Introverted leaders can hone their executive presence by speaking up more often, allowing others to get to know them and being ready to share their insights, writes Joel Garfinkle. "Extroverts don't have the market on executive presence cornered -- they are just more inclined to show it," he writes.
A thriving supply chain industry offers women the opportunities and work flexibility they need during the pandemic, writes Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of the Association for Supply Chain Management. Eshkenazi cites women-friendly incentives at companies such as DHL and Deloitte, free online training resources and offers advice on finding a mentor within the industry.
The life sciences sector in the greater Philadelphia region could add more than 11,000 jobs over the coming decade, particularly in cell therapy, gene therapy and gene editing, according to economic consulting firm Econsult Solutions, and some companies are actively recruiting. Life sciences jobs are also booming in Oregon, and the Oregon Bioscience Association is hosting a virtual career event on May 20.
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed an executive order for a Return to Work Incentive program allowing 20,000 people claiming unemployment benefits to receive a $1,200 payment after six weeks completed in a new job. Connecticut is starting a similar initiative to offer 10,000 long-term unemployed people a $1,000 payment when they have completed eight weeks in a new job.
Health care can be extremely expensive in the US, but even patients who pay top-dollar don't always walk away feeling like they got their money's worth when it comes to care. This analysis looks at the multitude of business models in the US health care sector and ways some of them are trying to keep pace with patient expectations regarding cost and care.
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A study published in the journal Psychology and Aging suggests that people over age 40 may develop protective effects against stress-related health problems by choosing to feel younger than their actual age. Researchers examined three years' worth of data from 5,039 adults and found that the health benefits increased as participants got older.
An artist known as Ememem has been filling potholes around France with mosaics as a way to create "a memory notebook of the city," he says. "I knew I found something that I was going to keep doing for the rest of my life," Ememem says he realized after his first repair a decade ago.
