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According to a McKinsey study, 89% of employees believe that psychological safety is essential in the workplace. Coined by Amy Edmondson in a 1999 journal article, "Psychological safety means an absence of interpersonal fear. When psychological safety is present, people are able to speak up with work-relevant content." Meeting regularly 1:1 with your employees will provide the space to create psychological safety. However, it will only happen if your employees know that it is okay to fail, ask questions, and challenge the status quo. #oneonone?#professionaldevelopment?#managers

In a 2019 survey of 4,000 people on LinkedIn, only 5% of people presumed a doctor to be female, despite the fact that today physicians are as likely to be female as male. Did you catch that? The actual numbers are 50/50 but we assume 5%. That number drops to only 2% for those over the age of 55, highlighting that this is a legacy idea that we need to continue to battle. The more aware we are of these biases, the more we will be able to fight them. #genderbias?#professionaldevelopment?#humanresources

It is very easy for one "credible" source to go viral with incorrect information and with mixed information out there we are at risk of confirmation bias, which is when you think you know the answer to something and so any evidence proving you are right will further solidify your opinion. Unfortunately, the bias at play keeps you from seeing any evidence contrary to what you want to believe. In today's world, when you are presented with any piece of information, I encourage you to be as curious as you can for as long as you can. History is deeper than a five minute google search, and we are missing out on so much of the story if we settle for the top of the feed. #confirmationbias?#growthmindset?#becurious

Several years ago, I decided to turn off all notifications on my phone. To this day, I do not get alerts when someone texts me or emails me. I don't see any numbers over my email icon telling me how much is waiting for me. I even go through big spans of my day where my phone is on silent. Before I did this, my entire life was one big reaction to the world around me and it was killing me. The best parts of myself went to whatever was the loudest and the most important people and projects in my life got the scraps. This reactive response to life is something that has emerged with technology and endless research tells us how it is draining our productivity. If you are on a team where people are expected to respond the instant you message them, then your people are set up for failure. While some job functions may require this, most of them do not and when people are constantly reacting to fires, they don't have any time to work toward preventing them. On the other hand, when we block time on our calendar, we are able to have focused portions of our day dedicated to specific tasks which increases effectiveness. Answering email for 30 minutes and then focusing on a project for 30 minutes will garner better results than 60 minutes on a project consistently interrupted by email. If you aren't already, try to get in the habit of blocking your calendar. Don't just put "focus time" but rather block it for the specific task you intend to work on which will help you stay focused on top priority initiatives. #habits?#focustime?#professionaldevelopment

Whether we are aware of it or not, we are hardwired to be kinder and more supportive of people that are like us. Adam Grant shares proof in his book Give and Take, with the experiment involving Manchester United soccer fans. In the experiment, a group of people were brought to a room where they thought they were participating in a study about being a Manchester United fan. When they left the first "study", the real study took place as they walked from one building to another and passed by a runner on a nearby track who slipped and fell. As the runner screamed in pain and held his ankle, the psychologists wanted to know if anyone would help. The results? It depended on the t-shirt the person was wearing. Only 33% helped him when he had on a plain white t-shirt, compared to a whopping 92% when he had on a Manchester United Jersey. We will always have a little bias toward people that are like us and taking action is not just about trying to fight it, but to decrease the impact by ensuring we have things like diverse hiring committees and anonymous job applications. #bias?#humanresources?#professionaldevelopment

I used to take pride in the fact that I was very good at multitasking. I would listen to a podcast, while cooking dinner, cleaning the kitchen, and answering work messages all at the same time. What's funny is that I can’t even sing in the shower and remember if I already conditioned or not, so why would I ever think I can successfully multitask and still be on top of my game? This way of working has become a source of pride among the busy. As it turns out though, they are probably getting less done than someone with a more balanced, focused schedule because what we think is multitasking is actually just diluted, less focused and therefore less productive work. There is an answer though to getting more done in the time you have: instead of multitasking, try multipurposing. Multipurposing is doing two things at once that require different cognitive resources. By stacking tasks that require different cognitive functions, you can gain some time back in your day without losing any of your smarts for the main task at hand. For me, the biggest stacking I do is with my exercise. A lot of my job requires me being on top of my game when it comes to research and digital transformation, something that's changing constantly and therefore requires constant upkeep. Riding an exercise bike in my basement is something I can easily do while still reading a book about change management. Or I can go for a walk and listen to a podcast or audiobook. With that being said, there are days when mindless exercise won't cut it for me and my body wants the full focus of pushing myself. On days like that, I don't multipurpose, I give my body what it needs. Other tasks I like to stack: -Cleaning the house while listening to an audiobook/podcast -Catching up on work chat messages or emails while riding a bike or walking -Catching up on the "social" side of work (engaging in applications like Viva Engage) while laying out and getting some Vitamin D #productivitytips?#healthyhabits?#professionaldevelopment

Did you know young girls begin life believing they can be anything? They begin life believing it and then it is taught out of them. Despite all our progress, the next generation of young girls are still being wrongly influenced to believe that brilliance does not belong to them. The first step to combating this type of?#genderbias, is to be aware that it exists. In a study I learned from?#carolinecriadoperez, young girls were asked to participate in an activity that was only for "really, really smart" kids. When the participants were just five years old, they jumped at the chance to do the activity. Then, when they turned six, they no longer were interested. So, what's the change? Why did one year of school impact how smart a little girl thought she was? In a different study, children were asked to draw scientists. When they began school, the percentages of male to female scientists were roughly equal. As they progressed through their education, drawings of male scientists began to outnumber the female scientists. According to Perez, "By the age of 14, children are drawing 4 times as many male scientists as female scientists." Again, what’s the change? In yet another study, adult participants were shown pictures of male and female science faculty at elite US universities. They discovered that the appearance of the man in the picture has no impact on the likelihood that he would be judged as a scientist. "When it came to women however, the more stereotypically feminine they looked, the less likely it was that people would think they were a scientist." Whether we are five or fifty, it seems that the stories we are being told and the images we are seeing as we go through school and life, are subtly teaching all women that brilliance does not belong to us; at the rare occasion when it does, we need to sacrifice our femininity to earn it. This is wrong. Women are brilliant and they can be brilliant in any way, shape, or form. #womensupportingwomen?#womenempoweringwomen

When this sentence is viewed without context, one might assume that the problem lies with the worker. One might possibly think that working from home is the distraction; people need to be in the office where we can make sure they are getting their work done. When we read on, however, we discover "some of the underlying factors at the root of wasted time at work include unnecessary commuting time, endless meetings that could have been conducted in another format, time spent browsing social media while at work, procrastinating, and disorganized workspaces." This is not a "we need to be in the office" thing, this is a "we need to stop wasting people's time" thing. While the average employee may spend 12% of their time browsing social media, 51% of their time is wasted with tasks that have little to no value: 13% spent on unnecessary commuting, 16% in unnecessary meetings, and 23% on unnecessary emails. With the 37% of time left over to focus on priorities, chances of being productive are slim with the average office worker being interrupted every six minutes. With open floor plans and all your coworkers just a ping away, these statistics are not surprising. Perhaps businesses would save a little money if they spent less time on RTO efforts and a little more time on clarifying objectives and protecting focus time. #timemanagement?#professionaldevelopment #leadership Source: https://lnkd.in/g6jHZZaS Source: https://lnkd.in/e478ziku?

I once had a managing director tell me - as he stared out of his office at the sea of depressing, gray cubicles - that he liked being in the office so he could "see the work getting done." Don't be that person. Don't try to guarantee outcomes through control and micromanagement. Clarifying objectives, protecting focus time, and empowering your people is a far better strategy for team success. #RTO #WorkFromHome #leadership