More freedom leads to more candor.

Workplace stress is rampant and resignations have risen. Employers are struggling to stop employees from leaving and to boost morale. Some are trying four-day workweeks, mandatory vacation days and other new ways of working.

It’s not just about HR policies.

Finding fulfillment in your work (without putting in more hours) can re-energize you.

Why they’re plausible and how they can lead you astray.

Meetings glut our schedules--but you can easily cut the ones that are driven by false urgency or information sharing.

Four strategies for building confidence at work.

You may take pride in wearing your heart on your sleeve when interacting with your team, feeling it comes across as transparent and honest. The trouble is even though you may have the best intentions, your impact could be leaving team members feeling…

Getting an early investment does not mean that leaders need to commit to any specific innovative idea. Over time, leaders should make decisions about which ideas to kill. There are typically four good reasons to kill an idea during the various stages of innovation.

What mistakes are you making in your feedback conversations?

More than 70 million Americans have some sort of criminal or arrest record. For many, that can prevent them from passing a background check and getting a job. Amna Nawaz profiles one woman’s fight to overcome her past, and prove herself at one of the biggest tech companies in the world. It’s part of our Searching for Justice series, which looks at the challenges after incarceration. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe

Do you have a relative or dear friend who has embraced conspiracy theories about politics or Covid-19? Do you find yourself torn between your outrage over their beliefs or behavior—and your affection for the person you remember them being?

Six biases that lead us to have too many meetings — and how to overcome them.

Seven do’s and don’ts for managers.

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?

Laughing matters.

Employers are easing job requirements and speeding up hiring procedures to survive a U.S. labor market with more openings than applicants.

How the coach character is reminding us about what defines great leadership.

It’s not what your employees really need from you.

Agreeing with your boss (or your boss’s boss) usually feels easier, but it’s often better to voice your disagreement. Here's how to do that.... 42 comments on LinkedIn

A study shows that a fundamental flaw of optional mentorship programs is that the wrong people sign up.

Let's all give ourselves permission to be a little more human by feeling all the feelings in this incredibly challenging time.

In leading their teams and organizations through a crisis, women have repeatedly stepped up to the plate. We celebrate four of these women and highlight the ways they’ve been resetting priorities, demonstrating resilience and agility, and communicating effectively. Then, leadership coach Muriel Wilkins gives advice for taking care of yourself while taking care of the people you manage.

Those in positions of authority can be oblivious to the outsize impact that seemingly innocuous statements and behavior can have on others.

Embracing long-term thinking can transform your career and business.

In a sermon delivered at the height of World War Two, a period awash in distraction and despair, C.S. Lewis delivered a powerful claim about the cultivation of a deep life: “We are always falling in love or quarreling, looking for jobs or fearing to lose them, getting ill and recovering, following public affairs. If […]

I recently came across a Hemingway quote that caught my attention: “My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods of writing.”

It’s not just Zoom. Popular video chat platforms have design flaws that exhaust the human mind and body. But there are easy ways to mitigate their effects.

The rise of remote work during the pandemic is just one part of a generational shift that is redefining how and why we do our jobs.