Paid leave insurance is key to keeping caregivers in the workforce.

Sept. 2, 2022 BEST OF THIS WEEK Our editors’ picks for managers this week include new research on paid leave insurance to support caregivers, the business imperative of mental health support, and lessons from 40 years of data on women in executive roles. — The MIT SMR Editors Women Are Stalling Out on the Way to the Top Here’s what we’ve learned from 40 years of data on executives in the largest U.S. corporations. Cutting Parental Leave Is Bad Business Recent surveys support the creation of a national paid family leave insurance system to keep caregivers in the workforce. SPECIAL OFFER The insights you need to be an innovative leader in 2022 Get unlimited access to new strategies and ideas for as low as $1.09 per week. Learn more » Big Data in Agriculture In the latest Me, Myself, and AI podcast episode, Land O’Lakes’ Teddy Bekele explains how the farm-to-fork cooperative uses AI to improve agricultural yields. Mental Health Has Become a Business Imperative Taking a holistic approach to supporting employee mental health improves business, talent, and innovation outcomes. If all you do is hire differently, you’re only getting partway there. ... We also have to address the work environment.” — Anthony Barrows, managing partner at Project Evident and founder of the Center for Behavioral Design and Social Justice, in “Lived Experience Makes the Work Better” WHAT ELSE WE’RE READING THIS WEEK » As the debate over “quiet quitting” continues, workers say employers are guilty of “quiet firing” (Source: Business Insider) » How cloud providers are trying to fix cyber insurance with data (Source: Protocol) » Before changing their roles, allow managerial candidates trial runs mentored by VP-level colleagues (Source: HR Brew) » The surprising way that wearing masks changed “emotional labor” (Source: Charter) Digital Innovation and Employee Experience: Making the Connection MIT SMR Connections | Sponsored by DXC Technology Digital innovation has the power to redefine how people interact with each other, transforming business processes and the nature of work itself. Learn more » CONNECT WITH US ABOUT US             ADVERTISE             STORE             CONTACT US

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