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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.
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Managing Your Career in the Trump Era
Do you feel like you are making a difference or are you just trying to survive?
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How to Deal with an Employee Who Is Making You Ill
Guidance for coping with toxic colleagues.
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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.
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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.
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How Guilt Can Hold Back Good Employees
Highly guilt-prone people tend to be conscientious and ethical, but also more hesitant about forming partnerships.
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When Amazon Meets Government
If a provision in the House version of the annual Defense authorization bill becomes law, the world of federal procurement faces major disruption.
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The Latest RAND Survey Paints A Disturbing Portrait of the American Workplace
"The portrait that emerges is of a workplace that is taxing on a lot of dimensions," says Nicole Maestas, the survey's lead author.
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Bridging the Gap Between Political Appointees and Civil Servants
The chasm between appointees and career staff often leads to dysfunction. It doesn’t have to be that way.
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A Former Facebook Product Manager on the Key to Solving Hard Decisions Quickly
One of the biggest challenges is getting people to see how much they agree.
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Risk Management Isn’t Just for the Finance Staff
Operational leaders have an opportunity to align resources against their greatest vulnerabilities.
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Agencies Need A STEM Talent Management System
The General Schedule system is not suited for managing knowledge workers.
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Setting Goals Around Tasks, Not Outcomes, is the Best Way to Improve Performance, a Study Shows
Dream big but focus small.
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A TED Speaker Coach’s Trick For More Commanding Presentations Involves Your Toes
Squirming translates to uncertainty.
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How To Talk To Yourself To Control Emotions
It's okay to talk to yourself, a new study suggests, but how you do it matters.
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Is an Unpredictable Leader Good for National Security?
Think the goal is to keep your enemies guessing? Game theory suggests otherwise.
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What To Do Before a Vacation To Make Sure Coming Back To Work Isn’t Pure Agony
A little prep before you leave the office can ease the pain of returning to it.
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Ten Days, Two Months, One Year: How Soon Can You Fire Someone You Know Was a Bad Hire?
"Sometimes you just hire the wrong person and realize very quickly that it’s not going to work out."
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