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In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both.

In this New York Times article, blogger Deb Perelman describes how the prospect of opening schools in the Autumn comes with many emotions and complications for parents. The struggle of working parents this year has been a real concern. They are not burned out because life is hard this year, they are burned out from trying to hold on to jobs and take care of their children at the same time.

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One-on-ones are my most valuable meetings; here’s how I run them 

In her Medium post, Mathilde Collin of Front explains how her company does one-on-one meetings and their impact. She offers a simple model for demonstrating care and boosting engagement, which has led to great employee engagement and retention. Mathilde describes the three types of one-to-one meetings they use to ensure that people are working on the right things and they understand why that work matters to the business. 

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Help Your Employees Manage Their Reentry Anxiety

As organizations reopen, employers are developing plans to bring employees back to work safely, giving careful thought to schedules, seating configurations, visitor policies, elevator usage, food delivery, and much more. While workforce reentry certainly includes logistical and operational planning, it is not just physical well-being that employers must take into account. In this Harvard Business Review article, Sarah Clayton and Anthea Hoyle discuss that it is equally important for organizations to look at how they will respond to employees’ emotional and psychological health.

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Law Professor Shuts Down ‘All Lives Matter’ With An Epic Response To Her Racist Students

In 2016, a Law School professor Patricia Leary was surprised by an unexpected letter of complaint from her students who berated her for wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt. But the professor was more than glad to respond, point by point, ripping every single argument apart. In a series of her skillful refutes to the student’s premises, Prof. Leary demonstrated just how easy it is to debunk those weak arguments. Read the epic response by Professor Leary in this Bored Panda post by Liucija Adomaite and Mindaugas Balčiauskas.

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This Time-Management Trick Changed My Whole Relationship With Time

Daily schedules, and our shared perception of time, grew hazier and more malleable during the spring lockdown, something that has persisted into our timid reopening. Hours, days and weeks merged into an ambient, dreamlike fugue. In his New York Times article, author Dean Kissick discusses using the Pomodoro technique for time management which consist of intervals of 25 minutes, with five-minute breaks in between -  25 minutes on, five minutes off, over and over again.

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