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The oldest working nurse in the United States turns 90 and still going!
SeeSee Rigney, an operating room nurse at Tacoma General Hospital in Tacoma, WA, celebrates her 90th birthday with her coworkers, and six decades of nursing....
The Leadership Behavior That’s Most Important to Employees
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Interview: Matthew Diffee, Author Of 'Hand Drawn Jokes For Smart Attractive People' : NPR
Six Habits Of Confident People | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Fearless children often turn into insecure adults. How do people manage to stay confident in the face of failure?
Is Your Job ‘Routine’? If So, It’s Probably Disappearing - Real Time Economics - WSJ
New research from Henry Siu at the University of British Columbia and Nir Jaimovich from Duke University shows just how much the world of routine work has collapsed.
How to Influence People: The Most Overlooked Secret
How to Influence People: The Most Overlooked Secret
Five ways success will look different by 2020 - Agenda - The World Economic Forum
Dorie Clark examines how rapid social and technological change disrupted our definition of what a meaningful and successful professional life looks like.
Harvard, Stanford, and Minerva? The Next Elite University at Half the Price | Jeff Selingo | LinkedIn
When the most selective universities in the United States sent out their admissions decisions for the Class of 2019 a few weeks ago, they also publicly announced—somewhat proudly—how few students they actually admitted this year. In most cases, fewer than one out of ten students were accepted to places such as Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton.Such numbers and the anxiety they produce among high-school students and their parents frustrates Ben Nelson. He graduated from one of those institutions, the University of Pennsylvania, in the mid-1990s. That’s when it was slightly eas
Seth's Blog: Seen, heard, gotten, changed
Most of the news/advice/insight you run into is merely seen. You might acknowledge that something is happening, that something might work, that a new technique is surfacing. Sometimes, if you work at it, you actually hear what's being said. You...
Presentation lessons from Steve Martin's autobiography
The greatest presentation lessons will never be found in a book on using PowerPoint (or any other presentation tool). Advice and lessons are found in different places. I have always said that some of the greatest advice on presenting on...
Google’s 8-Point Plan to Help Managers Improve - NYTimes.com
A company study found that a manager’s technical skills were far less valued by employees than people skills.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: India Election Update (HBO) - YouTube
John Oliver delivers an update on the historic election in India, the largest in human history. Spoiler Alert: Narendra Modi won. Connect with Last Week Toni...
Simple Presentations: The Glance Test! | Duarte
Find out how your presentation slides can pass the Glance Test. If 3 seconds doesn't get the point across, the slide may need improvement.
How people read online: Why you won’t finish this article.
Tim Harford — Article — The power of saying no
The power of saying no
Infographic: See The Daily Routines Of The World's Most Famous Creative People | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce
Deep Habits: Think Hard Outside The Office
▶ How Do You Do it ALL? - YouTube
Have you ever been asked how you do it all? Have you ever wondered how you do it all? Here's the answer. The real answer. Find more at http://findingjoy.net ...
Many Senators Don’t Use E-mail. This Shouldn’t Bother You. - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
Redeeming The Luddite Caucus Earlier this morning I was reading The Washington Post while watching the sun rise (I have two young kids at home: I find quiet
If You Want to Be the Boss, Say “We” Not “I” - HBR
A new study shows that pronouns are small, but potent, signals.
The Best And Worst News In Gender Equality Around The World | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
A global look at the state of women's roles in leadership, the pay gap, women's representation in media, and more.
Cancelling One-on-One Meetings Destroys Your Productivity
Regular check-ins save time in the long run.
Fewer Women Run Big Companies Than Men Named John - NYTimes.com
In many important decision-making areas of American life, women remain vastly outnumbered, and the Glass Ceiling Index shows it.
Gender, education and work: The weaker sex | The Economist
“IT’S all to do with their brains and bodies and chemicals,” says Sir Anthony Seldon, the master of Wellington College, a posh English boarding school....
Men, This Is How to Become True Advocates for Women | Jacki Zehner | LinkedIn
On the front page of yesterday's New York Time's Business Section was an article called "Vivek Wadhwa, Voice for Women in Silicon Valley, Is Foiled by His Tone" by Farhad Manjoo, and needless to say, the headline caught my attention. It also raised immediate concern. The fact that there was a male voice for women in Silicon Valley? Awesome. He was foiled? Decidedly less awesome. Particularly because I have been waiting for a headline like this for forever. Not the foiled part, of course, but the part about male voices standing up for gender bias. I've dreamed of the day when I open
Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Women Doing ‘Office Housework’ - NYTimes.com
The sad reality in workplaces: Women help more but benefit less from it.
Your Coaching Is Only as Good as Your Follow-Up Skills
What happens after you leave the room is most crucial.
Be The Punchline - YouTube
Michael Jr. on his big break
David Ogilvy’s Timeless Principles of Creative Management | Brain Pickings
A library of cross-disciplinary interestingness and combinatorial creativity