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Worth Reading – Companies that roll back DEI don’t perform better financially, study says

Mike McBride — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:15:19 +0000

I feel like we knew this, and that the entire thing was just performative, not based on any kind of data: “Large corporations appear to have folded under pressure for no financial gain,” a public policy scholar wrote. https://www.hrdive.com/news/companies-dei-roll-back-dei-performance-uc-berkeley/828590/ Some people have been screaming from the rafters for years that diversity programs meant hiring unqualified...

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Shared Links (bi-weekly) Sept.6, 2026

Mike McBride — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 22:37:19 +0000

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Worth Reading – Rest Is Part of the Work: Why Recovery Can’t Be Something We Earn

Mike McBride — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:34:37 +0000

The human body and brain work best when rest and recovery are part of the schedule. It really is that simple. When we constantly try to "earn" the right to rest, we do a disservice to ourselves. It is part of us.

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Worth Reading – Unspoken Expectations are the Costliest Thing a Leader Never Says

Mike McBride — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:43:49 +0000

The post above points out that it's not as simple as communicating more; it's also about communicating better and making it clear where the employee is empowered to make the decision for themself and where they are not. That's the tricky part. Many of your folks may not feel empowered because you never made it clear that they were, so they don't make decisions that they should on their own, while others feel empowered beyond what they are and make decisions they shouldn't. That simply means the lines have not been clearly communicated, and that's a problem that won't fix itself.

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Worth Reading – How to Be Successful: The Power of Connection

Mike McBride — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:32:19 +0000

I cannot emphasize this enough: people do not just "know" about the work you do. You have to connect with them and show them.

Also, if you're a manager, you should highlight the work your people do and connect them with people inside and outside the organization. If connection is key to success, don't you want your team to succeed?

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Worth Reading – AI is Forcing Organisations to ask Data Governance questions they have avoided for years

Mike McBride — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:39:51 +0000

That's exactly why IG professionals have been telling us to clean up our data. Too many people didn't, and as mentioned in the link above, every AI meeting ends up being about governance.

We did our future selves a disservice by ignoring these questions for years, and now we have to either pay the piper or increase the risk exponentially by letting AI loose on this data.

What governance conversations are you having now thanks to AI?

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Shared Links (bi-weekly) Aug. 23, 2026

Mike McBride — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:06:59 +0000

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Worth Reading – Do employees feel comfortable talking to HR about mental health?

Mike McBride — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:09:39 +0000

There's that word, trust, again. Your employees aren't going to talk to you about their mental health; they are not going to use your employee assistance program, and they're not going to ask for the things that might help them be successful at work because they don't trust you.

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Does Anyone Believe Meta Will Do This Well?

Mike McBride — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:53:51 +0000

This is the same company that has been accused of serving beauty ads to young women after it detected that they had deleted a selfie from their phones, and also of selling that to advertisers as a business model.

The same company that refuses to take down obviously dangerous and false information in the interest of "free speech absolutism" wants us to believe that it will protect people from online harassment now when it's content created with their glasses specifically to stalk and harass them?

Sorry, Adam, you don't get that kind of benefit of the doubt.

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How Many Managers Can’t Give Feedback?

Mike McBride — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:31:23 +0000

Far too many managers are promoted, but still doing their old job. They're really just team leads but expected to act as managers without the resources to do so. When you're in a situation where you're drowning like that, talent development is the last thing on your mind, and in the case of more than half of the workers surveyed, it shows.

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