Leaders can take days off without worry when they've delegated responsibilities, have a backup workflow plan and have built a high level of trust, writes Calendar CEO John Rampton. "In short, by allowing your team to work however and whenever they please, without fear of you looking over their shoulders, they'll be engaged and motivated with their work," Rampton writes.
Imposter syndrome is a natural part of many people's career journeys but doesn't have to dominate you, writes Alaina Love, who cites advice from CEO and entrepreneur coach Alisa Cohn. "One way to counteract the negative mind chatter is to replace it with a new narrative in which you see yourself positively," Love writes.
Having parents who were a blend of fearlessness and grace helped former WNBA President Laurel Richie deal effectively with discrimination, find mentors and give back to colleagues, she says. "Do the work -- whether that's education, self-reflection, networking -- and get yourself ready for when an opportunity arises," she says.
First Lady Jill Biden has started a personal crusade to help boost the employment prospects of military spouses, calling attention to the issue and urging employers to make affirmative efforts to hire them and offer accommodations such as remote work. "Our military isn't going to be able to keep our best and brightest if they have to choose between their love of family and their love of country," Biden said, noting that the unemployment rate among military spouses is seven times the national average.
These infographics are always fascinating. It's amazing to think MacKenzie Scott has given away $8.5 billion and she still sits at No. 2 on the list. It was also somewhat surprising that Oprah is worth only $2.1 billion.
More than 3.5 million employees who are married left the workforce between February and October this year, more than accounting for the 3 million drop in labor participation during the time period, according to a study by Barclays. "We think that this reflects the fact that 'co-insurance' from being in a dual-earner household provides greater scope for sidelined spouses to be more circumspect about re-entering the labor market," the report says.
An increase in COVID-19 cases and uncertainty about federal vaccine requirements are delaying some employers' office reopening plans, while companies such as Allstate and Salesforce are emphasizing employee choice in where they work. "The 'return-to-office' dates, for me, are irrelevant," says Brent Hyder, president and chief people officer at Salesforce.
The documentary film "My Octopus Teacher" sparked renewed interest in how octopuses navigate life under the sea; so much so that researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute set about trying to determine how smart octopuses are. It turns out the size of an octopus' brain sometimes depends on where it lives. Octopuses that live deep in the ocean have smaller brains than octopuses that live on reefs. Meanwhile, officials in the UK have declared that octopuses (and crabs and lobsters) are now considered sentient beings because they can feel pain.
