The solo marathon
Seth Godin
The Mystery of the Miserable Employees: How to Win in the Winner-Take-All Economy
The business unit was doing well, but the employees were sad. Could data offer a clue?
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Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
Here’s how to make the most of it.
This is how to make your meetings less awful
Daniel Pink and Steven Rogelberg
This is how you train your brain to be more creative
Being creative is about training your brain to do so, argues this neuroscientist.
The diversity and inclusion revolution: Eight powerful truths
aden + anais co-founder Raegan Moya-Jones
Jill Schlesinger
A Remedy for Big Talkers in Meetings
Dan Ariely
Student with a serious brain condition overcomes six surgeries and a stroke - which forced her to relearn even simple tasks like walking and getting dressed - to study to become a doctor
Houston, Texas medical school student Claudia Martinez has survived six brain surgeries and a stroke while studying to become a doctor, after having her first operation at age 19 in 2012.
Ways To Get People To Do Things They Don’t Want To Do
Nir Eyal
Why We Should Pay More Attention To Introverts
Interview with Susan Cain
How the Chief Executive of Bonobos Finds Helpful, ‘No Fluff’ Advice
Micky Onvural turns to close friends and fellow CEOs for guidance, but she also uses whimsical exercises to shift perspectives.
Want to improve your life? Just learn to say no
We are used to saying yes to please others but it can be harmful not to be more assertive. And imagine what you can do with all that free time
Optimization Smackdown
Those addicted to self-optimization typically subscribe to one of two—in theory opposing—models: maximize efficiency or minimize clutter.
Why You Need a Network of Low-Stakes, Casual Friendships
More Universities Shut Down Traditional M.B.A. Programs as Popularity Wanes
More U.S. business schools are shutting down traditional master’s in business administration degrees and shifting resources to online M.B.A. and part-time degree programs.
Does Your Company Reward Competent Jerks?
People who achieve short-term results at the long-term expense of the organization can be devastating.
End the Plague of Secret Parenting
If mothers and fathers speak openly about child-care obligations, their colleagues will adapt.
6 Words You Need To Eliminate From Your Professional Vocabulary
The undiscussables are always discussed
Oscar Trimboli
Aetna's Former CEO Explains How He 'Elbowed' His Way to the C-Suite
“In my generation there were no black chief executives, there were no women chief executives."
How to Help Your People Get Smarter
Michael Bungay Stanier
The Complete Guide to Deep Work
12 Habits Of Genuine People
Travis Bradberry
The Office of the Future Is No Office at All, Says Startup
Software-development startup GitLab is extreme, even for Silicon Valley: It has no headquarters and everyone works remotely, even the CEO.
60% of male managers now say they’re uncomfortable mentoring women
Currently, 60% of male managers in the workplace say they're uncomfortable with mentoring, working one-on-one or socializing with a woman, according to a survey released by LeanIn.org and SurveyMonkey. That's a 33% increase from last year.
How I run a company with ADHD
For the first 19 years of my life I was convinced I was lazy. Then I was diagnosed with ADHD. I've since started a company and grown it to a team of 8. Here's how I've learned to not just cope, but embrace the disorder.
3 Things Graduates Need to Know
Patrick Lencioni
The Kid Who 'Put Everybody In Stitches' At Handel and Haydn Society Concert Has Been Found
Nine-year-old Ronan Mattin was so swept away by the music that he loudly exclaimed — for the packed auditorium to hear — "Wow!"
6 Motivating and Empowering Poems About Leadership
Poems about leadership can inspire you and empower your followers. Here is a unique take about some famous poems that will help you think outside the box.