Management
STEM Degrees Are Good for Careers. But Do They Lead to More Innovation?
Science, technology, engineering, and math education helps job prospects, but hurts the likelihood of becoming an inventor.
Management
Facing a Difficult Or Awkward Conversation at Work? You Are So Not Alone
This area has proved so topical that the writer behind the Ask a Manager blog has an upcoming book about it.
Management
Analysis: Is It Time for Trump Aides to Resign?
Many presidential appointees face an agonizing choice—leave the president with fewer restraints on his darker impulses, or stay to serve the republic even if it costs their integrity.
Management
You Might Be Working Yourself to Death (Really)
The combination of a high-stress job and low control over how work gets done may lead to an early grave, experts warn.
Management
Trump and Obama Have One Surprising Thing in Common – The Words They Use
Eloquent Obama and bombastic Trump certainly have different speaking styles. But a big data analysis of their speeches also shows a surprising commonality.
Management
Tillerson Announces Minority Hiring Initiative at State
Each ambassadorial position would require at least one minority candidate to be considered.
Defense
What Should Trump Do in Afghanistan?
"It’s unfortunate that the strategy review has taken so long and now has become involved in a political debate over what America’s role in the world should be."
Management
Bannon's Exit Leaves Trump Untethered
As the president cuts ties with establishment staffers, and forces out his populist firebrand, what’s left of Trumpism other than white identity politics?
Management
Managing Your Career in the Trump Era
Do you feel like you are making a difference or are you just trying to survive?
Management
What Kind of Monuments Does President Trump Value?
He’s spoken in support of Confederate statues while threatening to undo as many as 40 conservation parks.
Management
With No Confirmed Director, OPM Could Struggle to Implement Trump’s Agenda
‘Clearly, it’s a problem,’ a former director says.
Management
Political Environment a Major Factor in More than 40 Percent of Senior Exec Departures
Inadequate pay and excessive bureaucracy also cited as reasons for dissatisfaction in latest exit survey from OPM.
Management
Steve Bannon Goes After State Department Officials
The White House chief strategist said he was aiming to replace experts at the State and Defense departments.
Management
Analysis: Why Military Chiefs Are Condemning White Supremacy
The U.S. Armed Forces have had troubles with extremists enlisting in the past, and they don’t want it to happen again.
Management
Even the Marines Couldn’t Prepare John Kelly For What He’ll Have To Do For Donald Trump
Here are four major challenges that Kelly must confront, preferably sooner rather than later.
Pay & Benefits
Peace Corps to Cut 20 Percent of Its Workforce
Trump requirements to slash jobs led to 'challenging' changes and 'difficult decisions,' acting director says.
Management
How to Deal with an Employee Who Is Making You Ill
Guidance for coping with toxic colleagues.
Management
How Setting 'Anti-Goals' Can Keep Work From Being Miserable
Figure out what you hate, and strategize to avoid it, as Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger do.
Management
State Department Relied on Bad Data for Considering Clearance Times, Cost
Officials can only loosely estimate the time it takes to process clearances, and they don’t track the costs.
Pay & Benefits