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n the times are always a changin but if you buy into the rhetoric of certain practitioners of management speak then you d think that the impetus for change occurs at those magic moments when they happen to be in charge strategic planning all too often a time sucking bridge to nowhere 2011 link here my friends in management consulting may toss me out of the visitor s lounge for saying this but two words uttered together send a chill up my spine strategic planning organizations should engage in smart inclusive planning and evaluation but there s something about mega processes like strategic planning that often do neither time wasters from top management 2017 link here consultant eric garton writing for the harvard business review posits that various time killing practices imposed from on high undermine employee morale and productivity these practices procedures and structures include too much process too many meetings meaningless goals and time wasted on work that no one will ever care about if you work in higher education beware the c word 2015 link here if you work in higher education as a professor staff member or low to mid level administrator pay attention if you hear some variation of the following coming from the top we re bringing in xyz consulting to help with strategic planning and to assess what changes we need to make in order to survive thrive rightsize move up in the rankings consultants and the outsourcing of leadership 2014 link here take a look around your workplace are there consultants buzzing around addressing practically every major pending concern or decision your organization faces if the answer is yes then it s likely that your employer is engaging in what a friend of mine brilliantly calls the outsourcing of leadership one way feedback in house employee surveys and the illusion of open decision making 2012 link here but hold on frequently these surveys are done with an underlying agenda usually one that seeks validation for an already favored course of action a telltale sign is when obvious choices or answers are not provided as response options or when the survey is framed to exclude entire points of view share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading we bailed out wall street during the great recession so let s bail out main street and everyday people during the coronavirus crisis march 16 2020 by david yamada in economics leadership politics public health tags economics leadership politics public health leave a comment image courtesy clipart panda when the stock market crashed in 2008 and the world of high finance took a tremendous hit the u s federal government came along and gave huge bailouts to wall street and its siblings most experts agrees that these dramatic moves were necessary in order to save the nation s financial infrastructure today small businesses non profits and individual employees are among those taking the hardest hit as the economy essentially goes into quarantine due to the coronavirus covid 19 crisis a lot of folks are understandably fearful about what their companies organizations and personal finances will look like during the weeks and months to come i m not a public health expert but drawing upon the mountain of information and commentary available it appears that we re at least a year away from widespread availability of a vaccine in the meantime a lot of very smart people are trying out different treatment approaches but there s no magic bullet for now as i see it this uncertainty is very likely to continue into next year all of which suggests that our elected and appointed officials and other leaders in the business and non profit sectors must lead with a commitment to create a stronger social safety net and support for rebuilding businesses and organizations while our medical and scientific communities work on treatments and vaccines that i m confident we ll eventually have to blunt this virus it would help a lot if those promises however unsupported by details at this moment were made now in order to soothe some of the anxiety and sadness that we re already seeing share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading wbi s 2020 survey the vital importance of funding workplace bullying research march 14 2020 by david yamada in workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags workplace bullying leave a comment go here to help https www gofundme com f wbi2020 one of the most important sources of information about the frequency severity and demographics of workplace bullying in the u s is the workplace bullying institute s periodic scientific national surveys designed by wbi director gary namie in conjunction with a national polling firm these authoritative carefully designed surveys are regularly cited by the news media and by researchers dr namie is planning the next survey even with a generously discounted rate these surveys cost money so wbi is launching a crowdfunding campaign to help cover the expenses i am happy to be among the donors and if you can afford it i hope you ll join in please go here to support the 2020 survey through gofundme to freely access past surveys go here and click to either the 2017 2014 2010 or 2007 reports on the left side of the page cover of the 2017 wbi survey share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading life and work during coronavirus we need large supplies of kindness march 8 2020 by david yamada in experience of work public health tags experience of work public health 2 comments image courtesy of cliparting com dear readers for the past few days i ve been mulling over what to write about the coronavirus covid 19 situation and its relation to the everyday experience of work but as i took sparsely populated boston subway trains to and from my university office today i realized that all i wanted to say is that we need to be kind to each other during this challenging and scary time to offer a few examples if folks are starting to work from home please make an extra effort to express appreciation to those who must show up to work because they have no other choice if you do patronize a business where workers rely on tip income be generous if you can afford it because it s likely that they re hurting and by all means please don t hoard supplies of paper goods food hand sanitizer and whatever life can be hard enough without a pandemic hanging over our heads hopefully we can minimize the impact of this virus while holding on to our best selves share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading how strong and fair is the u s economy march 1 2020 by david yamada in economics personal finances retirement tags economics personal finances retirement leave a comment the next time someone tells you that the u s economy is going great regardless of their political affiliations you might suggest that they dig beneath the misleading surface of a low unemployment rate and at least pre coronavirus a bubbling stock market in reality there are two economies at play in modern america one for a narrow slice of the very well to do and another for the rest of the populace in a piece for the new york times link here nelson d schwartz calls it the velvet rope economy borrowing from the title of his new book the velvet rope economy how inequality became big business 2020 whatever the arena health care education work leisure on one side of the velvet rope is a friction free existence red tape is cut appointments are secured doors are opened on the other side friction is practically the defining characteristic with middle and working class americans facing an increasingly zero sum fight for a decent seat on the plane a college scholarship even a doctor s appointment there has always been a gap between the haves and have nots but what was a tiered system in america is morphing into a caste system as the rich get richer and more businesses focus exclusively on serving them there is less attention and shabbier service for everybody who s not at the pinnacle a tiered system to borrow from schwartz implies at least some ability to move up a caste system however suggests being stuck in place but maybe there s more room for movement in the u s system than we think the problem is these days it s very likely to be downward for evidence of that check out the facts figures and stories behind those workers who lost jobs and careers in the wreckage of the great recession and never found work at their previous income levels for example elizabeth white s important book 55 underemployed and faking normal 2019 which i discussed last year link here chronicles that dynamic and provides advice and support for those dealing with these circumstances earnings gap much has been written about the widening u s earnings and wealth gap for a snapshot view take a look at the social security administration s aggregate wage data based on taxable wages for 2018 link here the most recent year available roughly half of american workers are earning 30 000 a year or less those earning a modest 50 000 or so are paid more than 70 percent of the workforce a salary of 100 000 puts someone in the top 10 percent of earners and as this 2018 business insider piece by hillary hoffower shows link here even in cities where the median income is higher typical middle class living expenses far exceed those averages retirement funding crisis america faces a significant retirement funding crisis i ve been beating this drum for over 10 years on this blog in concert with many others things are not getting appreciably better labor economist theresa ghilarducci new school for social research is one of the nation s leading experts on retirement funding and policy she wrote in 2019 link here the bottom line is that americans do not have enough retirement savings this is not because we drink too many lattes as financial writer helaine olen has argued for many years but because employers and workers are not required to contribute to retirement savings plans above and beyond social security many low income workers once had some retirement security janitors and ladies garment workers weren t rich but they had pension plans at work some gig workers like job to job carpenters also had pensions when they were in a union what we need today is a portable universal pension system that supplements social security some may still deny there is a problem but the number of poor or near poor people over the age of 62 is set to increase by 25 between 2018 and 2045 from 17 5 million to 21 8 million if we do nothing in the next 12 years 40 of middle class older workers will be poor and near poor elders that is a problem one big event as last week s stock market drop precipitated by fears of a coronavirus global public health crisis illustrated all it takes is one big scare to drive down values fast unfortunately the trickle down effects could reach even those who do not have much money if at all invested in stocks earlier this week i was quoted by the law crime site in a piece by colin kalmbacher on the potential employment implications of the coronavirus situation link here among other things i projected some of the long term impacts if there are severe outbreaks in the u s but in terms of how this affects the typical at will employee so much depends on how serious this turns out to be regarding both public health and economic impacts obviously if huge swaths of the workforce are infected with the virus it will affect staffing and productivity wherever there s a serious outbreak furthermore if this reaches pandemic levels that trigger a 2008 style recession then we could see layoffs in business sectors that are hardest hit this would later trickle down to public sector and non profit employment as we saw with the great recession in sum at least since the early 1980s our economy has become one of 1 flattening wages 2 widening wealth gaps and 3 reduced and eliminated employee benefits especially retirement plans ultimately this understanding should translate into decisions we make at the ballot box i hope folks keep these trends in mind during a 2020 election season that already looks to be short on facts and long on spin lies hopefully there will be no velvet rope line when we show up to vote share this print opens in new window print 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