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Leadership

How to Avoid Making a Massive Mistake With This Essential Leadership Skill

November 8, 2019 apucareertips 0

Even if you think you’re self-aware, you might be falling into the trap of being focused solely on yourself. This can happen to even the savviest leaders among us, but the good news is that we can avoid making a massive mistake with a few simple steps.

Business

Here’s NASA's Secret Weapon, When It Comes To Future-of-Work Multi-Tasking

November 6, 2019 apucareertips 0

What’s the best way to help an employee navigate multiple freelance resources? That’s a question we often get when a company begins to source work through one—or sometimes many—on-demand open talent platforms.

Worklife

From Chaos to Calm: How to Communicate with Your Remote Team

November 1, 2019 apucareertips 0

Communicating in a remote team doesn’t have to be chaotic. There’s an art to building habits that enable real work and collaboration.

Leadership

Bust Your Leadership Blindspot in 3 Steps

October 30, 2019 apucareertips 0

All leaders have blindspots. The question is, do you know what yours are? Being able to identify those blindspots will help you in shifting your behavior.

Business

Right-To-Work Laws Are Good For Workers

October 24, 2019 apucareertips 0

In an upcoming study in the Journal of Law and Economics, economist Christos Makridis finds that workers report greater life satisfaction after their state becomes a right-to-work state.

Education

One Giant Leap For Womankind: The First All-Female Spacewalk

October 18, 2019 apucareertips 0

NASA announced that the first all-female spacewalk would take place—finally—in the early morning hours of October 18, 2019, conducted by astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch.

Leadership

Self-Managed Teams Result in Lower Pay For Women

October 9, 2019 apucareertips 0

Recent research revealed that women in self-managed teams appeared to make 25% less than their male counterparts. The outcome was not a result of their lower productivity levels, but rather the fact that women in such teams appear to be compensated below what they’re worth, and men often more than they’re worth.

Leadership

Six Keys To Unlock A Successful Corporate Transformation

October 8, 2019 apucareertips 0

Leadership teams often find themselves in a vicious cycle of launching a “transformation” every three to five years. All too often after some initial gains, old habits creep back in, the impact is lost, and the transformation is deemed to have failed—resulting in teams losing faith in future efforts.

Careers

The Secret Sauce When Choosing a Second Act Career

October 8, 2019 apucareertips 0

What's the secret sauce to a satisfying second-act career? Most people assume meaningful work is the key. But according to Rob Cross, Edward A. Madden professor of global leadership at Babson College, research shows that people tend to overestimate the importance of the what when they should be focusing on the who.