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More men are staying home to facilitate the complex juggle of family life and their wives’ high-powered careers.

To do the best work of your life, take it down a notch.

Young professionals say they admire people who carve out personal time, then fail to do the same for themselves.

Saying no is a skill — and practising it improved our science.

Some Gen Z professionals are saying no to hustle culture. “I’m not going to go extra.”

The American Opportunity Survey illuminates how many people are offered remote work, if it's effective, and how people feel about it.

The pandemic changed where many of us work. It should also change when we work.

Researchers proved decades ago that venting won’t make you feel better.

Reducing yourself to any single characteristic, whether it be your title or your job performance, is a deeply damaging act.

Mid-career sabbaticals have tripled over the past four years—and the gap year is losing its stigma.

A career-supporting partner is a wonderful thing. But it’s not always an option.

According to Clark, it’s important to allocate 20% of your time for interesting hobbies every day. But what if you can’t decide what to do? How do you choose an activity with a satisfying payoff?

A research-based case for why everyone should be in the office on the same days.

More than a year into America’s great remote-work experiment, many companies say productivity has held up or even risen. So why do some bosses think that remote workers aren’t as committed as office dwellers?

Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year through stroke and heart disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

It’s not fair that work causes burnout, but that makes it even more important to get clear on our own limits.

Balance is a topic that appears frequently in all industries and across our personal and professional lives. There is this societal pressure to find balance between your work and your life, between being a professional and being a parent. When people experience burnout and other stress-related ailments, often blame is aimed at balance and the individual’s inability to find balance in their lives. I remember listening to the Christy Wright podcast and she talked about not balance, but rather a

As more companies consider plans to bring workers back to the office, experts say to expect expanded gathering spaces and fewer personal workstations.

It’s gotten harder to create mental breaks as work and home have blurred. Here are ways to get your brain a rest.

The legal industry risks a long-term talent exodus—one that would disproportionately affect women and diverse attorneys—if it doesn't address the needs of working parents who are struggling during the pandemic.

Six strategies.

Tens of millions of Americans are working from home and many will never go back; employers scramble to figure out what tools they’ll need to stay productive.

Two months into working from home, Twitter makes it permanent for some.

Millennials and Gen Z have heard a lot about their work ethic and attitudes. Turns out they disagree with most of it. You might think younger generations are disloyal to employers. Turns out most...

Microsoft said a four-day workweek in its Japan offices led to a 40% jump in productivity in August.

Nir Eyal profile

Our unpredictable and overburdened schedules are taking a dire toll on American society.

It’s the quality of time parents spend with their children, not the quantity.