Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman had aphorisms for life that included the value of hard work and the importance of experimentation, imagination and curiosity, writes John Baldoni. "Organizations only grow when leaders and followers alike are willing, as Feynman encouraged, to 'experiment, fail, learn and repeat,'" he writes.

The people who make up your "inner circle" have the most influence on you, writes Steve Keating, so make sure they are positive and likely to push you to succeed. "Even though some of your friends may mean you no harm they may be harming you with their choices ... because you are influenced and impacted by them," he writes.

During the pandemic, Cambium Networks CEO Atul Bhatnagar has held online mentoring sessions with his employees' children, inspired by the graduation speech he gave to them last spring. The 63-year-old father of five answers questions, offers college advice, gives time management tips and talks about career paths.

HR leaders can align employee care with business success by learning service-related skills, focusing on the employee experience and helping employees understand their purpose and importance, says Lindsay Lagreid, a Limeade Institute senior adviser. "An effective HR team will help deliver the employee voice to the C-suite -- even if it's hard to swallow," Lagreid says.

New Zealand is now the second country after India to offer paid leave to workers who have experienced a miscarriage. In India, women can take six weeks of paid leave if they miscarry, but that allowance only applies only to those who work at a company with more than 10 people.

Companies and employment experts share advice on how employers can support menopausal women and prevent a loss of talent. "Not many people feel that they can talk openly about menopause and we have a lot of women in senior leadership roles who expressed how they felt unable to talk openly about their symptoms," says Publicis Poke's Katie Edwards, while Worksphere's Emma Richardson advises that "employers might want to think about creating an absence management policy that recognizes absences directly related to the menopause."

Boston native Leonard Nimoy got a nice tribute from the city's Museum of Science, which announced its intentions to create a 20-foot stainless steel sculpture depicting the "Live Long and Prosper" Vulcan salute. Nimoy apparently grew up just a few blocks from the museum, which makes the honor even more special. You can donate to the memorial fund for the project here.