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Study: An open office plan can end up being sexist Monica Torres

Open office plans are designed to break down the physical and metaphoric walls between us, but a new study found that they were guilty of putting up new kinds of barriers between employees, reinforcing the same gendered hierarchies that they aimed to deconstruct. Read More

Everything I learned about leadership I learned from my mother Ladders Contributor

To my mom and all the mothers out there, Happy Mother’s Day. Perhaps without even knowing it, you teach leadership better than anyone else in the world! … Read More

How being a boss at home helped me be a boss in the office Ladders Contributor

With Mother’s Day around the corner, I realized there is a strong connection between motherhood and my other “job.” Whether it’s being the “boss” of your children or a business leader, there is typically a paradigm shift required. Read More

Advice for entrepreneurs from 16 people who did it themselves Shana Lebowitz

Business advice from entrepreneurs, startup founders, and CEOs comes in handy. We asked 16 entrepreneurs to share some words of wisdom, based on lessons they’ve learned and mistakes they’ve made along the way. Read More

3 secrets to working less and getting more done Ladders Contributor

We all know the feeling that there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. As a professor, I’m responsible for teaching new material to my undergraduate students, helping my graduate students get their research published, and coming up with new ways to understand the world around us. I’m also a single mother raising six-year-old twins, one with special needs. So trust me when I say that I get the feeling of having too much to do with too little time. Read More

Personal Finance

The best investment decision I have ever made Darius Foroux

Every decision you make in life is either an investment or a waste. We need to improve our skills if we want to survive, let alone be successful. Read More

Lin-Manuel Miranda to Penn's Class of 2016: 'Immigrants get the job done'Ladders Contributor

It’s graduation season, and we here at Ladders have decided to take a look back and showcase some past commencement addresses that stand the test of time. Here is the full transcript of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s commencement address to University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 2016. Read More

Tim Cook to MIT's Class of 2017: 'How will you serve humanity?'Ladders Contributor

It’s graduation season, and we here at Ladders have decided to take a look back and showcase some past commencement addresses that stand the test of time. Here is the full transcript of Tim Cook’s commencement address to MIT’s Class of 2017. Read More

This group of workers sleeps on the job more than any other Jane Burnett

Employees in some industries have a habit of sleeping on the job in certain places — but some people do so more than others. Research from Amerisleep shows that construction workers are sleeping on the job (despite not being allowed to) more than any other industry. Read More

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I did 8 rounds of interviews and still didn’t get the job

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Myth busted: 5 ageism stereotypes that need to be broken

In the last few months, older social media personalities have been gaining traction on sites like Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tock. They’re called Grandfluencers, and they’re here to debunk pervasive ageism myths….and make a little cash doing it.

The simple eye contact trick you should use in every conversation

“When two people are having a conversation, eye contact signals that shared attention is high —that they are in peak synchrony with one another.”

How to deal with ‘The Great Resignation’ when you are a manager

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The flu shot may protect you from severe COVID-19 infection

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7 things you should never ask your boss

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