Steve Semelsberger
@semels
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CEO, @Testlio. Founder, @AlderPartners. Builder, advisor, director. Helping leaders and businesses learn, evolve, and grow.
Austin, TX
Joined January 2009
If an employee has a strong track record and can do most of their work independently, research shows that allowing them to work from anywhere would benefit both the individual and organization.
hbr.org
While working from home (WFH) has become relatively commonplace, a new form of remote work is emerging: working from anywhere (WFA), in which employees can live and work where they choose. Managers...
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I'm fascinated by the potential to retrofit 5.6M US commercial buildings, responsible for 29% of US greenhouse gases. Elements of the Green New Deal are compelling to me.
fastcompany.com
The resolution poses an opportunity for architects and designers to reclaim their relevance to society, not as service providers for wealthy clients but as vocal leaders on major issues in the built...
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Teams impact performance, engagement, happiness at work even more strongly than we may have anticipated.
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I've loved my last six months with @testlio. Today, we shared some insights into our distributed US team approach, our employee experience/client impact connection, and how we are returning to our beloved Austin—with an updated mindset and approach.
testlio.com
Testlio, the leader in managed QA services for consumer apps, is reconnecting with its Austin, Texas roots with four new senior hires and a distributed global team.
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Honored and excited to join Testing-as-a-Service leader @testlio
testlio.com
I’m honored to introduce myself today as the new CEO of Testlio. To begin, I’d like to say thank you to the amazing clients who have placed their trust in...
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Poor title, good article. Fundamentally about the importance of strategic HR in partnership with business leaders.
fastcompany.com
You can trace the tipping point of HR's strategic shift back to the creation of one particular position: the HR business partner role.
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Thanks @ConsciousCoMag for the opportunity to contribute thoughts on the future of work (which I offer will be increasingly distributed, open, human, neighborly, and caring)
socapglobal.com
People expect more from work, and organizations are experimenting with new approaches to compete for top-tier talent. Here are five of them.
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Quality and meaningfulness of work relationships matter—as does perception of psychological safety.
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Loneliness is a widespread, costly problem: workplace loneliness causes burnout, affects job satisfaction, and lowers both performance and retention. It also increases health care costs. We often see...
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~8% of workforce in Austin works from home, up 78% in last 10 years
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Austin is one of the top cities in the country for remote workers. It is a growing trend and now there's an easy way to find those jobs.
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Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens, highlights the importance of psychological flexibility, media awareness, long run AI implications and more
gq.com
Historian Yuval Noah Harari explains why prepping for our future has nothing to do with learning code or building a bunker.
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My all-time favorite basketball coach discusses leadership, culture, hiring, judgement, and more. https://t.co/YyxzckHIXr
@DukeMBB @DukeFuqua
fuqua.duke.edu
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Key points: 1) be conscious about task switching costs; 2) give yourself ample time to do meaningful leadership work (e.g. projecting optimism and highlighting why work is important/meaningful)
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Stories connect us. Use nouns to trigger personal ideas and more great tips from @nancyduarte
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Leaders often shy away from sharing personal stories in their talks and presentations. Why? Because they’re afraid of exposing their flaws or struggles. But this is such a missed opportunity to...
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Access to natural light and views of nature matter to employees
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The news headlines about what perks or elements of office design make for a great employee experience seem to be dominated by fads — think treadmill desks, nap pods, and “bring your dog to work day”...
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Means to help us manage two forms of the cognitive distortion of personalization
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Screening for excellence in hiring: discipline, drive, aspiration, and confidence matter
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.@TheEconomist offers a sobering perspective on innovation challenges in Silicon Valley. 46% plan to leave Silicon Valley in next few years (up from 34% in 2016). ~2/3 of Bay-area venture capital now deployed elsewhere, up from ~50% in 2013.
economist.com
Its primacy as a technology hub is on the wane. That is cause for concern
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The relentless curiosity of Leonardo (per Isaacson's biography) was astounding. Here, @francescagino of @HarvardHBS makes a solid case for curiosity...and shows us how to stoke it.
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.@sharednation and others facilitate collective civic action
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Why millennials’ values and ethos make them uniquely poised to close America’s civic leadership gap, and how to tap into their civic spirit.
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A call for long term capitalism from @RandStagen via @ConsciousCoMag
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