Today’s Tip Ensure You’re Paying Employees Fairly
| Today’s Tip Ensure You’re Paying Employees FairlyAs a leader, one of the most important questions you can — and should — ask yourself is: “Am I paying my employees fairly?” To answer this question, you may need to conduct a pay equity audit (PEA). This means comparing the pay of employees doing “like for like” work (accounting for reasonable differentials, such as work experience, credentials, and job performance), and investigating the causes of any pay differences that cannot be justified. If your organization is small (50+ employees), you may delegate this audit to HR. Or, if your organization is large (500+ employees), it may be a better practice to hire a consulting firm that specializes in pay and rewards. According to a 2019 study, most companies find that up to 5% of employees are eligible for an increase. Addressing pay inequity in your organization isn’t just a moral imperative; it’s crucial for your competitiveness, shareholder expectations, and legal compliance.This tip is adapted from “How to Identify — and Fix — Pay Inequality at Your Company,” by Amii Barnard-Bahn |
Stop Overthinking Big Decisions
| Today’s Tip |
| Stop Overthinking Big Decisions |
| Thoughtful deliberation is an essential leadership quality that can help you make better decisions and produce better outcomes. However, it can also devolve into overthinking, which can be paralyzing. Here are three ways to avoid a thought spiral that can slow you down: Curb your perfectionism. Perfectionism is one of the biggest blockers to swift decision-making, because it operates on faulty all-or-nothing thinking. To curb this tendency, ask yourself questions like: What’s one thing I could do today to bring me closer to my goal? Or what’s the next step based on the information I have right now?Pay attention to your intuition. When it comes to difficult decisions, your gut reaction is often an important data point, particularly when time is short or when you don’t have all the information you need. Research shows that pairing intuition with analytical thinking helps you make better, faster, and more accurate decisions and gives you more confidence in your choices than relying on intellect alone.Construct creative constraints. Determine a date or time by which you’ll make a choice. Put it in your calendar, set a reminder on your phone, or even contact the person who’s waiting for your decision and let them know when they can expect to hear from you. |
| This tip is adapted from “How to Stop Overthinking Everything,” by Melody Wilding |
4 Ways to Boost Your Productivity
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| 4 Ways to Boost Your Productivity |
| We’re all looking for ways to boost our productivity. The good news is that it’s an achievable goal. Here are a few proven strategies to help you get more done in less time: Plan your work around your internal clock. This means aligning the tasks that require the most brain power with your energy peaks throughout the day.Plan out tomorrow’s schedule tonight. When we write down what we intend to do, we’re far more likely to actually do it.Develop rituals for different kinds of work. This may mean doing a certain task in a particular workspace or at a particular time of the day.Avoid being 100% booked. If your calendar looks full, deliberately schedule time to do nothing. You can use this time as a buffer between meetings to tackle unexpected tasks that crop up during the day.Try at least one of these strategies this week, and notice any differences in your productivity. You got this! |
| This tip is adapted from “4 Ways to Get More Done in Less Time,” by Amantha Imber |
St. Valentine
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| St. Valentine of Rome (c. 270) was a priest who lived in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II. Little is known of his life with certainty, except that he ministered to Christians who were persecuted and imprisoned for their faith, and died a martyr. One account has it that the emperor banned all marriages and engagements in Rome, believing this was the reason Roman men were unwilling to serve in the army. Valentine defied this unjust decree and continued to perform marriages for lovers in secret. He was arrested, and while in prison he restored sight to his jailer’s blind daughter, causing the jailer and his entire extended household, forty-six people in total, to immediately convert to Christianity. Upon hearing this, Claudius ordered Valentine’s execution. St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended, and signed it “From Your Valentine.” He was beheaded on February 14th. St. Valentine is the patron of many causes including bee keepers, betrothed and engaged couples, lovers, love, happy marriages, and young people. His feast day is February 14th. |
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