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If you want leverage, freedom, and a career that works for you, these ideas can help you take your career to another level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here's how to demystify innovation and unlock it in your team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The more you're in touch with your emotional world, the better you'll weather self-doubt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As organizations eliminate layers of middle management, supermanagers are becoming the norm. Here's what the shift means for burnout, productivity, and leadership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AI is already shaping the kinds of skills employers are seeking, according to a recent report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Acknowledging that personality shapes career outcomes does not mean we are prisoners of our dispositions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The best strategy for dealing with resentments is to talk about it with your colleague. When someone has done something that continues to bother you, it can be valuable to clear the air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Secure the generous severance bag or jettison up the corporate ladder? That was the question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many of us wear productivity like a badge of honor. But in the long term, this identity can end up hurting us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From long lunches to midday naps, ‘time theft' is on the rise. Is it a productivity hack or a career risk? Experts break down the pandemic-era trend that's become a mainstay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As AI absorbs routine tickets, support roles are shifting toward systems thinking, technical fluency, and human judgment at scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even employers with generous parental leave benefits fail to fully address the unique transformation many working mothers are navigating when they return to work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The past shows up at work not as a memory, but as a reflex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Recent graduates are clearly not okay—but neither are the companies that decided they could do without them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It may be better to strive for ‘excellencism.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Women over 50—and especially over 60—are still dramatically underrepresented at the highest levels of visible power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finds that 61% of workers are—put simply—not thriving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More people are finding success as solopreneurs, even if they were forced into it by layoffs or other unsavory circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At some startups and tech companies, dress codes are getting even more casual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These standard office practices could be making life difficult for the majority of employees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before handing in your resignation notice, pay attention to the way you work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The business case is clear: better employee well-being improves productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

Being a moderate misfit can be good for you and the organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here's how to tell the difference—and what to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just be ready to settle in for the long haul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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

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

It can lead to burnout and exhaustion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

Science-based lessons for a successful professional reinvention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

Safe Danger creates the space for everyone to engage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

It was the year of AI, and these jobs saw a surge in demand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

‘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

One consulting firm is starting to offer the service to its youngest workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They're not chasing titles. They're chasing momentum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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