Here are ideas for shorter, better video meetings Leaders can facilitate better video and remote meetings by making them shorter with fewer agenda items, limiting participants and incorporating chat messages into the discussion, says Karin Reed, CEO of Speaker Dynamics. "The challenge is for the leader to take a look at that chat and incorporate that into the verbal conversation," she says. Full Story: McKinsey (4/20)
Prepare today for the urgency of tomorrow Urgency and patience overlap in that being patient creates the preparation and skills that are necessary when urgent action is needed, writes Scott Eblin, who relates the concepts to the yin and yang of yoga, a dance floor and a team's playbook. "You can't just keep urgently running the old pre-pandemic plays and expect them to work in a late-stage and post-pandemic world," he writes. Full Story: Eblin Group (4/20)
Simplicity can be a trap Employees should be able to quickly grasp organizational mission, values, policies, strategies, culture and performance ratings, but resist making these things so simplistic that they lose their meaning, writes TalentTelligent co-founder Bob Eichinger. "Consider being parsimonious -- meaning, to be as short and simple as needed to get the intention of the message across," he writes. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (4/20)
Making the Connection
Forbes releases 2021 Best Employers for Diversity list Forbes has released its fourth annual America’s Best Employers For Diversity list, which shows that education and insurance firms like JLL and Aflac continue to lead on diversity, equity and inclusion. “Diversity is about three things: Diversity is a given, inclusion is a choice, equity is a goal. Belonging is our ultimate end point,” said Camille Chang Gilmore, vice president of human resources and global chief diversity officer for Boston Scientific, which ranked number eight on the list, which also included Marriott International , the only travel and leisure company on the list. Full Story: Forbes (tiered subscription model) (4/20)
A Society for Human Resource Management survey found 62% of Americans in the workforce oppose a government-mandated COVID-19 vaccination, although employee-mandated vaccinations received 52% support. Remote workers were more likely to back a government requirement than on-site workers. Full Story: Society for Human Resource Management (tiered subscription model) (4/20)
GM announces flexible work policy General Motors announced its "Work Appropriately" program Tuesday, an arrangement that will allow employees not needed on-site to continue working remotely. "This means that where the work permits, employees have the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals," said CEO Mary Barra. Full Story: CNBC (4/20),Reuters (4/20)
Raindrops are all relatively the same size throughout the galaxy, regardless of the liquid, according to findings published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Researchers used a new set of equations to figure out the size of drops coming from water rain on Earth, methane rain on Titan and WASP 76b's iron rain, among other forms of alien precipitation. Full Story: Science News (4/19)
Editor's Note
The evolution of DEI in the renewable energy industry The social justice movement that gathered momentum in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder forced many industries, including renewables, to take a long, hard look at their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. This podcast features (Kenneth) Labeja, the co-founder and CFO of Triple Oak Power, and Dareem David, director of finance at Primergy Solar. They are two Black men who have worked in renewables for a number of years and they share their insider perspectives on what the industry gets right, what it gets wrong and how it can get better. Full Story: Renewable Energy SmartPod (4/21)
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