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How to make your out-of-office emails a little spicier (with examples)
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Why HR needs to step up its game
The business case is clear: better employee well-being improves productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This new type of entrepreneurship is booming—and it’s not just a fad
À la carte specialty skills are seeing huge demand in an increasingly complex, financially constrained, and remote world of work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The upsides to not fitting in with your company culture
Being a moderate misfit can be good for you and the organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Are you ‘grounded’ or in a rut in your career? ‘Stable’ or stuck?
Here’s how to tell the difference—and what to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This TikTok life hack could help you embrace rejection
Just be ready to settle in for the long haul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why it feels so good when a meeting gets canceled, according to science
It was just a weekly 30-minute catch-up with a colleague. Why are you so freaking relieved? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
These are the real reasons Gen Z wants a four-day workweek
Not only does the youngest generation of workers think this shift is ideal—they also think it’s inevitable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 shifts every modern leader must make to build trust in the age of skepticism
With institutional trust in free fall, it’s not enough for leaders to quietly support their company’s mission. It’s time to get visible, vocal, and aligned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What to do when your boss is blocking your promotion
If your boss controls your future, it’s time to change the game. 6 strategies to move forward when promotions stall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
These are the risks and downsides of being a go-to person
It can lead to burnout and exhaustion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
These laws will change how you work in 2026
President Trump’s second term has already taken a toll on workers. But state legislation on paid leave, AI in hiring, and the minimum wage continues to help bolster workers’ rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to tell if it’s time for a career pivot
Science-based lessons for a successful professional reinvention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Single people are more apt to work on Sundays
Experts say it’s a maladaptive way to stave off loneliness, which is a broader concern in the workplace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to build safe danger and make teams come alive
Safe Danger creates the space for everyone to engage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 Ways AI Changed Work in 2025
In 2025, AI joined the workplace where it was the superstar employee, the confidante, and the scapegoat all at once. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 of the hottest jobs in 2025
It was the year of AI, and these jobs saw a surge in demand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to stop punching the clock at work and have more work-life balance
If you have a choice in the matter of when and how much you work, should you choose differently? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Even LinkedIn has hopped on the Spotify Wrapped train
‘Where my 5% crew at??!!’ wrote one power user. Others were reminded of their fruitless job searches and felt humiliated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Does Gen Z need ‘resilience training’?
One consulting firm is starting to offer the service to its youngest workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Forget job hunting. Gen Z is ‘growth hunting’
They’re not chasing titles. They’re chasing momentum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can the right to disconnect ever work in America?
In France, stepping away from your job during off-hours is a labor right. In the U.S., it’s a personal boundary you have to negotiate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The key to supporting employees with chronic mental illness: flexibility and trust
When managers show flexibility and trust, employees with a chronic mental illness are more likely to keep their jobs and get their work done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fearing a layoff? Channel your inner doomsday prepper
People who take steps to fend off the worst before it happens can teach us some valuable lessons about possible or pending job loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Science says superachievers don’t set avoidance goals.
Research shows the words you use to describe a goal can make a dramatic difference in success or failure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How philosophy can help with burnout
Burnout can be caused by a sense that work has no meaning. Philosophical inquiry can help employees find their purpose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Three hacks to improve your odds of success
May the odds be ever in your favor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to be an ally at work without feeling like an imposter
Allies who are men, leaders, younger employees, and people of color were found to more likely to experience the impostor phenomenon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People on TikTok are dragging unlimited PTO
Policies of endless vacation have skyrocketed in recent years. More workers are calling it a scam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The neuroscience of why you’re always feeling behind at work
People think they’re short on hours, but research shows they’re actually trapped in a distorted internal timeline shaped by stress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Your next job interview could be with an AI. Here’s how to nail it
An expert shares the secrets to success Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The difference between genuine authenticity and performed authenticity means everything
Here’s how to get it right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why ‘job hugging’ can be worse than quitting
In a low-hire labor market, clinging to a current role—however unsatisfying it is—may seem logical. But there’s a psychological impact to feeling stuck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Your company just had layoffs. Can you still ask for a raise?
Just because the job market is rocky doesn’t mean the conversation shouldn’t happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Corporations say they prioritize people. So why do so few chief people officers become CEOs?
Only 16 of the CEOs at the 1,000 biggest companies have HR experience. These experts explain why chief people officers are good leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The key to high-performing teams isn’t more talent or perfect leaders
The assumption is that more talent should always mean better results, but research shows the opposite is often true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to tell your boss you’re a night owl
Most workplaces still run on ‘early bird time,’ but research shows that nearly half of us do our best work later in the day. Here’s how night owls can talk about their biological rhythm with their boss in a way that boosts trust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The case for not loving your job
There’s potential danger in placing too much importance on your career, research shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Want someone to change their behavior? Psychology says nagging doesn’t work, but this mind trick does
Making people feel positive about themselves gets better results than negativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A massive new study of 40,725 people says this is what happens when you drink coffee every morning
People who drink coffee primarily in the morning had significantly lower mortality rates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Your brain has a productivity style. Here’s how to find (and use) yours
Like a good jazz ensemble, everyone on your team has different styles that can be harmonized. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to deal with annoying peers
Each situation is far from one-size-fits-all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How ‘micro joy’ can help you feel happier every day
Sometimes the smallest steps can make a big difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Making a good impression in a new job
Listening and being humble are two key things to keep in mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Remote and hybrid workers work less on Fridays. It’s hurting collaboration
From 2019 to 2024, the average number of minutes worked on Fridays fell by about 90 minutes in remote jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why entry-level workers are more hopeful than their bosses right now
Early-career employees are building confidence through adaptability, community, and self-direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The leadership skills you learn from raising kids
Six lessons that cut across both domains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the face of a lousy job market, many Gen Zers are taking the leap into solopreneurship
Young people report both a pull toward independence and a push away from a challenging labor market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Same job, less pay. Now what?
Discovering that a colleague with the same job title is earning more than you is never fun, though it is quite common. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to deal with grief at work
Facing the unimaginable changes everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices