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Workplace Evolution

Stanford professor: Don’t let artificial intelligence pick your employees

Algorithms aren’t sophisticated enough to make these strategic hiring decisions–yet.

Stanford professor: Don’t let artificial intelligence pick your employees

This is how you keep your most ambitious employees from leaving

Pay isn’t always what keeps them in place. Here are seven ways to keep your ambitious top performers happily employed (with you).

This is how you keep your most ambitious employees from leaving

How to manage these 5 common workplace personalities

“What motivates one employee is not the same as what will motivate another. The trick is to figure out how to manage each individual and then tie them back into the group.”

How to manage these 5 common workplace personalities

5 ways work culture will change by 2030

Technology, talent shortage, and trust are just a few of the issues that will challenge workplace culture over the next decade.

5 ways work culture will change by 2030

This is how to gauge the emotional intelligence of your company

A good company, one that displays high levels of emotional intelligence, will develop your skills, and help make you a better and more productive person.

This is how to gauge the emotional intelligence of your company

What using these 5 clichéd phrases says about your management style

Falling back on expressions like, “Let’s think outside the box,” sends unintended messages about what kind of a boss you are.

What using these 5 clichéd phrases says about your management style

These are the 4 smartest financial benefits for employees

As the financial wellness industry booms, student loan help, strategic bonuses, and leave when needed are helping some employees become more financially stable.

These are the 4 smartest financial benefits for employees

7 ways to streamline your hiring process in 2019

Cut down the amount of time it takes you to hire this year by eliminating bottlenecks, making the process mobile-friendly, and more.

7 ways to streamline your hiring process in 2019

Should you include freelancers in your talent development program?

Increasingly, contract workers are integrated into teams. It may make sense to invest in developing them, too.

Should you include freelancers in your talent development program?

Your employees might be leaving because of their terrible commutes

1 in 4 employees have left a job because of the commute. But some companies are investing in triage for commute-related losses.

Your employees might be leaving because of their terrible commutes

What you can do when your boss is going through a personal crisis

Being at work when your boss is going through a personal crisis can feel awkward–but as an employee, there are steps you can take to make it easier for them.

What you can do when your boss is going through a personal crisis

This is how you can make remote employees feel appreciated

For remote staff, research shows that face time matters more than words of praise or monetary gifts.

This is how you can make remote employees feel appreciated

This is why you should hire a military veteran

If you are overlooking veterans, you are missing out on these skills.

This is why you should hire a military veteran

Are microaggressions trashing your company’s productivity?

Subtle, biased behavior can have far-reaching consequences. Here’s how to recognize and mitigate it.

Are microaggressions trashing your company’s productivity?

The problematic origins of common business jargon

These seemingly innocuous phrases indicate just how systemic racism and oppression have wormed their way into our everyday language.

The problematic origins of common business jargon

How to fix your toxic culture

Office culture doesn’t turn toxic because of a few bad seeds. It turns toxic because leadership didn’t see or outright ignored the signs that something was amiss.

How to fix your toxic culture

Using this word can make you sound inadvertently sexist

Man-made? Mankind? Thanks, man? You may be saying something about your views that you don’t intend to.

Using this word can make you sound inadvertently sexist

This is why recruiters are failing at hiring diverse tech candidates

When it comes to hiring diverse candidates, tech recruiters are often caught between a rock and a hard place.

This is why recruiters are failing at hiring diverse tech candidates

How to convince your boss to give you year-round “summer” Fridays

Maybe it’s not just for the summer slowdown: Some experts say that a shorter week year-round fosters productivity.

How to convince your boss to give you year-round “summer” Fridays

This is how Google motivates its employees

Part of the tech giant’s success comes from employees’ ability to take risks without feeling insecure or embarrassed.

This is how Google motivates its employees

Impact

We know how to build an all-renewable electric grid

Citibank wants to help open college savings accounts for every kid in the U.S.

4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing Amazon rainforest

Creativity

Alton Brown explains why ‘Good Eats: The Return’ is ‘the best work that I’ve ever done in my career’

A$AP Rocky snubbed a request to publicly thank Donald Trump

Jillian Bell on losing 40 pounds to find an emotional connection with her latest role

Co.Design

These prayer mats combine Islamic tradition and contemporary design

The brilliant UI and UX design of classic 1990s anime

These powerful fonts are based on protest movements, from civil rights to suffrage

Work Life

5 ways to improve morning chaos, now that the kids are back at school

The most effective way to implement a behavior change

These are the negative effects of praise (that you’ve probably never thought about)