The 2 types of professional respect Employees must receive two types of respect to feel valued: owed respect and earned respect, Marquette University professor Kristie Rogers writes. Owed respect is shared equally among all employees of an organization, while earned respect is conferred through individual recognition. Quartz (7/16),Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model) (July/August 2018)Chaotic leaders create attention, but at a cost Causing chaos is great for getting attention, but it creates fear and turnover while harming morale, writes Theodore Kinni. "These are leaders who have a fetish for defying expectations -- clearly, consistency is not their strong suit," he writes. Strategy+Business online (free registration) (7/19)
How to revamp your LinkedIn profile in under an hour One hour is enough time to update your profile photo on LinkedIn, update your previous jobs and add keywords to make your profile more attractive to recruiters, says Donna Serdula, creator of LinkedIn-Makeover.com. In that time, you can also update your skills and profile headline. Fast Company online (7/20)
The Landscape
Trump establishes council to boost job training President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to establish the National Council for the American Worker. The council, which has support from industry leaders, will be focused on improving training and education for US workers in an effort to fill more than 3.7 million jobs. CNBC (7/20),CNN (7/19)
Your Next Challenge
4 good reasons to pursue a side job A side job can help you test a new career path, gain knowledge and leadership skills and help you earn extra cash, Elissa Sangster writes. Consider starting a business, volunteering at a nonprofit or pursuing part-time or seasonal work. Forbes (7/18)
Practicing meditation and mindfulness helps with reflection and focusing attention on the present, which can improve work performance, advises Laura Hamill. These practices can help workers become more focused on tasks and make non-emotional decisions, and they allow the chance for creative thinking. U.S. News & World Report (7/19)
Spiked dinosaur skull belongs to new species A 76 million-year-old spiked dinosaur skull found in Utah belongs to a new species of ankylosaur, according to findings published online by PeerJ. The herbivore is likely descended from dinosaurs that came to North America from Asia at a time of low sea levels, researchers say. LiveScience (7/19)
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
John Stuart Mill, philosopher and political economist
