This weekend we cover articles on leading under stress, the positive effects of recognition, and the ongoing dialog of remote work post COVID. In addition, take a look at my book notes on Money: Master the Game. Enjoy!
Management
An HBR article discusses the different selves within your psyche—your child self, your defender self, and your adult self. How to understand and leverage these different selves when leading, and to recognize how we can use these most effectively when reacting to perceived threats.
Another HBR article reviews the positive effects genuine recognition can have on morale. So long as it isn’t done in place of fair compensation or given in a fake or generic way.
Psychology
As I had previously discussed in my article on post quarantine thoughts, this re-opening is causing a lot of anxiety. As Fatherly discusses, Anticipatory Anxiety has become very prevalent in light of all the ongoing turmoil we’ve been facing over the past year.
Remote Work
Google recently announced changes to their remote work philosophy. As Yahoo Finance points out, Google was once the stalwart of having the ultimate work-in-office experience to incentivize employees to work harder in the office. This shift in Google’s remote work thinking going forward signals the larger trends on the horizon for how companies may continue to embrace remote work more permanently.