Leadership
Harvard expert: This 30-second strategy can make you more influential in everyday conversations
Rehearsing a big presentation or jotting down some notes before a one-on-one meeting with your boss is normal. You should use a similar, truncated practice before casual interactions, recommends conversation expert Alison Wood Brooks: Take 30 seconds before greeting the other person to think about topics to go over, questions you want to ask or […]
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The biggest red flag in a job interview, according to a founder—and what impresses her most
Jaclyn Johnson has big plans for her business. She started hosting events for women entrepreneurs in 2011 and formally launched her company, Create & Cultivate, in 2015. In the last decade, the founder has scaled the business to host 2,000-attendee gatherings, sold the company for $22 million, bought it back, brought on a new CEO […]
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The No. 1 worst career advice billionaires give, says bestselling author: Anyone who says it is ‘already rich’
Billionaires tend to give one bad piece of career advice, according to self-made millionaire and bestselling author Scott Galloway: Follow your passion. “The worst advice the billionaires give is ‘follow your passion,’” Galloway, a serial entrepreneur and New York University marketing professor, told LinkedIn’s “The Path” video series in an episode that published on June […]
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Happiness researcher shares his ’90-second rule’ to live a better, more fulfilled life—it helps when you’re angry or upset
Mo Gawdat’s son, Ali, was 21 years old when he died due to medical negligence during a routine appendix surgery in 2014. Gawdat was devastated, confused and in a palpable state of shock. Then, 17 days later, he started writing a book on how to be happy, in his son’s honor. Gawdat has researched the […]
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Serena Williams says winning the Australian Open while pregnant was her most important career moment: ‘I don’t know how I did that’
Serena Williams of the US hits a return against Venus Williams of the US during the women’s singles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2017. Greg Wood | Afp | Getty Images BERLIN — It was an impressive enough sporting feat when Serena Williams won a […]
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Fed’s Powell tells Princeton grads to guard integrity amid Trump criticism
Jerome Powell, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during the Society For Advancing Business Editing and Writing annual conference in Arlington, Virginia, on April 4, 2025. Tierney L. Cross | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Princeton graduates to “guard” their integrity amid a flurry of criticism from U.S. President Donald […]
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the biggest career mistake grads can make is avoiding risks
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell shared one of the biggest career mistakes with Princeton graduates and said taking risks […]
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Stop being ‘too nice’ at work, says psychologist—this is what successful people do to be more genuine, trustworthy
Social discomfort is so universal that social psychologists like me have made careers out of studying it. We can find it almost anywhere, like in salary negotiations or small talk conversations that have one too many awkward pauses. Almost everyone will at some point find themselves in an interaction that makes them feel uncomfortable. And […]
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5 years into the remote work boom, the return-to-office push is stronger than ever—here’s why
The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new way of working remotely, but even companies that initially championed the model are changing their tune. In recent months, staffers across corporate America, from Amazon to Dell to Walmart, as well as federal government workers, have been told that their days of working remotely are over — at […]
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Bestselling author: This simple routine helps me feel happy and energized when I’m tired from work—I do it ‘every week’
If you find yourself feeling tired, pressed for time or drained before the start of a new week, it’s not by mere happenstance. “It’s because the world is designed to steal your time and energy from social media to the crazy headlines that make you feel helpless, [to] endless work to-do lists,” bestselling author Mel […]
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