Nonfarm payrolls gained 225,000 jobs in January, according to the Labor Department, exceeding the 158,000 projected by economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The unemployment rate increased to 3.6% as the labor-force participation rate climbed to 63.4%.

Bruce Daisley, a former Google, Facebook and Twitter executive, says he's seen the damage of overwork, which often takes years or decades to manifest itself in poor health. "Often it's the lie we tell ourselves -- that the success of this organization is down to the immense hours that we're working -- and we neglect the harm that it's doing to us," he argues.

The gender pay gap is narrowing thanks to more women in high-skill jobs, according to a report from the Pew Research Center. Jobs that prioritize analytical skills, negotiation and persuasion, critical thinking and writing have seen an increase in the percentage of women employed.

Leaders can make meetings and conversations more inclusive by noticing when men interrupt women, downplay their ideas or see them as aggressive for challenging the status quo, writes BCB Property Management President Debrah Lee Charatan. "Strategies to encourage open communication may include creating a set of ground rules that specifically govern interruption and overspeaking and establishing a team leader or conversational moderator," she writes.