react. Refusing to give others power over our feelings is a mark of emotional intelligence.
It's worth asking: has this person earned the right to influence my emotions? If the answer is no, return to sender.
It's worth asking: has this person earned the right to influence my emotions? If the answer is no, return to sender.
Jargon isn't a sign of expertise; it's a signal of insecurity.
9 studies: when people lack status, they resort to unnecessarily technical language in an attempt to look smart. When they have status, they're more concerned with communicating clearly.
https://lnkd.in/ee_cVcz
9 studies: when people lack status, they resort to unnecessarily technical language in an attempt to look smart. When they have status, they're more concerned with communicating clearly.
https://lnkd.in/ee_cVcz
The most direct path to a fulfilling career is not to follow your passion. It's to follow your flow.
Flow is the state of full absorption. When you're in the zone, you don't even notice that you're enjoying it.
Intrinsic motivation lies in the activities where time disappears.
Flow is the state of full absorption. When you're in the zone, you don't even notice that you're enjoying it.
Intrinsic motivation lies in the activities where time disappears.
I'm talking leadership tomorrow with Brené Brown and Simon Sinek. What should we discuss?
It will run on my Re:Thinking podcast next month: link.chtbl.com/RTAdam
It will run on my Re:Thinking podcast next month: link.chtbl.com/RTAdam
Great leaders don't always insist on taking the reins. They have the wisdom to delegate or even step aside when others are more qualified.
In 1965, CEOs made 21x the average worker's pay. By 2019, they made 320x.
CEOs: it might be time to take less and give more to your employees.
Boards: if your CEO thinks this is fair, you might have the wrong CEO.
CEOs: it might be time to take less and give more to your employees.
Boards: if your CEO thinks this is fair, you might have the wrong CEO.
Resumes shouldn't just showcase our success. They should feature our struggles too.
No one's life is a highlight reel. Character isn't visible in our triumphs alone—it's revealed by the hardships we endure and the challenges we conquer.
Here’s my lowlight reel. What's on yours?
No one's life is a highlight reel. Character isn't visible in our triumphs alone—it's revealed by the hardships we endure and the challenges we conquer.
Here’s my lowlight reel. What's on yours?
Instead of seeking feedback on how you did, it’s more effective to ask, “What’s the one thing I can do better?”
Video from Intelligence Squared. For an overview of the evidence, see ch2 of Hidden Potential
Video from Intelligence Squared. For an overview of the evidence, see ch2 of Hidden Potential
I get asked for productivity tips pretty regularly. I usually hesitate to share them; I don’t think you can hack your way to high-quality, high-volume work. But Tim Ferriss unearthed some techniques I didn’t know I used—and gave me some new ones to try.
http://tim.blog
http://tim.blog
Career success rarely begins with finding the right solution to problems. It starts with finding the right problems to solve. https://lnkd.in/ekXcWn8
Employers, universities, and parents: stop rewarding perfect grades and start rewarding curiosity and creativity.
Employers, universities, and parents: stop rewarding perfect grades and start rewarding curiosity and creativity.
How to apologize:
(1) Acknowledge what you did wrong
(2) Express remorse
(3) Explain what you’ll do differently in the future
Liz Fosslien and Mollie Duffy:
(1) Acknowledge what you did wrong
(2) Express remorse
(3) Explain what you’ll do differently in the future
Liz Fosslien and Mollie Duffy:
You don't need a mentor. You need a group of mentors.
The people who have the most sage advice for your career dilemmas are also the most in demand.
Seek multiple mentors with diverse expertise and experience, and you'll get more access to better guidance.
The people who have the most sage advice for your career dilemmas are also the most in demand.
Seek multiple mentors with diverse expertise and experience, and you'll get more access to better guidance.
The new books to read this fall are about building careers and companies, rebuilding our lives and institutions, including those who have been marginalized, thinking more clearly, entertaining others, and sustaining our energy, our workplaces, and our environment.
Happy Mother’s Day!
A supportive call with your mom is better for your well-being than a text.
When girls faced anxiety, if they heard their mom's voice rather texting, their bodies expressed fewer stress hormones and more love hormones.
A mother's love is felt through her tone as well as her words.
A supportive call with your mom is better for your well-being than a text.
When girls faced anxiety, if they heard their mom's voice rather texting, their bodies expressed fewer stress hormones and more love hormones.
A mother's love is felt through her tone as well as her words.
The popular career plan of “achieve success, then give back“ misses many opportunities to give along the way.
https://lnkd.in/dSUanUm
https://lnkd.in/dSUanUm
When you ask for help, don’t insist on paying it back. Reciprocity is a norm, not a law. Trading favors is a transaction, not a relationship.
Relationships don’t require perfect balance. They revolve around generosity—both giving and receiving without obligation.
Relationships don’t require perfect balance. They revolve around generosity—both giving and receiving without obligation.
Don't let your workplace become a cultural museum. Culture fit is a recipe for groupthink—it weeds out diversity of thought. Hire, reward, and promote cultural contributors: the misfits, original thinkers, and disagreeable givers who stretch and enrich the culture.
Startups with female founders get less funding but generate more revenue. More evidence that investing in women isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s the smart thing to do. https://lnkd.in/gY9bQj9
To promote learning, combine accountability and psychological safety.
Set demanding goals and encourage risk-taking:
https://lnkd.in/dk9Su67
Set demanding goals and encourage risk-taking:
https://lnkd.in/dk9Su67
Hiring is a forecasting process, and the only way to improve forecasts is to map them against results and refine the process over time.
Have managers predict how new people will perform, and you can all learn from their successes and failures. Cade Massey: https://lnkd.in/g2JDVxM
Have managers predict how new people will perform, and you can all learn from their successes and failures. Cade Massey: https://lnkd.in/g2JDVxM
Coworkers often become friends when we take the risk of inviting them into our lives outside work. And those friendships flourish when we share rituals: a weekly workout, a monthly book club, an annual trip.
https://lnkd.in/dpvb3_3
https://lnkd.in/dpvb3_3
It's getting harder to succeed without soft skills. There's a premium on coordination, negotiation, persuasion, and social perceptiveness: https://lnkd.in/ekJ-MMj
“To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects & enhances the freedom of others.“
Mandela reminds us what freedom really means. Happy 4th of July!
Mandela reminds us what freedom really means. Happy 4th of July!
The absence of mental illness doesn’t mean the presence of well-being. Languishing is the neglected middle child of mental health.
From my TED Conferences talk on how to languishing and start finding flow
From my TED Conferences talk on how to languishing and start finding flow