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You’re already a leader. But you can always improve your leadership. Discover 7 quotes about leadership to guide how to be an even better one. Read More

Office Life

Neutralizing negativity in the workplace Paul White

Negativity is one of the most common, and deeply ingrained, obstacles to a healthy work environment. Learn how to neutralize it, here. Read More

Advice

3 essential tips to find happiness in your cubicle Jonah Malin

Your cubicle can be a seed of self-pity that slowly grows until it completely consumes your attitude at work. Or, it can be an incubator for learning. Read More

Office Life

This person is most likely to ghost you at the office Kyle Schnitzer

Employees have started ghosting their employers, where employees have literally just stopped showing up to work and become impossible to get in contact with. Read More

Office Life

Use this technique to see if someone is actually listening to you John Brandon

Over the years, I’ve used a simple technique to find out if someone is listening. It’s not complicated, and it can work in meetings, interviews, just about any discussion. Of course, it
also works in casual settings and when you are not at work. Read More

The Future of Work

4 easy tech tweaks you can make today to boost productivity Peter Daisyme

Making some simple tweaks can help you optimize your performance — and that of your entire company. Ready to start streamlining? … Read More

How To

How to know if someone doesn’t really want to have a conversation with you at work John Brandon

If you want to read people correctly and know if they are listening and interested in what you have to say, or if they don’t want to talk to you at all and have other things on their minds, look for these clues. Read More

Office Life

What you should know about paternity leave and how to approach your boss about it Ladders Staff

Parental leave is when a male worker takes time off from work in order to spent time and care for their newborn, or an adopted or foster child. Depending on your workplace, paternity leave is paid time off, but other workplaces might offer it unpaid, which puts a burden on the worker to decide what a suitable amount of time off is … Read More

How To

How I learned to overcome stressful situations at work Nicole Lapin

It’s easy to say you will pause the next time you find yourself ready to go on the offensive or about to have a panic attack. Read More

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