How to make development part of your regular meetings | Why leaders must identify and live into their values | Tech can make video calls more productive
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Incorporate leadership development into regular meetings by having each team member do a presentation about their strengths, asking others to find ways to incorporate that behavior and reporting on their progress in future meetings, writes Dan Rockwell. "High performing team members crave development," Rockwell writes.
Creating a shared sense of values across a company begins with leaders who clearly identify and communicate them but also are quick to mete out consequences when those values are violated, writes Naphtali Hoff. Help your team identify and live in to those values by presenting them in meetings and giving them scenarios to show them how leading from values works in any given workplace situation, Hoff writes.
Many of us are spending more time looking into webcams these days, and Logitech's latest series of models offer some tempting features if you're thinking of upgrading: 1080p video quality, privacy shutters, and smart optimization software.
The pandemic did a number on the education sector, but this raw and heartfelt podcast delves into how some of the biggest challenges teachers face have been around since long before anyone had ever heard of COVID. With all the talk of "quiet quitting" going on in other professions, what would happen if every teacher suddenly (and quietly) decided to only work hard enough to satisfy their contract.
It's best to keep social media profiles private unless your job is related to your mere presence, writes Kim Key. In this tutorial, Key suggests creating a special email address for social media log-ins and provides step-by-step privacy advice for each platform.
The traditional Italian method for preparing pasta involves cooking it boiling water and keeping the lid off the pot throughout the process. With Italians feeling the pain from an energy shortage, some experts (including a Nobel prize-winning physicist) have suggested a different method: cooking the pasta in boiling water for just two minutes with the lid on, then turning off the gas and leaving the lid on while letting the pasta cook for a minute longer than the recommended cooking duration. While admitting the alternative method might conserve gas, some of Italy's most famous chefs are crying foul and saying the resulting pasta is non buono.