BTW, this is all based on the authority you hold in your domain. If you're a baller, you're going to ask permission less than the average person. Do you think Chris Sacca is asking for double opt-in when he makes introductions? - Asking for permission seems to make sense, unless there's so much value to the introduction that it couldn't be called into question. when people made introductions without asking him. That gave me pause, and I started asking that person before I introduced people to him (average of one to two per year ..read more

Posted at 08:21 AM in , so people think I'm cranking it out in the morning “Please know that I respect boundaries around personal time. If you receive an email from me during your personal time, please protect your time and wait to respond until you are working. It’s important that we all prioritize joy over email whenever possible.” . Ah! The evolved manager related to after-hours emails. This manager says the following: "I'm here kicking ass after hours, but I'm aware that culturally, people are starting to be criticized for work/life balance signals with off- hours emails. I'm using 'send l ..read more

Posted at 11:23 AM in   The internal PR team also went into BHAG mode as evidenced by another passage in Chaos Monkeys: . The network was launched on June 28, 2011, in an attempt to challenge other social networks, linking other Google products like Gmail, . The service, Google's fourth foray into social networking, experienced strong growth in its initial years, although usage statistics varied, depending on how the service was defined.  , events, location tagging, and the ability to edit and upload photos to private cloud-based albums ..read more

Posted at 12:56 PM in (Testing for a complete devotion to development and low ego related to hiring people who have the potential to be as good as or better than they are.) Who have you managed in your career that you now consider your peer ..read more

) and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review (   and me (KD) come together to discuss the topic of whether geriatric millennials are coming to save the world or not! Posted at 08:08 AM in click this link if you don’t see the player ..read more

Think about those things, Microsoft. And maybe stop sending me wellness emails at 1:27am—if you're going to preach to me about reading emails past working hours. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. High performers everywhere work harder than average performers 99% of the time. While MyAnalytics makes broad recommendations to cover well-being, a braver tool would not only cover well-being but would give some line of sight for where you fall in these measurements in your company, which makes the guidance culture-specific. That guidance would go something like this: "Hey Kris, you're answering 75 ..read more

Posted at 10:14 AM in Turns out, simply talking to candidates about showing up and how others have ghosted you is a great way to increase your show rate. It's behavioral science, if someone commits after you ask them for a specific commitment, they're much less like likely to blow you or your hiring manager off ..read more

False positives when you hire suck. "False Positives" is the fancy way to say, "Damn, I missed again." While there's no silver bullet, adding an assessment layer can help. The Assessment Profile of a High-Performing Recruiter , outlines everything we've learned about using an assessment to hire the best recruiters and prevent false positive hires. Download this paper and you'll get the following ..read more

Posted at 11:58 AM in Gallup says employing people and making them hate you is a bad idea earlier in August. This is undoubtedly the harshest way to deal with employees when you want them to get vaccinated ..read more

Consider this from our friends at SHRM , who above all else LOVE A GOOD LEGAL UPDATE: --Zodiac Sign: Scorpio (actually Taurus, but Scorpio sounds super credible) Posted at 12:24 PM in ..read more