3 Updates and What You Should Read
3 things I'm up too and what you should read
Welcome, and thank you to all who are reading along. I’ve got three updates this week, as well as some links to things you should check out.
1. The Career Values Workshop
This week,
from and I Co-Hosted our Career Values Workshop. I find that Values are one of those things that most people directionally agree are important but are hard to pin down and operationalize.Having an hour to think through thoughtful questions, develop some ideas, and get some feedback from peers is a great step to identifying what your values might be and how you can integrate them into your work and life. Thank you to those of you who joined us, and thank you to Julia for partnering on this.
2.The Multi-Generational Workforce
This week, I was in Sacramento with the California CPA Society presenting on the multi-generational workforce and how to attract and retain talent in today’s workplace. In addition to my presentation, I also moderated panel of young professionals and the audience of leaders got hear directly on what it’s like to advance and grow in today’s workplace, as well as advice to leaders in the accounting field of what it takes to build a company and culture that people want to work in.
I’ve written some thoughts on what I highlight in my talks (here) but one of the things that I keep coming back to is that if you are a leader of an organization who is in charge of leading others, your ability to deliver on the promise of your employee value proposition/attract & retain talent is directly correlated to how willing you are to understand how different people in your org experience work and how different that is from your own lived experience.
This doesn’t mean that you have to cave to demands, or cater to a population or generation, but rather, acknowledge and accept that updating your priors and thinking differently create better outcomes for everyone.
Oh, and fun fact: Did you know that the over 75+ employees is the fastest growing demographic in the workforce today? For as much as we talk about the youngest generation (we always do that) there’s a business case for talking about some of the older workers.
Source: Bain & Co
3. How I Create Quality Content for LinkedIn
At the end of last year, LinkedIn reached out to me to ask if I would be open to creating some videos for their Linkedin Creator LinkedIn Page about my process for creating content and using LinkedIn. The first video is now live and available for the world to see. While I have done a lot of different formats of media I have to admit that video is really hard! I have so much respect for video content creators because it takes so many different skills to put something like this together.
It was incredibly humbling to film this, there were so many mistakes, outtakes and curse words (ask my wife, who witnessed it…) that went through the process of filming this but I’m grateful for how it turned out. Without their help, I could not have done this on my own, full stop. I don’t think video will become a major portion of what I do, but I’m grateful for the opportunity and glad that I learned some new skills. Next time you watch your favorite video creator, make sure to show their content some love.
Things You Should Check Out
Here’s a roundup of some things that I think are worth checking out:
Career Growth:
- Ethan is a former VP at Amazon and the author behind . This interview he did on ‘s podcast (Spotify, Apple) is a must listen for anyone who is actively looking to advance and grow in their role and career right now. Over the past 15 years, I’ve studied, read, and consumed all of the popular career development experts and thought leaders, and have made contributions of my own. It’s very hard to find career advice that is universally actionable (which is why I try to focus on principles and practices) but Ethan does a pretty good job in this episode.Communities for HR and People Professionals:
- Lars recently launched his Amplify Talent Community. Lars is an HR Leader and OG of Community building. If you’re in the HR/Talent/People profession and looking for a community of peers so that you can advance in your career, build your social capital, or just be more connected please consider joining his community. I appreciate people who do the work of cultivating relationships and creating conditions for others to succeed, which is why I’m a big fan of Lars and his work.Conferences for HR & People Professionals: The Transform Conference - I’m going to do a post later this year on why and how I select conferences to attend, but before then I’m going to give a shoutout to the Transform Conference which is held in Las Vegas from March 11th-13th. If you work in talent or HR, this is a great conference to attend and connect with others in this space who are thinking differently about talent and HR. Furthermore, this year, The Edge of Work will be a partner for the event, and I’ll be there connecting with leaders and broadcasting live. Part of why I’ve chosen to attend and partner is because I believe that while this is a conference they really are building a community and working to connect people who want to connect and build relationships. All of those things are important to me, as I think that’s how the profession advances and evolves. If this resonates with you, make sure to join us, and feel free to sign up using my link where you’ll save $200 bucks. (Link Here)
Writing About Work:
Paul’s a great writer, thinker, creator and human. His most recent piece on The Coffee Badging Resistance is hilarious and spot on. Paul is a great thinker on work, (check out our interview)
That’s all for now.
Have a great week!
Al
So great to collaborate on the Values Workshop! What a meaningful experience for us and the attendees.