Are remote meetings making teams dumber? | Decline in teller jobs could limit bank career pathways | Federal government ordered to assess diversity efforts
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Carbon emissions linked to commuting and office operations fell during the pandemic largely thanks to teleworking, but new research from the Carbon Trust indicates the practice isn't necessarily "green." Working from home still requires power, and associated emissions vary depending on local energy supplies. Areas with ample renewables can expect to see emissions fall, while the opposite is true in communities reliant on fossil fuels. Full Story: Energy Monitor (6/28)
A Carnegie Mellon study suggests that audio-only interactions may prevent the erosion of team intelligence that too many videoconference calls may cause, writes Adi Gaskell. Other researchers have discovered that visual and audio cues are both needed to effectively collaborate, meaning leaders need to be selective about how and when they use video versus audio, writes Gaskell. Full Story: The Horizons Tracker (6/28)
US banks employed 24% fewer tellers in the past 10 years, a trend that could result in fewer pathways to career growth in banking for women, who hold four out of five teller positions. Some of the industry's top executives got their start as tellers, with former Wells Fargo Chair Betsy Duke noting: "I wouldn't have been a banker without it. I wouldn't have had the career that I had." Full Story: Bloomberg (6/28)
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The Landscape
Federal government ordered to assess diversity efforts The federal government must create diversity standards that include accessibility and equity for federal employees and submit that plan within 150 days, according to an executive order issued last week. The order also requires employee credentials for non-conforming, non-binary and transgender employees to reflect their current name and pronoun preference, and the order compels agencies to engage in more diversity training. Full Story: Federal Computer Week (6/27)
An in-depth look at America's racial wage gap The educational attainment gap may have narrowed in the last 40 years between Black and white Americans, but the wage gap hasn't, and economic experts have been examining to what extent racism is to blame when compared to other factors. Black employees who have the same education as white workers earn around 20% less, per the Economic Policy Institute, and economics professor Darrick Hamilton says, "Race is a deciding factor." Full Story: The New York Times (6/28)
Balancing Yourself
Career coach says burnout is different from stress Stress can come and go, but burnout can be difficult to detect because it progresses gradually. Symptoms of burnout include reduced sleep and insomnia, feeling overwhelmed, a sense of alienation, fatigue, feeling ineffective, loss of happiness and anxiety or depression. "We don't become burned out after a couple of rough days, and unlike being stressed, burnout feels like there's no hope," writes career coach Rachel Montanez. Full Story: Forbes (tiered subscription model) (6/24)
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