The Great Pretender
Seth Godin
Dying for a better life: South Koreans fake their funerals for life lessons
A South Korean service is offering free funerals - but only to the living.
Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%
Microsoft said a four-day workweek in its Japan offices led to a 40% jump in productivity in August.
Julie Andrews: Therapy Saved My Life
The legendary actress, author of a new memoir called "Home Work," shares stories from her past including one about how her friend Mike Nichols showed her tha...
Elite M.B.A. Programs Report Steep Drop in Applications
Chip Cutter
Addicted to Screens? That’s Really a You Problem
Nir Eyal profile
Be Humble, and Proudly, Psychologists Say
Humility is not the boldest of personality traits, but it’s an important one, studies find. And it’s hard to fake.
Where Women Fall Behind at Work: The First Step Into Management
Well before the glass ceiling, women run into obstacles to advancement. Evening the odds early in their careers would have a huge impact.
How to Have Powerful Conversations that Improve Performance with Jonathan Raymond
Jonathan Raymond, Pete Mockatis
Create a “Yes” Filter
Are you mentorable?
Are you open about the areas where you want help? Respectful of your mentor’s time and advice? Here are the characteristics that can make you someone whom other people would like to guide, from men…
Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore
Our unpredictable and overburdened schedules are taking a dire toll on American society.
Enough Leaning In. Let’s Tell Men to Lean Out.
The assertiveness movement has taken a male-defined value system and sold it back to us as feminism.
Experience Doesn’t Predict a New Hire’s Success
Is it time to rethink the way we assess job applicants?
Your Top Rival Can Be Your Biggest Ally
Adam Grant
The Adults Who Treat Reading Like Homework
No one’s making them try to read 100 books a year.
Getting Better by Being Wrong with Annie Duke
Among Today’s Most Prized Leadership Qualities: Playing Nicely
Getting along well with your peers counts for a lot when you vie for the same plum promotion. Your management career may benefit even if you lose the race. Yet it can be hard to cooperate and compete at the same time.
How Our Careers Affect Our Children
It’s the quality of time parents spend with their children, not the quantity.
What do executives do, anyway?
An executive with 8,000 indirect reports and 2000 hours of work in a year can afford to spend, at most, 15 minutes per year per person in th...
The Whistle-Blower Knows How to Write
His complaint offers lessons on how to make a point.
How to Be Confident
Dany Garcia runs one of the most influential companies you probably haven’t heard of
Kai Ryssdal
I’m 14, and I quit social media after discovering what was posted about me
Sonia Bokhari
Love Your Job? Someone May be Taking Advantage of You
Professor Aaron Kay found that when we see someone as passionate about their work, we see it as more legitimate to exploit them.
The Dangers of Hiring for Cultural Fit
Employers often aim to hire people they think will be a good fit, but their efforts can easily veer into a ditch where new hires all look, think and act alike.
On Bring Wrong
Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we're wrong about that? "Wrongologist" Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility.
Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Smaller Ones—and Taking Their Jobs With Them
People who do their jobs from home, freelance or frequently travel for work are fueling a renaissance in American cities that lie outside the major job hubs.
Your Expense Report Is a Window Into Your Soul
How you handle the costs you run up on company time can hint at whether your job is making you happy, or even your sense of ethics and fairness.
What First-Time Managers Should Know In 2020
Gary Vaynerchuk