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Jan 26, 2023 • 7min
3 résumé mistakes that can sabotage your job application
Your job application may be rejected after a quick first look at your résumé, and you may be surprised why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 25, 2023 • 7min
5 ways to help workplace perfectionists break their time-sucking traits
These researchers from the London School of Economics argue that perfectionism kills productivity and it’s up to leaders to let their teams know when good is good enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 24, 2023 • 6min
The pandemic has led to a surge of ‘productivity paranoia.’ Here’s how to fight it
To get beyond panic about whether employers are working, leaders need to make time for this counterintuitive habit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 23, 2023 • 8min
If you want to be more creative, train your body not your mind
Bianca Dove explains that when our visions feel like distant possibilities, it’s because we haven’t allowed our bodies to experience them, palpably. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 20, 2023 • 8min
Why don’t cashiers in the U.S. get to sit like the ones in Europe?
Seated cashiers are the norm in European supermarkets, so why don’t more U.S. workers fight for this right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 19, 2023 • 6min
Good leaders are good listeners. Here’s how to be one of them
When you engage in this active listening regularly, you greatly expand your base of knowledge. Because good problem-solving requires drawing on knowledge, the more you know, the better you will be at solving problems that have mystified others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 18, 2023 • 4min
Employers beware: Even your ‘loyal’ Gen Z workers may still be looking for another job
Even more than the millennial or Gen X generations before them, Gen Z appears to view work as transactional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 17, 2023 • 7min
How hearing ‘no’ should fuel your entrepreneurial fire
Not letting the sting of rejection halt your progress should be a rule in every founder’s survival guide, this tech entrepreneur says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 16, 2023 • 11min
In 2023, the only certainty for businesses will be change—and purpose
Business leaders, employees, investors, and communities know the pressure is on: Companies have to operate responsibly. How they do so is the challenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 13, 2023 • 6min
The world’s biggest architecture firm just hired Disney’s former head Imagineer
After decades designing Disney theme parks, Bob Weis is joining Gensler to design the real world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
