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What’s Greater than Winning an Olympic Gold Medal? Simone Biles’ 5 Leadership Lessons.
Kerri Strug was part of the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Strug pushed through her severely injured ankle from her first vault to land on one foot in her second vault before collapsing in pain. She was credited for helping Team...
Career Coaches Share Best Advice They Ever Got
When it comes to evaluating career advice, few people are in a position to hear so much of it—and evaluate how it works out for the practitioners—than career coaches. Since they help their clients pore over strategies to advance their careers and look for their next...
Giant Questions about Future of Office Work
I’m a tricky one to ask about the future of offices. That’s because my adult work life has consisted of being an EMT, a university theater instructor and a journalist for more than three decades. I never worked in a dreary cubicle farm. My offices were ambulances...
Navigate the Future of Work Strategically and Decisively
It's been said many times: it's not about the changes, it's about our reactions to them. Organizations and individuals are forced to shift and change under the current reality that the future offers no "new normal" to seek refuge. As the future of work changes and...
5 Leadership Strategies to Help Women Prosper in the Workplace
Women have lost millions of jobs since the pandemic. As we honor Women's Equality Day, here's how we can win them back. The pandemic has made a lasting impact on the workplace and has taken a toll on women's participation in the labor force. According to a jobs...
Age Diversity in the Workplace
In today’s age-diverse workforce it’s common to encounter co-workers from a variety of generations and at different stages in their lives. For some people, these differences can be a source of discomfort. One employee might find herself resentful about having to...
20 Odd Jobs with America’s National Parks
To people who love the great outdoors, getting paid to work for one of America's stunning national parks may sound like a dream. Park rangers make up just a fraction of the over 22,000 people employed by the National Park Service. Whether you have a background in...
50 Shades of Freelance
Freelancers compromise about 36% of the entire U.S. workforce. Freelancing opportunities have been growing for several years, but the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, has boosted an influx of young, highly-skilled, first-time freelancers seeking part-time...
