Office Politics Getting You Down? Here's How to Survive... and Thrive — Alli Polin | Break The Frame Office politics are like a dirty word. We say it while cringing and it’s usually accompanied by a barely perceptible eye roll. Often, when people are asked how they describe office politics, the first word that comes to mind is painful. Oh, and stressful. Not to mention nasty… Quick! Last week, we had someone I didn’t know well over for dinner, and when I asked him about work, he said, “It’s good. It’s not something new to hear that the worst part of working for a company is the politics. Like your job and your company but just wish the politics would disappear? Don’t Remain Heads Down (if I don’t see it, it doesn’t exist) Yes, it’s a good thing to be a focused hard worker. Stop Testing the Waters – do you agree with me? Some people will throw out breadcrumbs and see if you pick them up. Make Friends With People You Like and Respect You don’t have to ingratiate yourself to the office bully to survive office politics. Avoid Taking Sides (and don’t take all sides) Live the Golden Rule
You are never truly vegan writes farmer Matthew Evans : News | The CEO Magazine For every 75 hectares of peas, 1,500 animals die each year, including possums, wallabies, ducks and deer, not to mention rodents, writes Matthew Evans. By Ian Horswill Posted on July 9, 2019 Being vegan means you think that animals are not killed in the production of what you eat. However Matthew Evans, a former food critic who now calls himself a gourmet farmer and restauranteur, says that notion is simply untrue. In his new book, On Eating Meat: The Truth About Its Production And The Ethics Of Eating It, Evans writes the uncomfortable truth that animals die regardless of whether we choose to eat meat or not. “It’s quite possible that eating less meat might mean less suffering. “When you eat, you’re never truly vegan. He says about 40,000 ducks are killed each year to protect rice production in Australia; that a billion mice are poisoned every year to protect wheat in Western Australia alone, and apple growers can kill up to 120 possums a year to protect their orchards.
How lab heads can learn to lead New principal investigators (PIs) tend to be thrust into a role that includes administration and management, budgeting, lab infrastructure, mentoring and — perhaps most difficult — shepherding junior scientists to achieve their full potential. Many researchers receive little training in leadership skills to help them adapt. And the problem is not limited to just new PIs. In Nature’s 2017 survey of PhD students, one-quarter of the respondents were dissatisfied with their adviser’s guidance on research, and only one-third said that their supervisors gave useful advice about non-academic careers. Nature asked leadership experts what lessons other industries can offer to help scientists become more-effective PIs. PETER HIRST: Treat science like a business Associate dean of executive education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management in Cambridge. There are ways to measure the impact of your work and to improve the return on resources you’re putting in.
You can now go to prison in Canada for providing raw milk. Seriously As Canada ambles along towards the day when its prisons will empty of people who did nothing more heinous than possess marijuana, the province of Ontario appears eager to fill its empty jail cells with individuals whose so-called crime was distributing raw milk. On Jan. 5, 2018, Justice P. W. Sutherland of Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice imposed an injunction in a case called Downing v. As is often the case when raw milk makes headlines, the case involved farmer Michael Schmidt, who has campaigned for decades for the legal right to fill the niche market for unpasteurized milk and cheese. So if you’re reading this article, and you’re among the probably hundreds of Ontarians who distribute unpasteurized milk or milk products, then you should stop reading immediately, try to forget everything you’ve read so far, or at least never admit to having read it. But that won’t be the only unintended consequence of the order. Schmidt’s operation has a 25-year history of safety.
Leading change: The nonsense of urgency – Woodland Decay Post in 40 words Creating urgency has become synonymous with leading change to the detriment of individuals, organizations, and societies. The more leaders create these artificial crises, the less we trust and engage with our leaders and the less effective their change leadership becomes. Introduction The sense of urgency on a major organizational change was famously likened to a burning platform (Conner, 1998). How did Kotter encourage a sense of urgency? Kotter (2008) devoted a book to change leaders creating this sense of urgency, which was the third of Kotter’s (1996/2012) eight leading change steps. Visible crises can be enormously helpful in catching people’s attention and pushing up urgency levels. Whereas, Andy jumped from the burning platform because it was a case of ‘jump or fry’, Kotter (1996) appears to pre-empt the fire with the change leader encouraged to engineer a sense of urgency so that the ‘building seems to be on fire.’ Why is change urgency problematic? Further Reading
Feminist journalist banned from Twitter for writing 'men aren't women' speaks out | The Christian Post The feminist journalist Twitter permanently suspended last week for writing such things as "men aren't women," is urging everyone to speak out regarding transgender activism and big tech censorship. The social media giant, she notes, seems to have a particular problem with women who dissent from the claims of transactivists and they unfairly hijack the dialogue about these issues. Meghan Murphy, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based founder and editor of the independent website Feminist Current, has never shied away from criticizing and asking questions about transgender ideology, often highlighting the threat it poses to women's rights. Yet in recent months, efforts to silence her have notably increased. "It’s about a cultish movement that is flexing its muscle on campuses, in civic organizations, at public events, and in the back offices of social-media companies, to strike down anyone who dares point out that the gender emperor wears no clothes. All of it is scary and dangerous.
The Test Every Great Leader Must Pass Are you a good leader? A great leader? How can you even know? You can take the test…….. Most leaders are too busy to spend much time reflecting on that question, but it really is important to check in once in a while—especially if results, achievement and excellence are important to you. Whether you’re a CEO, a vice president, director, team leader, neighborhood association leader, or parent, you can become a much more effective leader if you keep yourself on track. Do you have concise and compelling vision? Have you identified your role and responsibilities? Do you have strategies and goals? Are you decisive in solving critical challenges? Do you communicate often and with clarity? Do you lead with positivity and enthusiasm? Do you work on developing others? Do you treat failure as a teacher? Do you show appreciation to others? Do you lead by example? How did you score? Lead From Within: We don’t know who we are until we see what we can do. buy now Additional Reading you might enjoy:
How reviving traditional farming helped Kerala tribal communities become healthy Due to poverty and dependence on government rations, the communities had become malnourished and prone to several non-communicable diseases. But they soon realised that the solution to their woes was in their past. Three years ago, officials of the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary at Idukki in Kerala conducted a medical camp for the tribal natives residing in the sanctuary. While the officials were expecting to see widespread malnutrition and related ailments, the final results of the camp, they say, left them saddened and in pain. Many residents were not just afflicted with diseases like anaemia and goitre, there was also a high prevalence of non-communicable diseases like high cholesterol, high blood-pressure and diabetes. The doctors told officials that the very existence of the tribes was at risk. “We held further enquiries and found that most of the tribal people survived on under-nutritious food and black tea. The rebirth of their agriculture Recognition for tribal people
I Cut My Weekly Goals In Half And Got Twice As Much Done We live in the age of FOMO, which extends beyond possessions and experiences to achievements. I like to think that I don’t fall to those traps, but the truth is, I do. When I think about what I want to have achieved by the end of the year, month, week, or day, I always try to do more than what I can realistically handle, and then feel disappointed when I’ve only achieved two out of eight. Related: Setting This Vague Daily Goal Totally Transformed My Productivity But the end of the year is a great time to get rid of bad work habits. Why We Set Too Many Goals Cutting your goals in half seems to be such a simple concept–but despite being prone to excessive goal setting most of my adult life, I never even thought about doing this. Of course, being optimistic and confident can be a good thing, but the downside of that is that for the perfectionists among us, we get super excited at the start. Related: The Secret To Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution I Was Forced To Be Ruthless And Prioritize