People-First Leadership - Sept 26, 2019

Congratulations on your new job! Aside from your last week at a job, week one is the best week you will ever have there. Everyone will be nice to you. You’ll be introduced at every meeting. Instead of dumping work on you, people will “let you get settled.

Whether your adult child struggles to make decisions or you have a colleague who is terrified of rejection, you can likely think of a few people around who could benefit from building a little more mental muscle. It’s tough to watch someone you care about struggle.

From “always on” culture to everyday sad desk lunches, current workplace conditions have made burnout a hot topic. In a 2018 Gallup study of about 7,000 full-time workers, 23% reported feeling burnout at work very often or always, while 44% said they felt it some of the time.

Tigran is the Co-Founder/CEO of CodeSignal, an automated technical assessment platform which helps companies go beyond resumes in hiring. Why did you get an education? Chances are, it was to get a good job.

If you’re over 50, employed and getting a little jittery about the safety of your job due to the cooling economy, that’s understandable. Although the unemployment rate is still just 3.

There were times I had less than $100.00 in my bank account…for weeks. Instead of having my own apartment, I lived in a 10x10 dorm room because they let you live there without putting money down and added the bill to your student account.

Implicit Biases, those automatic thought processes that aid in the efficiency and speed with which you can process information?

Nothing is more costly to an organization’s culture than a toxic employee. Research shows that rudeness is like the common cold — it’s contagious, spreads quickly, and anyone can be a carrier.

The most important lesson I’ve learned about creativity didn’t come from something I read, but rather something I saw.