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12/29/2022

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12/16/2022

Keeping your opinion to yourself to come across as more easygoing? Research demonstrates that expressing your preferences both helps the person who's seeking your feedback and makes you come across as more likable.

Whether your colleague is asking for input on a joint decision or a friend is simply curious about what kind of music you prefer, it’s common for people to intentionally withhold their opinions and preferences out of a desire to appear easygoing and cooperative. However, the authors’ research su...

12/15/2022

According to a new survey from Wysa, many workers would rather pretend to be sick than tell their bosses how stressed and anxious they are.

According to a new survey from Wysa, many workers would rather pretend to be sick than tell their bosses how stressed and anxious they are.

12/14/2022

Researchers found that that remote workers —at least with respect to meetings — are becoming more engaged with their colleagues. Further, remote interactions are shifting to more closely mirror in-person interactions.

One of executives’ biggest worries about remote work is the reduction in spontaneous meetings and conversations with employees. But is this worry justified? New research on meetings shows that it might not be. It turns out that employees have more short, one-on-one meetings compared to 2020, and t...

12/14/2022

Sharing in someone else's joy can foster resilience, improve life satisfaction and help people cooperate during a conflict.

The joy we derive from others’ success comes with many benefits.

12/12/2022

Practical tips for being more efficient.

Plus, these minor lifestyle tweaks impacted my energy levels and mental health.

12/02/2022

Persuasion fatigue may also explain why, when debates break down, people tend to blame their conversational opponent. As Mark Twain once wrote, "In all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane."

When people argue, a kind of frustration called persuasion fatigue can cloud their judgment and harm relationships

12/01/2022

Writing notes of appreciation to employees can help them recognize their strengths and let them know that they are valued.

“Positive attention is 30 times more powerful than negative attention,” as Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall have shared. “People don’t need feedback. They need attention to what they do best…A focus on strengths increases performance. Therefore, a focus on strengths is what creates gro...

12/01/2022

Women leaders still experience a more difficult time climbing up the professional professional ladder than men.

We can’t believe we are still talking about this.

11/30/2022

Studies have shown that ambivalence can increase creativity, advice seeking, and job search activities, and may even reduce commitment toward failed courses of action.

Career inflection points are moments of potential change and transition that often evoke feelings of ambivalence: the simultaneous experience of positive and negative emotions about something. Whether prompted by sudden, external triggers (e.g., promotion opportunity or job loss) or creeping stresso...

11/29/2022

Research is unequivocal — there is little upside to perfectionism. The relentless pursuit of flawlessness can lead to low self-worth, depressive and anxiety disorders, high stress in the face of failure, and even suicidality.

Excellencism involves setting high standards but not beating yourself up when you don’t meet them.

11/29/2022

Feeling like "the only" is a difficult experience personally, but it's also a symptom of an organization veering into homogeneous and dominant cultures that demand assimilation.

Homogeneity rarely breeds impressive results at work.