Dates covered: August 20-26, 2018 (week 34 of 52)
Business
- NewTV Is the Antithesis of a Lean Startup. Can It Work? (via Harvard Business Review)
- A Closer Look at How the Opioid Epidemic Affects Employment (via Harvard Business Review)
- Balancing Two Types of Company Performance (via Harvard Business Review)
- Research: When the Economy Is Good, Employers Demand Fewer Credentials (via Harvard Business Review)
- What Would It Take to Get Businesses to Focus Less on Shareholder Value? (via Harvard Business Review)
Career
- Exactly what to say when recruiters ask you to name the first number… and other negotiation word-for-words (via Software Lead Weekly)
Communication
- When Is Teamwork Really Necessary? (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to Email Someone You Haven’t Talked to in Forever (shift the perspective, acknowledge absence, watch the tone, give an out, offer to reciprocate, show appreciation, stay in contact) (via Harvard Business Review)
- Why You Should Put a Little More Thought into Your Out-of-Office Message (via Harvard Business Review)
Culture
- A More Humane Approach to Firing People (via Harvard Business Review)
- Don’t Fail Fast: Fail Mindfully (via TED)
- How HR and Judges Made It Almost Impossible for Victims of Sexual Harassment to Win in Court (via Harvard Business Review)
Leadership
- Knowing what motivates you as a leader is essential to being good at it (via The Software Mentor)
- What to Do When You Realize You Made a Bad Hire (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to Recruit and Hire When You Need to Move Fast (via Software Lead Weekly)
Process
- How to Help Your Spouse Cope with Work Stress (via Harvard Business Review)
- Boost Your Emotional Intelligence with These 3 Questions (how do others see you vs. how do you see yourself, what matters to you, how will you achieve your goals) (via Harvard Business Review)
- 36 Ways To Hire, Develop, and Retain Great People (via The Software Mentor)
- Collaboration without Burnout (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to Hand Off an Innovation Project from One Team to Another (via Harvard Business Review)
- To Make a Change at Work, Tell Yourself a Different Story (via Harvard Business Review)
- Get out of your head: how to quiet your thoughts (via Software Lead Weekly)
Software development
- The Role Of Affordance In Software Design (via The Software Mentor)
- Code Review Review is the Manager’s Job (via Software Lead Weekly)
Technology
- 3 Kinds of Jobs That Will Thrive as Automation Advances (creators, composers, coaches) (via Harvard Business Review)