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Answer this question in the first 30 secs of a video call to capture everyone’s attention Laura Berlinsky-Schine

So, the next time you gear up your Powerpoint for your weekly team Zoom call, take a step back and think about how you can get your team interested in what you’re telling them. Read More

Advice

How to help your team stay connected when working from home Bella Wanana

These sessions can be as short as 15 minutes to 30 minutes, and they do not have to be as formal as the usual performance reviews. Read More

How To

How to negotiate your job offer, according to psychologists Sarah Dillon

Are you ready to negotiate a job offer or salary in your favor? Follow these rules — based on psychology — that could help sway the results. Read More

How To

3 tactics (with examples) to get a stubborn boss on board with your idea Steve Adcock

It is important to remember that bosses are just people, and different people will respond in different ways to business situations and negotiations. Read More

Health

If you think you love coffee this study is going to blow your mind Kyle Schnitzer

It’s all lies. Read More

Productivity

Doing these activities during work breaks if you want to be more creative Liana Pavane

For many, the problem isn’t as much about putting the phone down as it is the question: what will I do with my time now that I have it? … Read More

Health

This one 11-minute exercise can combat the effects of sitting all day Kaitlyn McInnis

And with the general consensus suggesting that ‘sitting is the new smoking,’ all this sitting around certainly doesn’t do us any favors. Read More

Health

Doing this helpful practice before a job interview may lead to disaster Kyle Schnitzer

While previous research has suggested that mindfulness can help people control present stressors, researchers said that participants were handling stressors through cardiovascular responses, which means they weren’t actually practicing mindfulness. Read More

Job Search

These are the 7 tips you need for recruiters to make you their first call Sarah Dillon

When you’re looking for a new job, your role is to make the recruiter notice you. Use these 7 tips to get them to make you their first call. Read More

Productivity

Does birth order dictate career choices? This study has the answer John Anderer

Researchers at UH say birth order has minimal to no impact whatsoever on a person’s career, creativity, and overall life outcomes. Read More

Advice

50 things that improved my life in 2020, the year of chaos Todd Brison

Optimism is a choice. Hope is an action. Love is a verb. Positivity is a mindset. None of these things happen by default. Read More

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