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What to do when you meet your new team for the first time
Learn strategies to build trust with new teams as a new manager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 techniques to keep loneliness from derailing your career
Learn practical steps to move away from loneliness and towards feeling engaged. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to create a successful mentorship program
Leaders must set clear goals, encourage involvement, make thoughtful matches, and provide significant support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to pivot your career in 5 simple steps
Whether you’ve already started a new role or you’re thinking about taking the leap, keep these tips in mind to reinvent yourself both professionally and personally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why ‘It’s not personal; it’s just business’ is a myth
Thinking that business isn’t personal is just plain wrong and it can be dangerous to think this way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How workers can use AI to sound more confident
With the AI-aided ability to generate compelling and persuasive language, individuals can enhance their writing and speaking abilities, making them more effective communicators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is your team participating in productivity theater?
Most of us engage in performative work at times. But if it’s a big issue on your team, here’s how to address it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Make a lot happen with very little
A silver lining to building during a downturn is that it creates a certain kind of leader, someone who can unlock success in spite of constraints like a limited budget or a small team working toward a giant goal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How leaders should manage generative AI
As business leaders develop strategies to incorporate generative AI into their businesses, they will need to develop machine capital management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is ‘flow’ the secret to painless productivity?
As many of us navigate burnout, the theory of flow offers practical tips to sideline overwhelm and get back in creative mode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 tips to prevent anti-LGBTQ+ bias at work
In the past year alone, the EEOC received 73,485 new discrimination charges, an increase of almost 20% compared to the previous year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 ways to foster a sense of community at work
Help employees beat loneliness with stronger connections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Should your job provide childcare?
Employer-sponsored childcare has become a popular tool to attract and retain employees but there’s a lot to consider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How hiring managers can attract the Class of 2023
Data from iCIMS shows that nearly all college seniors are considering alternative ways to enter the labor market, including taking an hourly/part-time job, gig work, and a job outside their major or intended industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 red flags that mean your team is burned out
If you’re seeing these signs, it’s an indication that you need to make some changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 ways to rewire your organization’s ‘brain’ to win with discomfort
Grasping for old playbooks is an example of how we fail to see the opportunities provided by change because we feel weighed down by risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to read verbal and nonverbal cues to interview with confidence
First impressions make a big difference, and if you can look back at these first moments of your interview with confidence, you’re already well on your way to success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Using logistics to build inclusive, resilient communities
From expertise to equity, companies should optimize their supply chains to do good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
6 lessons from laid-off tech workers about finding a new job
Tech workers who were laid off earlier this year share what they learned about the job hunt process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 quick ways to reduce stress and anxiety at work
Taking a quick break to reduce your stress level can actually increase your productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Leaders, you’re consistently overlooking this factor when you build teams
Ageism flies under the radar as a workplace-appropriate bias, perpetuated by untrue stereotypes and hidden ageist language in materials like job descriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A fail-proof trick to get your brain into the flow every morning, according to psychologists
When you are finishing work for the day, resist the temptation to reach a natural conclusion. Then, watch what happens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why you should embrace being less productive in the summer
Disengagement and resentment may result if people feel pressured into working more during a season they feel should otherwise be reserved for time off and relaxation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Introducing the most bikeable office building in the world
Bike commuters can ride straight to the top. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Taco Bell is testing out an entirely vegan Crunchwrap
For starters, it will be available in just three locations for a limited time, beginning June 8, and could roll out more broadly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A 23-year-old founder is 3D printing schools in Madagascar
Maggie Grout founded Thinking Huts to increase access to education. Her nonprofit is about to 3D print its second school campus in Madagascar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wage theft is rampant among construction workers. An app helps them get their money back
A straightforward questionnaire usable by non-lawyers can help undocumented workers effectively regain the estimated $50 billion stolen annually. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 negotiation tips to maximize your salary
Hiring managers often try to offer candidates as little as possible. Fortunately, there are techniques workers can use to get the most out of the negotiation process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 counterintuitive changes can immediately improve any meeting
As counterintuitive as it may seem, your greatest contribution to a meeting isn’t what you share but what you ask others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty brings mental health advocacy to the office
Since launching in 2020, Selena Gomez has placed mental health at the core of Rare Beauty’s business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 ways to build a personal brand focused on impact, not ego
Branding means creating an image in the minds of your audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How engineers make sure giant wind turbines don’t drift away in the ocean
Floating wind turbines the size of skyscrapers are being built where there can’t be construction directly on the seafloor. It’s a massive technical challenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
FIFA’s 2026 World Cup logo is part of a confounding branding trend in sports
FIFA’s generic branding had soccer fans saying that AI could have done better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A tech nonprofit helps erase medical debt
Around 100 million Americans have medical debt, and many have no way to pay it off. A nonprofit uses a little-known program to help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How leaders can prepare for salary transparency
Right now, more than 44.8 million people in the U.S. can ask for the salary range for their position or the role they are applying for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What feeling younger (or older) than your actual age says about your outlook on life
So many of us don’t identify with our actual age. Why is that? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 ways emotional intelligence can help prevent a toxic workplace environment
Healthy workplaces don’t just come about by themselves. Leaders must take a proactive role in building them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to network without giving yourself, or others, ‘the ick’
Even if networking is challenging, it’s important to get comfortable with it because networking has become increasingly important to our professional success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Exploitative freelance jobs are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know
The line between freelancer and remote employee is blurring, and it’s hurting workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A biotech startup wants to color your clothes with proteins—not toxic dyes
Werewool is developing naturally occurring proteins grown in a lab to color clothing, instead of toxic and polluting dyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A brand turns raining fish phenomenon into a source of income
Ad agency Ogilvy and fish company Regal Springs created Heaven Fish, a new brand that helps residents of Yoru, Honduras turn their annual miracle into an economic opportunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Motherhood is comical, and some cartoonists know it
A new generation of mother-cartoonists is developing a visual shorthand for expressing the complexities of motherhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can you really trademark the shape of lettuce? We’re about to find out
Trademarking snack foods is nothing new, but a new trademark filing from Little Leaf Farms is asking: Can you trademark lettuce leaves, too? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Airtable is bringing AI to your workflow that could help make your team more productive
The popular workplace collaboration platform is rolling out new AI-powered tools aimed at reducing the friction on your to-do list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spotify’s AI DJ knows your musical past, and wants to shape its future
Behind the design of Spotify’s move toward ultimate personalization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
‘Are you overlooking tens of millions of people?’: Why employers are reconsidering applicants’ prior drug use
The tight labor market and widespread legalization of marijuana are leading some employers—including the federal government—to rethink restrictive background checks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Research shows happiness is the new performance indicator. This is how managers can support it
Studies show happier teams boost sales, increase productivity, and slash mistakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Learning nonprofit Khan Academy is piloting a version of GPT called Khanmigo
The new tool is trained to act as a tutor and teacher’s assistant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How companies can solve the mental health crisis happening in the workforce
The perks that may have once seemed optional are now essential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An abandoned Detroit building is now the epicenter of Ford’s new mobility plan
Tech incubator Newlab’s new Detroit location is part of Ford’s move beyond cars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices