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How to Make Performance Reviews Less Terrible – Especially Given the Challenges of Supervising Remote Workers

Performance reviews were always a challenge, but even more so in the age of hybrid work, when some employees are in the office more often than others.

  • Yalcin Acikgoz, The Conversation

Narcissism Affects whether People Follow COVID Mitigation Efforts

New research investigates how narcissism makes people more or less likely to follow COVID mitigation strategies like masking up or getting vaxxed.

  • Futurity

It’s Impossible to Determine Your Personal COVID-19 Risks and Frustrating to Try – but You Can Still Take Action

People want a simple answer. Is this action safe? But despite Anthony Fauci bouncing responsibility for COVID-19 risk assessment to individuals, your risk can’t be boiled down to one probability.

  • Malia Jones, The Conversation

How to Brainstorm Brilliant Ideas in Teams – without Sliding into ‘Groupthink’

With companies encouraging greater teamwork, an expert outlines how to innovate effectively and problem solve as a group.

  • Sabrina Habib, The Conversation

Remote Work May Actually Be Good for Business

Working remotely doesn't negatively affect productivity. It may actually even enhance both employee and company resiliency, a new study finds.

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Military Families Push the Army to ‘Normalize Parenthood’

A new directive addresses fertility treatment, pregnancy and postpartum recovery – issues that have long affected soldiers’ careers, marriages and home life.

  • Mariel Padilla, The 19th

5 Things Women Job Seekers Want

Women want better pay and work-life balance but also value working in diverse organizations, among other factors, a new Gallup poll reveals.

  • Andre Claudio

6 in 10 Americans Would Quit Current Job for Remote Position

Work-life balance is increasingly important for today’s post-pandemic workforce.

  • Frank Konkel

Here’s How Agencies Can Help Ease the Return to Offices

A positive, people-centric approach is critical.

  • Sydney Heimbrock

Formula Pins Down What Gets People in the ‘Flow’

Can you get yourself into a creative and productive "flow" intentionally? Researchers say it is possible and have created a formula to explain it

  • Futurity

Staring at An Image of Yourself on Zoom Has Serious Consequences for Mental Health – Especially for Women

Mirrors, selfies and knowing other people are looking at you all cause people to think of themselves as objects. Video calls are all three in one and are likely increasing the harms of self-objectification.

  • Roxanne Felig and Jamie Goldenberg , The Conversation

Are You Tired of Your Job or Is It Actually Burnout?

What are the signs of burnout at work and what can you do about it? An expert explains what to look for in yourself and others.

  • Futurity

Paid Family Leave Is Good for Moms and Baby Brains

Nearly 80% of US workers don't receive paid family leave, leaving them having to choose between earning a paycheck or bonding with their newborns.

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Small Towns Drew Most New Pandemic Residents

Major cities lost people to more remote, lesser-known areas.

  • Tim Henderson

Pandemic Decision-Making Is Difficult and Exhausting – Here’s the Psychology that Explains Why

People tend to dislike uncertainty and risk – two things that are hard to avoid completely during a pandemic. That’s part of why it can feel especially draining to make even small decisions these days.

  • Wesley Ameden and Elizabeth Tricomi, The Conversation

There Are Racial Disparities in How Much Sleep People Get

"The persistent sleep disparities for Black people may be contributing to the persistent average worse health status among Black people."

  • Futurity

Job Seekers Will Sacrifice Money for Diversity at Work

A significant number of job applicants will sacrifice salary to work somewhere with greater diversity, research finds.

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5 Ways Americans’ Lives Will Change if Congress Makes Daylight Saving Time Permanent

Research suggests that permanent daylight saving time would save lives as well as energy and prevent crime.

  • Steve Calandrillo, The Conversation

Losing Sleep Over the Pandemic? Work Flexibility May Be a Boon for Night Owls’ Health

Many sleep scientists maintain that people who prefer to stay up late could improve their mental and physical health by synchronizing their natural sleep cycles with workday demands. The flexible work schedules that came with COVID's work-from-home trend, according to one new study, backs up this idea.

  • Krishna Sharma, Kaiser Health News

Even after Lockdowns Eased, Pandemic Depression Persisted across Social Classes

A new study finds that adults in the U.S. reported the same levels of depression a year into the pandemic as they did at the outset.

  • Catherine Ettman and Sandro Galea, The Conversation

As Ketanji Brown Jackson Testified, Black Women Saw Themselves Reflected

For many, her reactions and words on the public stage reflected what they have lived as they navigate workplaces dominated by White men.

  • Candice Norwood