Article Originally Published by: cnbc.com It's possible your most important hours aren't going toward your most important projects. That was the realization for Malcolm Gladwell. The best-selling author found he was spending his most productive hours — the morning hours — on tasks that weren't his top
Article Published by: fastcompany.com Knowledge is different from information: Knowledge is insight, not just an accumulation of facts. Here’s how to show what you know without being annoying. There are many labels pinned on us at work, but one of the best is to be called knowledgeable. If
Article Published by: huffingtonpost.com Introverts are often misjudged as shy or antisocial. Here’s how to prove to your boss you’re anything but. At work, long meetings can leave me feeling drained of mental energy. I can’t stand making phone calls and watercooler talk often feels forced. At
Article Published by: unc.edu Carolina professor Barbara Fredrickson was the featured speaker at the sixth annual THINKposium. The event examined what Carolina is doing and can do to create a sense of belonging for everyone. Temporary positive interactions with others benefit one’s health and build trust and
Article Published by: fastcompany.com It’s certainly not glamorous: Successful CEOs spend over 70% of their time in meetings. Time is everyone’s most valuable resource. You can find ways to get more money and more manpower, but it’s impossible to add hours to a day or reclaim them
Article Published by: forbes The famous TED speaker and New York Times bestselling author Daniel H. Pink, along with his team of researchers, spent two years analyzing more than 700 studies in fields ranging from economics to psychology to unearth the hidden science of perfect timing.
Article Published by: businessinsider.com Communication is the one of the most important skills in business. The key to good communication is actively listening when engaged in a conversation. To show others that you're actively listening, enter meetings by asking what the other people in attendance plan to
Article Published by: yesweekly.com “Shine Theory is the simple premise that ‘I don’t shine if you don’t shine.’ It’s a term I coined with Aminatou Sow to describe a commitment to collaborating with rather than competing against other people—especially other women,” wrote freelance journalist Ann Friedman
Article Published by: journalnow.com U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx brought to Winston-Salem on Friday her quest to lower, if not eliminate, subsidies for U.S. sugar growers and open the domestic market for more entrants. Foxx, R-5th., held a roundtable discussion with officials with Bimbo Bakeries USA, Dewey’s Bakery,
Article Published by: storywork.com When something goes wrong or right, we usually want to know why. This question is most often asked with the past in mind as we attempt to make sense of the antecedent forces that led to the event or circumstance in question.