Google Trial Secrecy; Tech Giants Limit Disclosures | Instagram Disrupts Vermont Road, Closure | Screenwriters Back, Actors Still on Strike | Hiring Leaders for Potential, Not Just Past

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� � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � 'Unprecedented' Secrecy in Google Trial as Tech Giants Push to Limit Disclosures - The New York Times -     Efforts to seal testimony have increasingly raised questions as the federal antitrust case enters its third week in court. Nico Grant reports on Google, Cecilia Kang reports on tech policy, and Tripp Mickle reports on Apple. In a court filing last month, Google argued that it needed its privacy in an antitrust trial that would spotlight its dominance in online search. Continued here � � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Instagram ruined leaf-peeping so badly on Vermont's most beautiful dirt road that it's now closed through the end of foliage season - Fortune    Social media users take note: You won’t be able to snap that fall foliage selfie at a popular Vermont spot. The town has temporarily closed the road to nonresidents due to overcrowding and “poorly behaved tourists.” The normally quiet dirt road from Pomfret to Woodstock, home to the frequently photographed Sleepy Hollow Farm, will be open only to residents through mid-October. And local law enforcement plans to enforce it. In recent years, social media users and photographers have clogged the narrow road for selfies and fall foliage shots of the scenic private property, drawn by its colorful hillside trees, the barn and classic New England home. Continued here � � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Screenwriters to Return to Work But Actors Remain on Strike - Time    LOS ANGELES — Leaders of Hollywood’s writers union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios. The governing boards of the eastern and western branches of the Writers Guild of America both voted to accept the deal, and afterward declared that the strike would be over and writers would be free to work starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The writers still have to vote to ratify the contract themselves, but lifting the strike will allow them to work during that process, the Writers Guild told members in an email. Continued here � � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Hire Leaders for What They Can Do, Not What They Have Done - Harvard Business Review    The next time you are filling a leadership role, ask yourself three questions. First, does the candidate have the skills to be a high-performing contributor or the skills to be an effective leader? The performance level of individual contributors is measured largely through their ability, likability, and drive. Leadership, by contrast, demands a broader range of character traits, including high levels of integrity. Second, can you really trust this candidate’s individual performance measures? The number one indicator of performance in most companies is a single subjective rating by a direct manager. This makes measures of performance vulnerable to bias. Finally, are you looking forward or backward? The secret to selecting great leaders is to predict the future, not to reward the past. That’s why you should promote high-potential people, not just top performers. Fifty years have passed since the publication of The Peter Principle, but its rule still applies today. “In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties,” noted Laurence J. Peter, the educator behind this famous work. His theory postulates that most competent people are promoted until they reach a position that is above their skill level, at which point they cease to grow. Academic studies show that promotions are still largely a reward for past performance, and that organizations continue to assume the attributes that have made someone successful so far will continue to make them successful in the future (even if their responsibilities change). This may explain why there are still a large number of incompetent leaders. Continued here

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