3.2.1
3-2-1: How to time travel, the power of reading, and being grateful when you don’t have what you want
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Giving performance feedback at work can be a stressful experience, especially for new leaders and their employees. It often evokes feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and defensiveness.
Leaders might worry about how their feedback will be received and how it could affect workplace relationships. On the other hand, employees might feel vulnerable and apprehensive about being judged or criticized, which can lead to defensive reactions.
Mental Health Improving
Depression and suicidal activity have decreased slightly for teens since 2021, but simultaneously there have been alarming increases in violence, bullying and school avoidance, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Improving Attendance is a Must
Reedley High School relies on a network of teams to monitor attendance, engage students and plan individualized interventions.
As principal of the 1,800-student Reedley High School in California, John Ahlin knows he can’t be in all places all the time, so he relies on a network of teams that monitor attendance, along with learning, teaching, school management, school culture and more.
Ahlin credits this team approach for Reedley High’s low chronic absenteeism rate of 5.6%. Nationally, chronic absenteeism — measured as when students miss 10% of the school year, or about 18 days — was 29.7% in 2022, which is the last year for which nonprofit group Attendance Works has national data.
Why you should consider a lateral “stretch” role as your next career move
Most of us think of career progression as a promotion, a salary increase or even getting greater responsibility as recognition or a signal that we are on the right track for what’s next. It is common to think of climbing the corporate ladder as the only option. But “up” is not the only way to grow. When you’re going up the corporate ladder, it’s critical that you gain the skills, expertise and experience that could propel your career forward.
The Power of Words
When I joined The Estée Lauder Companies in 2000, my boss, Leonard Lauder, the CEO at the time, reinforced my mother’s lessons of gratitude and thank-you notes, underscoring them as a communications and managerial tool. (“Nothing makes me happier than writing a good thank-you note,” he writes in his memoir.) A phenomenal communicator, well known as an elegant and thoughtful man who built the empire that carries his mother’s name, Lauder observes that gratitude opens doors to meaningful relationships: “I find that thank-you notes, even a one-liner, help me establish a connection. Once you’ve established a rapport, you can offer thanks as well as advice and suggestions,” he told me.
