Everyone talks about how hard it is to find a good employee, but no one ever talks about how hard it is to find a good boss. You know, the kind that won’t literally drive their employees up a wall.
While many bosses may be absolute geniuses in t…
We’re at that point in the year when bright-eyed intentions start to go a little sideways.
The bullet journals begun so diligently in January gather dust.
The morning meditation sessions get shorter and shorter.
Those resolutions&…
I don’t have any career goals at the moment. I’m not worried about it.
Career progression is one of the most important stories in our culture. The American Dream. You’re supposed to start at the bottom and work your way toward the …
For many employees, the pandemic was worse than any scary movie they could imagine and, by the American Psychological Association’s definition, traumatic. In layman’s terms, trauma is an emotional response to terrible, shocking, and/or li…
With the shift to remote work during the pandemic, many workers settled into new routines—whether that meant doing more caretaking, balancing household responsibilities, or simply adjusting to a new productivity pattern. So returning to the offi…
We’ve all attended meetings—virtual and in-person—and wondered to ourselves, “Why am I here?” In a recent study from SurveyMonkey, 32% of respondents found themselves thinking that a meeting could have been an email. …
I once worked for a man who was incredibly intelligent, had an insatiable appetite for complexity, and an unimpeachable set of values. The only problem was that he loved details. He would often ask me questions that I couldn’t answer—not …
When you are about to give a presentation, speak at an important meeting, have a call where the pressure is on, or even just heading back to the workplace to talk to people IRL again, the last thing you want to feel is powerless. It is important that …
f you’re a fan of the Harry Potter series, you know that Hermione Granger is the wizarding world’s biggest know-it-all. Whenever a professor asks the class a question, hers is the first hand to shoot into the air—and while her clas…
Workplace relationships are a key part of satisfaction with your job. Having a bad supervisor can turn a great job into a nightmare. Having a close friend at work (or a “work spouse“) can be a great benefit. Everyone wants someone who can…
