How to free up work time for long-tenured staff members Helping less-experienced peers is a common activity for personnel with long tenures at a firm. However, too much of this kind of work can inhibit productivity, so staff members can reclaim their workdays by blocking out time for specific tasks and setting boundaries. Full Story: Fast Company (tiered subscription model) (1/9)
Lessons from the NFL's struggle to hire well NFL teams tend to hire coaches and general managers through networking, nepotism and unscientific fads, with many teams randomly changing strategy every few years rather than developing more sustainable processes. "Hiring people with outside perspectives and who have different experiences would probably lead to a change in the way a team is set up -- if you brought a non-football lifer into the fold, they'd probably have different ideas than the current coach-GM setup that has existed for decades," writes Kevin Clark. Full Story: The Ringer (1/6)
How 10 minutes today can improve your tomorrow You might be familiar with taking 10 minutes to plan for tomorrow's work, but this can often turn into busywork or a review of what you've already done. Alexis Haselberger explains why you fall into this trap and shares tips for truly planning ahead. Full Story: Alexis Haselberger Coaching & Consulting (1/3)
The Landscape
LinkedIn gets into the events game LinkedIn is trialing an interactive audio events platform where users can hear live discussions and participate by raising virtual hands or posting comments. The program will be expanded to include video events in the spring. Full Story: TechRadar (1/6)
Companies plan for raises to retain workers Some companies plan to give raises and cash bonuses to retain workers, research shows. Grant Thornton has found that 51% of companies are planning merit pay increases in excess of 5%, and The Conference Board has forecast a 3.9% increase in wage costs this year, the highest figure since 2008. Full Story: CNBC (1/7)
POLL QUESTION: What raise do you anticipate this year?
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Throughout the pandemic, the United Arab Emirates has managed to main relatively open and proven resilient, even as other countries and regions have faltered. In fact, the UAE ranks #1 in the Bloomberg Covid Resilience. People who live in the UAE say one silver lining from the pandemic has been that rather than remain enamored with trends from the rest of the world, locals have looked inward and discovered a new appreciation for things in their own backyard. Full Story: BBC (1/6)
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