Imagine a small conference room with two executive managers seated at the table and a third on Zoom, waiting for the start of their Monday-morning meeting. A fourth executive, Nicholas,
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Chris Voss, an FBI kidnapping expert who has led over 150 hostage negotiations during the past 25 years, claims that compromise, in any negotiation, is a guaranteed “lose-lose.” In fact,
About 74 million employees in the United States have access to a company-provided employee assistance program (EAP). In Minnesota, as many as 2.4 million employees have the benefit of an
Gloria Mark, a professor in the informatics department at the University of California, Irvine, has studied the interplay of stress, mood, and computer use for more than 20 years. She
When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently texted his national security colleagues about upcoming war plans for military strikes against terrorists in Yemen, he obviously was unaware that Jeffrey Goldberg,
You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear You’ve got to be taught from year to year It’s got to be drummed in your dear little ear You’ve got
An American baby born in 2025 has a better-than-even chance of living to age 95. Today’s average American 65-year-old can expect to live another 18.5 years, according to the National
For 40 years, I have advised executives on legal issues surrounding employee discipline and termination. As part of my job, I listen to beleaguered supervisors confess their frustration over what
In 2008, the first time that statistician and professional poker player Nate Silver attempted to forecast presidential election results, he successfully predicted the outcome in 49 of 50 states. That
The classic advice for solving workplace disputes is to take it to HR and let them solve it. That’s the impulse—whether it’s a verbal altercation, loud or overbearing teammates, or
Bentonville, Arkansas, a once-quaint rural community in the Ozark Mountains, is home to 60,000 residents. Bentonville also happens to be the corporate headquarters of Walmart, the largest private employer in
In his 2023 bestselling biography, Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson dissected the extraordinary success and equally shocking personal history of one of the world’s richest men, the billionaire innovator behind Tesla,
Imagine having a mental health condition such as anxiety that stems from your job. It gets bad enough that you feel compelled to disclose your situation to your manager. Her
Of all the workplaces in America, few are as fabled or photographed as the one called the “Oval.” As in the Oval Office, West Wing of the White House, office
Twenty-two million Americans ages 18 and older were exclusively working from home at the mid-point of this year. “Fully remote,” a phrase touted with great flourish on Indeed and LinkedIn
Texting anxiety. That’s the phrase for a malady defined as the “fear of sending or receiving text messages.” According to choosingtherapy.com, a find-a-therapist website, as many as one out of
Social scientists have long recognized the workplace phenomena known as the “obesity penalty,” where overweight and obese employees earn less than non-obese individuals doing the same job. Despite significant cultural
Noncompete agreements, in Minnesota and elsewhere, historically have provided employers a way to protect trade secrets and proprietary information. But in a wave of both state and federal government pressure,