Human beings need social connections to thrive. Being a part of a strong networks can protect our wellbeing when we’re faced with difficulties in life. Is technology to blame for our loneliness? And how volunteering is a powerful way to stop being lonely.
The Anxious Generation shows how smartphones, social media, and helicopter parenting have led to a decline in young people’s mental health and offers actionable solutions to help both our kids and ourselves become mature, emotionally stable adults.
Most people do not think that it is a good idea to get too friendly with a colleague. I grew up reading Spy vs Spy in MAD magazine. The white spy and the dark spy are continuously trying to outwit each other. Life has not changed. Yet this is a lost opportunity to create meaning at work. I read Gianpiero Petriglieri article on How to Make Better Friends at Work and thought I share the gems.
India is one of the most hashtag#sleep deprived countries in the world.
If you have an important meeting or exam the next day, make sure you get 8-10 hours of sleep the previous day.
And if you have a colleague who tells you that they can get by with 3-4 hours of sleep, share this post with them.
Culture Building for hashtag#remoteteams
I was invited by LinkedIn News India to join Pallavi Pareek (She/They) and Ankit Vengurlekar (he/him) to discuss this topic. This is a special edition of my hashtag#newsletter
Three Ms That Matter (The other two are explained in the newsletter)
Mental Health: This matters HUGELY in case of a remote work culture. Build the skills of the managers to recognise emotions like grief, stress, burnout etc.
Globally, an estimated 264 million people suffer from depression, one of the leading causes of disability. Many of these people suffer from symptoms of anxiety. 48% of employees report experiencing high to extreme stress over the past year
When an employee quits, the manager offers more money. That reinforces exactly what the employees suspected. The relationship is purely transactional. They believe that they are just another factor of production
